Demand for inexpensive foreign-made cars will be stable in Kazakhstan

ASTANA (TCA) — Demand for inexpensive foreign-made cars will remain stable in Kazakhstan for several years, Andrei Lavrentev, the chairman of the board of JSC Group of Companies Allur (Allur Group) and president of the Kazakhstan Association of Car Business, said at the Kazakhstan International Automotive Forum in Astana on March 1, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website.

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Sergey Kwan

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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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Kazakhstan seeks market-economy status from EU

ASTANA (TCA) — The Minister of Economic Integration of Kazakhstan, Zhanar Aitzhanova, and European Union Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström discussed the issue of awarding the status of a market economy to Kazakhstan, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported on March 1.

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Sergey Kwan

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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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US supporting treatment of tuberculosis in south Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States, through the “USAID Defeat TB Project,” has partnered with the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan to provide tuberculosis treatment to patients on an outpatient basis in the southern Jalal-Abad oblast, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said on March 1.

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Sergey Kwan

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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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A test for EEU: expansion or consolidation

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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India seeks undersea gas pipeline project with Iran

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

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

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

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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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