Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — On July 24, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev held a press conference at the State Residence in Cholpon-Ata at Lake Issyk-Kul. During more than three hours, he answered about 60 questions from journalists and political analysts on a wide range of topics.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has launched a 24-hour television news channel that officials say marks a step away from isolation for the Central Asian country, RFE/RL reports.
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ALMATY (TCA) — A delegation of the Indian Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry arrived in Almaty to invite Kazakhstan entrepreneurs to expand cooperation, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on July 24.
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ASTANA (TCA) — About 5 million tons of cargo was transported between Kazakhstan and China during the first half of 2017, a 26-percent increase on-year. It was said at a meeting of the executive director of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), president of KTZ-Freight Transportation Oralkhan Kulakov and the head of the Urumqi Railway of China Shang Lijun, KTZ said on July 24.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Albert Jaeger visited Uzbekistan during July 17–24 to discuss economic developments and the authorities’ reform plans.
ASTANA (TCA) — Governments in many post-Soviet states, including Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, consider foreign-funded NGOs a threat to national interests and a fifth column, taking repressive measures against them and civil society activism in general. Now such measures target two NGOs in Kazakhstan which are critical of the government’s policies. We are republishing this article by Joanna Lillis on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
