BISHKEK (TCA) — An expert group has concluded that the impact of the Kumtor gold mine on the reduction of the Ak-Shyyrak glaciers is “negligible”. According to experts, the glaciers had begun to melt down long before the Kumtor mine started operation, and the warming climate was the main reason for that.
ASTANA (TCA) — Businessmen from Italy met with business circles of Kazakhstan’s western Mangistau province, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website on March 28.
ASTANA (TCA) — The situation on the currency market is stabilizing in Kazakhstan, the National Bank Chairman Daniyar Akishev said during his meeting with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on March 28, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The government of Russia has allocated US $2 million of grant funds for the project of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) “Development of production industries in the Issyk-Kul province of Kyrgyzstan and strengthening of their ties with the tourist sector,” the Russian Embassy in Bishkek said on March 28.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s former State Secretary Dastan Sarygulov has been charged with an attempt to seize power in the country, said the press office of the State Committee for National Security.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Representatives from Central Asian countries, observer states, regional and international organizations, as well as relevant experts, counter-terrorism practitioners, and civil society from across the region will gather in Almaty, Kazakhstan, between March 29 and 31 to discuss the worldwide growing trend of radicalization and its realities in the region, said the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), based in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
