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ASTANA (TCA) — The business forum “Ontustik Business: Opportunities and Prospects” was held in Astana last week with the aim to present the investment climate and state programs to support investors in the South Kazakhstan region and attract tourists to this region, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The United States and NATO are moving to support Afghanistan by investing billions of dollars in the country’s Air Force, TOLOnews agency reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The government in Uzbekistan says it will liberalize the country’s currency regulations, no longer fixing the national currency, the soum, to the U.S. dollar and removing restrictions on the amount of foreign currencies individuals and companies can buy, RFE/RL reports.
EurasiaNet
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The banking system in Tajikistan is experiencing hard times, with four banks facing a liquidity crisis due to reckless lending policies. The situation owes much to dubious practices in the banking system, but it is ordinary customers of the banks who now pay for that. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — For the first time over recent years, the water level in the reservoir of the Toktogul hydro power plant, the largest in Kyrgyzstan, has reached its maximum. The reservoir has currently 19.6 billion cubic meters of water, 2.7 billion cubic meters more compared to the same period last year. This gives Kyrgyzstan an opportunity to export electricity to neighboring countries, Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Duishenbek Zilaliyev said.
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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.
