BISHKEK (TCA) — JSC Electric Power Plants (EPP), the major state-owned power generation company in Kyrgyzstan, on February 9 announced the award of a turn-key contract for the Asian Development Bank-supported (ADB) modernization of the Toktogul hydropower plant (HPP) to a joint venture of GE Hydro (France) and GE Renewables (Switzerland) for $104 million, ADB’s country office in Kyrgyzstan said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s tourism industry is facing ambitious tasks — to increase the share of tourism from the current 1% to 8% of GDP by 2025 and to raise the employment from 390 thousand people in 2017 up to 660 thousand by 2025, Chairperson of the Tourism Industry Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, Mainyura Murzamadiyeva, said in an interview with PrimeMinister.kz.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The 14th meeting of the Kazakh-Chinese joint commission for cooperation in the field of industrialization and investment was held in Beijing on February 11, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — Army chiefs of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have visited Afghanistan amid concerns in Central Asia countries about the expansion of Daesh (Islamic State) in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The health of one of three jailed Kyrgyz opposition politicians who have been on hunger strike for several days is very serious, his lawyer has told RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service.

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