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01 Mar 2016

A test for EEU: expansion or consolidation

March 1, 2016
By Charles van der Leeuw

BISHKEK (TCA) — Back in 2014, then minister of economic affairs of Kazakhstan Kairat Kelimbetov stated at the Astana Economic Forum that the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in the course of its formation “is learning a lot from the European Union – not just from the latter’s successes, but also from its mistakes”. Today, that statement is being put to the test – especially concerning the admission of Kyrgyzstan and Armenia by the bloc’s three founding members: Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

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01 Mar 2016

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India seeks undersea gas pipeline project with Iran

March 1, 2016
By TCA

TEHRAN (TCA) — Representatives of major Indian natural gas importers are due to visit Iran early in March to discuss a long-proposed undersea gas pipeline which New Delhi sees as an alternative to a gas-pipeline project via Pakistan, Iran’s PressTV 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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01 Mar 2016

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Central Asia’s largest Jewish center to open near Astana in Kazakhstan

March 1, 2016
By TCA

ASTANA (TCA) — The largest Jewish center in Central Asia will be opened in the town of Akkol located 100 kilometers from the Kazakh capital Astana, said Danil Vais, president of the Akkol Jewish community.

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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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01 Mar 2016

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Kazakhstan considering paper production from technical hemp

March 1, 2016
By TCA

ALMATY (TCA) — Production of paper from technical (non-narcotic) hemp within the framework of import substitution policies was discussed last week at a meeting of the Secretariat of the Manufacturing Industry Committee of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan.

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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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01 Mar 2016

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Kazakhstan and UAE seek to expand investment cooperation

March 1, 2016
By TCA

DUBAI (TCA) — Investments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Kazakhstan have reached $545 million and bilateral trade amounted to $135 million at the end of 2015, Kairat Lama Sharif, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UAE, said on the sidelines of a Kazakh delegation visit headed by Sharif to Dawood Al Shezawi, founder and president of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), one of the world’s leading Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)-focused platform, Khaleej Times reported on February 29.

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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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29 Feb 2016

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Stratfor: Chabahar port may expand India’s economic presence in C. Asia

February 29, 2016
By Stratfor

BISHKEK (TCA) — The article below, originally published by Stratfor, highlights India’s efforts to expand its influence beyond South Asia with the help of a partner with whom it has a long history of cooperation: Iran.

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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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