ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s plant to assemble electric locomotives, EKZ, located in Astana, has signed a contract on assembly and delivery of 50 freight locomotives to Azerbaijan Railways, Director General of Alstom Henri Poupart-Lafarge said in Astana on February 26, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (left) and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana on February 26 (akorda.kz)
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Egypt agreed to cooperate in agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors during Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Kazakhstan on February 26.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Kyrgyz Government has reported on measures taken to ensure economic growth and job creation. In 2016, Kyrgyzstan expects a GDP growth of 5.2%. However, many companies continue to experience difficulties, and some of them face a threat of production stoppage.
BISHKEK (TCA) — If the country lacks generation capacity it is necessary to increase electricity import, Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Temir Sariyev said on February 26 at the Government meeting to consider an anti-crisis program developed by the Economy Ministry and measures to support business in the current difficult economic conditions.
LONDON (TCA) — It is hardly a secret any longer: both Saudi Arabia and Turkey are becoming atomic powers and their plans stretch further than just Kurds and Syria. The consequences for Central Asia’s post-Soviet republics can become extremely grave sooner than it looks – not in the least because numerous cases of “disappeared” radioactive waste point in the direction of the “enemy within” – meaning Daesh, Al-Qaeda and similar groups. Put together, the facts as far as known show that the world is now closer to a nuclear military adventure, and Central Asia is not outside the danger zone.
