BISHKEK (TCA) — Guides from Kyrgyzstan have received certification from the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA), an organization that unites over 200,000 tour guides from 70 countries. Thirty-one tour guides received certificates after completing a series of training courses organized by the Association, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the US Embassy in Bishkek said.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) continues to enjoy significant trust and support from between 50% and 83% of the population of its five member states (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia), as well as Tajikistan (69%). At the same time, positive attitudes towards Eurasian integration have been declining gradually, both in the EEU countries and beyond, according to population surveys in seven countries (five EEU member states, Tajikistan and Moldova) conducted by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Centre for Integration Studies and Eurasian Monitor, an international partnership.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Islamic State (IS) militants fully control a number of districts in the north of Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters at a press briefing on December 28, TASS reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — According to official estimates, real GDP in Tajikistan grew by 6.8% during the first nine months of 2017, compared with 6.7% a year earlier. Growth was pulled along by net exports, due in particular to high external demand for Tajikistan’s mineral resources, general improvement in the terms of trade and pick-up in private consumption as remittances rose by over 22%, according to the World Bank’s Tajikistan Economic Update, Fall 2017.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — A man suspected of killing a brother of former Kyrgyzstan’s Prosecutor-General and opposition politician Aida Salyanova has been apprehended in Bishkek, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.

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