ASTANA (TCA) — Co-Chairs of the Kazakh-Greek Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko and Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Georgios Katrougkalos — discussed bilateral political, trade and economic cooperation in Astana on February 5. The Greek delegation also included representatives of the business community, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan can boost its growth and create more jobs by establishing better migration policies to help its migrant workers seek opportunities abroad, says a new report released on February 5 by the Government of Afghanistan and the World Bank.

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ASTANA (TCA) — An online platform for monitoring, reporting and verifying emission sources and greenhouse gases (GHG) was officially launched on February 5 by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and the World Bank.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — An Uzbek journalist and rights activist, Dilmurod Saiid, was released from prison on February 3. Saiid was arrested in February 2009 on charges of forgery and extortion and sentenced to twelve and a half years in prison. He is known for reporting on human rights violations in Uzbekistan.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The U.S. government, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has allocated over one billion Kyrgyz som to support healthy nutrition for children — the future of Kyrgyzstan — in schools and kindergartens throughout the country. The key objective of this program is to improve nutrition and literacy and primary education in the country, the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek said on February 5.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Solid waste management was one of those vital public services that suffered in Khujand, the second largest city in Tajikistan, before the local authorities turned to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which partnered with donors and other financial institutions to cover, through a combination of loans, grants and technical assistance, the costs of repairing the city’s infrastructure, the EBRD press office reported.

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