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26 Sep 2016

EFSD to provide $110 million loan for Kyrgyzstan’s Kambarata HPP-2

September 26, 2016
By TCA

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Eurasian Fund for Stabilisation and Development (EFSD) Council members have supported an investment loan to Kyrgyzstan in the amount of US $110 million to be funded with EFSD resources with the aim to finance the project of Commissioning of the Second Hydroelectric Generating Unit at Kambarata hydro power plant (HPP) 2. The decision was made at the meeting of the EFSD Council on September 23 in Moscow. It was attended by members of the EFSD Council – Ministers of Finance of the EFSD member states – and chaired by Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. The range of the meeting participants also included experts, as well as representatives of Eurasian Development Bank, the Fund’s Resources Manager, the EDB Media Centre 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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26 Sep 2016

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New ADB-Tajikistan partnership to improve investment climate

September 26, 2016
By TCA

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Tajikistan have agreed on a new 5-year partnership strategy to promote more sustained and inclusive growth that is less susceptible to external shocks, and create higher-paying jobs, ADB’s country office in Tajikistan said on September 23.

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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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26 Sep 2016

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Stratfor’s Global Intelligence: Week of Sept. 26, 2016

September 26, 2016
By Stratfor

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.

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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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25 Sep 2016

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Kyrgyzstan looking for alternative suppliers of Internet services

September 25, 2016
By Maria Levina

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Internet operators raised the price of Internet transit to Kyrgyzstan almost threefold without any explanation in August. In order not to increase the rates for customers, Kyrgyz Internet providers have begun reducing the Internet connection speed. The news has caused a wave of indignation in Kyrgyz society that fears tariff increases for the population.

Maria Levina

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24 Sep 2016

Opinion Head

Railway: the Kazakhstan corridor (part 2)

November 17, 2023
By Charles van der Leeuw

ALMATY (TCA) — China’s ambitious plan to install a hardware network, in which rail and road links are crucial, to get its economic clout stretch all across the mega-continent straight to western Europe looks at three main strings: across Siberia in the north, Central Asia in the middle, and the Indian Ocean’s coastal states in the south. Most of the headaches encountered in the process concern the middle route.

Charles van der Leeuw

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24 Sep 2016

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Promoting sustainable development of Turkmenistan’s cities

September 24, 2016
By TCA

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Turkmen State Committee for Nature Protection and Land Management promote sustainable urban development in Turkmenistan. The topic is important as the country is actively developing its urban infrastructure, which is one of the sustainable development goals. In Turkmenistan, the number of urban population exceeded rural in 2014, and this trend is accelerating, Mark Chao, UNDP International Expert on Energy, Environment and Climate Change, said in an interview with UNDP Turkmenistan.

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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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