DUSHANBE (TCA) — During her introductory visit to Tajikistan on August 11-12, Lilia Burunciuc, the new World Bank Director for Central Asia, met with the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, and visited the Nurek Hydropower Plant.
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.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are the countries where water resources of Central Asia are formed, and they have great hydro power potential. However, there are many problems in the energy sectors of these countries.
ASTANA (TCA) — As the use of cannabis plants for legitimate economic purposes has been proposed in Kazakhstan, we are republishing this article by Aktan Rysaliev, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a US $75 million loan for the development of Canada-based Centerra Gold Inc’s Öksüt open-pit gold mine in the central Turkish region of Kayseri. It is part of an existing US $150 million project financing facility with UniCredit, the EBRD Press Office said.
KABUL (TCA) — The leader of the Islamic State (IS) group’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in an air strike late last month in a border region between the two countries, RFE/RL reported citing U.S. and Afghan officials.
