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21 Sep 2016

Some 13,000 labor migrants arrived in Kazakhstan from EEU countries in 2016

September 21, 2016
By TCA

ASTANA (TCA) — In the first eight months of 2016, 12,963 citizens from Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) member states arrived in Kazakhstan with employment purpose. The figure includes 9,388 people from Russia, 1,496 from Kyrgyzstan, 394 from Belarus, and 1,685 from Armenia, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Svetlana Zhakupova said at the third meeting of the Almaty Process on International Migration and Refugee Protection in Astana on September 20, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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21 Sep 2016

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WFP and Japan partner to empower women farmers in Kyrgyzstan

September 21, 2016
By TCA

BISHKEK (TCA) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Embassy of Japan in Kyrgyzstan on September 20 participated in a ceremony to provide equipment to support food-processing businesses and rural women’s entrepreneurship across seven rural communities in the Kyrgyz Republic.

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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21 Sep 2016

ADB Vice President Wenchai Zhang (left) and Sooronbai Jeenbekov, Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (right)

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ADB vice president deepens partnership with Kyrgyzstan

September 21, 2016
By TCA

BISHKEK (TCA) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Wenchai Zhang on September 20 in Bishkek met with Sooronbai Jeenbekov, Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Adylbek Kasymaliev, Minister of Finance and ADB Governor, to discuss support for the government’s development priorities, ADB’s country office in Kyrgyzstan said.

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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20 Sep 2016

Opinion Head

Railway: Trans-Eurasia corridor (part 1)

September 20, 2016
By Charles van der Leeuw

BISHKEK (TCA) — Today, east-west rail links are considered at least as important as maritime power. And though at varying speed according to working area, spades are being put into the ground as construction work proceeds, thereby increasing investors’ trust that something is actually being done with their money except paperwork.

Charles van der Leeuw

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20 Sep 2016

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Foreign direct investment in Kazakhstan grows fivefold in first half 2016

September 20, 2016
By TCA

ASTANA (TCA) — In the first half of 2016, the inflow of foreign direct investment in Kazakhstan increased fivefold, up to $5.7 billion, Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev said in parliament on September 19, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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20 Sep 2016

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Kazakhstan hosts Central Asia Water Future Forum

September 20, 2016
By TCA

ALMATY (TCA) — The Central Asia Water Future Forum and Expo is being held on September 19-22 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Organized by the World Bank, the event brings together over 200 policy makers and practitioners from governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, the international community of water practitioners, as well as regional learning institutions, universities, civil society and media representatives, the World Bank said.

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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