Tajikistan to punish by up to 9 years in jail for ‘illegal’ currency exchange
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The parliament of Tajikistan has approved amendments criminalizing “illegal” hard-currency exchanges.
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Uzbek bank finances aquaculture development in country’s regions
TASHKENT (TCA) — Commercial banks in Uzbekistan are providing financial support to entrepreneurs developing fish farms in the country’s regions as part of the government’s measures aimed at ensuring food security and agricultural development, the Jahon information agency reported.
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Mar
2016
Kyrgyzstan’s small hydropower sector needs investment
BISHKEK (TCA) — There is still a need to create more favorable investment climate for the small hydropower development in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Parliament Member Zhyrgalbek Turuskulov said at the Second Meeting on “Challenges and ways of development of the Small Hydropower in the Kyrgyz Republic – II”. The event was organized late last month within the framework of the “Small Hydropower Development in Kyrgyzstan” project implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and funded by the Global Environment Facility. The key objective of the event was to define the main challenges and barriers hampering investment into the small hydropower in Kyrgyzstan, the UNDP in Kyrgyzstan reported on its website.
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2016
Oman signs key port deal with Iran, reaching out to trade with Central Asia
TEHRAN (TCA) — Oman’s top port Salalah has signed a basic agreement with two key Iranian southern trade terminals in what is expected to make the Persian Gulf state Iran’s new biggest trade partner in the region, with potential to increase trade with Central Asian countries via Iran, Iran’s PressTV reported on March 8.
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2016
U.S. calls on Taliban to join peace talks with Afghan government
KABUL (TCA) — The United States on March 7 appealed to the Taliban to join peace talks to prevent another upsurge in fighting in Afghanistan this spring, RFE/RL reported on March 8.
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2016
Women’s Day: It’s now or never to make the world gender equal
BISHKEK (TCA) — Here below is an OP-ED by the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS on the occasion of International Women’s Day marked on March 8.
