TASHKENT (TCA) — Raising awareness and formulating policy recommendations on the need to engage and empower youth in preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) was the focus of a two-day international conference that ended on June 12. The event, organized by the OSCE in co-operation with the upper house of the parliament, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the United Nations, was held in Tashkent and Samarkand, respectively.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Kyrgyz Prosecutor-General’s Office has rejected a request for a retrial of opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev, who was sentenced in 2017 to eight years in prison on corruption charges that he denies, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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ALMATY (TCA) — Despite the government’s plans to develop green energy, Kazakhstan’s economy is still heavily dependent on traditional hydrocarbon fuels. We are republishing this article on the issue, written by Almaz Kumenov, originally published by Eurasianet:

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ALMATY (TCA) — The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Kazakhstan announces the second annual Go Viral Festival — a three-day festival aimed at spreading innovative ideas in media, business, culture, and technology, which will be held from June 15-17 at SmArt.Point co-working space in Almaty.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — During the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in China on June 9-10, India stated that its approach towards China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) remains unchanged. India was the only country among the eight members of the SCO to refuse to endorse BRI in the final declaration issued by the group on Sunday, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — High level representatives of all five Central Asian countries, the European Union, International Financial Institutions (IFIs), international and regional organizations, and NGOs gathered for the 8th meeting of the EU-CA Working Group on Environment and Climate Change (WGECC) on 7-8 June in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to discuss the progress in cooperation on environment, climate change and water. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr Massimo Cozzone from Italy, the coordinating EU country for the process, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan reported.

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