Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) and General Prosecutor’s Office are detecting social-media users who speak negatively about the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev. This issue was discussed in the Kyrgyz parliament this week.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) established an intergovernmental Committee on Energy that will meet for the first time in Bangkok 17-19 January, we are publishing this OP-ED by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Executive Secretary of ESCAP:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — As a large-scale construction project has reportedly got problems in Turkmenistan, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Japan has contributed US $500,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to empower rural women and benefit more than 2,500 households in Kyrgyzstan, the UN WFP in the Kyrgyz Republic said on January 13.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — A processing plant for production of potassium fertilizers at the Garlyk potassium salt deposit in the Lebap province of Turkmenistan is to be put into operation in the end of March, Turkmenistan: the Golden Age online newspaper reports.
