EBRD marks launch of Tajikistan Climate Resilience Financing Facility

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in partnership with the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) of the Climate Investment Funds, held an event to mark the formal launch of CLIMADAPT, the Tajikistan Climate Resilience Financing Facility, on February 3 in Dushanbe. CLIMADAPT aims to help Tajik households, businesses and farmers cope with the effects of climate change and to support the country’s transition towards a green economy, the EBRD press office said.  

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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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Iran’s opening-up: southern comfort for Central Asia

LONDON (TCA) — Amidst the wildest speculations that predominantly Shiite Iran might emerge as a powerful buffer to keep Sunnite extremism at bay for Central Asia and take the shape of a regional power broker, realities speak a different language. For the moment, Iran needs everybody else’s help a lot more than anybody else needs Iran’s. But where politics face a long haul, trade might have a unique and immediate opportunity – especially where the landlocked Central Asian former Soviet republics are concerned.

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Korea’s LG Chem cancels $4.2 billion project in Kazakhstan

ASTANA (TCA) — LG Chem, South Korea’s largest chemical company, said it has decided to scrap a plan to jointly build a $4.2 billion petrochemical plant in Kazakhstan due to the continued slump in global oil prices, The Korea Times reported late in January.  

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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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Chinese investors ready to build oil refinery in Kazakhstan’s Mangistau province

ASTANA (TCA) — Investors from China support the idea of construction of Kazakhstan’s fourth oil refinery in the western Mangistau province, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Mangistau province Governor Alik Aidarbayev.   

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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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Some $1.6 billion legalized in capital amnesty campaign in Kazakhstan

ASTANA (TCA) — Assets worth 588 billion tenge (around US $1.6 billion) had been legalized during the ongoing property legalization campaign in Kazakhstan as of end-January 2016, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Finance Minister Bakyt Sultanov.   

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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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European Union grants additional trade incentives to Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK (TCA) — The decision of the European Union to grant GSP+ status to the Kyrgyz Republic opens up new potential of economic relations between the two partners and offers opportunities for Kyrgyzstan to increase and diversify its export and strengthen its economy, the European Union’s Delegation to the Kyrgyz Republic said on February 2.  

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Sergey Kwan

TCA

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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