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ASTANA (TCA) — As part of the Nation’s Plan “100 Concrete Steps”, it is proposed to reduce the tax rate for small businesses in Kazakhstan starting from 2018, the Deputy Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov said at a briefing on August 2, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The OSCE-supported Second International Women’s Forum on Future Energy: Women, Business, and the Global Economy began on August 2 in Astana for some 200 participants including high-level government officials and representatives of Kazakhstan’s Parliament, civil society and the business community, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Indian Army Staff, is visiting Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to strengthen India’s defense cooperation with the two Central Asian countries, Sputnik news agency reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced five leaders and activists of the People’s Parliament opposition movement to lengthy prison terms on charges of planning a coup in the spring of 2016.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek has sentenced former member of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament Sadyr Japarov to 11.5 years in a high-security prison for hostage-taking.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Central Asia has been on the trading route between East and West for centuries. But small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have only slowly developed in the region. Yet they are a vital engine to spur sustainable economic growth in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) press office reports.
