ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s tourism industry is tasked to increase its share in GDP up to 8 percent by 2025 and to ensure 100-percent growth of inbound tourism to the country, Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports Askar Batalov said at a press conference on June 27 following the Government meeting that updated the Concept for the development of the country’s tourism industry until 2023, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Human rights groups have charged that the World Bank has funded more than $500 million in agricultural projects that are linked to forced labor and child labor in Uzbekistan, RFE/RL reports.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The town of Vahdat, some 25 kilometers east of Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on June 27 hosted official celebratory events marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Tajik Peace Accord that ended a five-year civil war between the secular government and the coalition of opposition groups led by Islamic forces.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan said it scales up its programme on climate change and adaptation by expanding its work to the new regions of Turkmenistan to build resilience of the local population to effects of climate change.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — From June 27 to July 3, the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan is conducting a series of concerts featuring the American blues band “Mem Shannon and the Membership Band”. This tour celebrates the 241st Independence Day of the United States of America.

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