DUSHANBE (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is financing the purchase of up to 100 new buses for the largest city in northern Tajikistan, Khujand, a regional capital with a population of 165,000.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The U.S. Embassy in Bishkek has announced the release of the Kyrgyz-language translation of the beloved American children’s story Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien. This effort was a partnership between the U.S. Embassy and the Kyrgyz Association of Publishers. With U.S. support, Mara Publishing House also recently published the Kyrgyz-language version of the popular classic Selected Stories by O’Henry. Upcoming titles to be released in Kyrgyz in 2016 include: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury; Where the Wild Things Are by Maurce Sendak; What Do People Do All Day by Richard Scarry; The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle; The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka; Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey; The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; and several works by Dr. Seuss.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — On January 3, the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat will kick off its annual Winter Film Screenings, bringing the best of American cinema to cities throughout Turkmenistan.
BISHKEK (TCA) — On December 31 the Government of Kyrgyzstan denounced the Kyrgyz-Russian intergovernmental Agreements on the construction and operation of Kyrgyzstan’s Kambarata-1 hydro power plant and the Upper Naryn cascade of hydro power plants, the Kyrgyz governmental press service said.
BISHKEK (TCA) — A 5.7 million euro budget support grant for education was transferred on December 29 by the European Union to the treasury account of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Delegation of the European Union to Kyrgyzstan said.
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