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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a results-based loan of $500 million to support the construction of up to 29,000 new affordable housing units in nine regions across Uzbekistan as part of the State Affordable Rural Housing Program, ADB’s country office in Uzbekistan said on June 1.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Tajikistan School Meals Recipe Book was named “Best in the World” at the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, held in Yantai, China, this week, the WFP said on June 2.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia is trying to increase its military influence in Central Asia and apparently taking efforts to involve Uzbekistan in this sphere of influence. We are republishing this article by Joshua Kucera on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Authorities in Kyrgyzstan should ensure the safety of independent journalist Ulugbek Babakulov, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on June 1. Babakulov, who has been the target of intense criticism from lawmakers and pro-government media since he criticized nationalist social media posts in an article last week, has received death threats on social media, according to his editor.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — “EIB is backing the political commitments of the EU in the region of Central Asia, when financing the projects in Kyrgyzstan,” Vazil Hudak, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) said on May 31 in Bishkek, the Bank’s press service said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia could add as much as $2.7 billion to its GDP in the long term from creating a free trade zone with India, Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Trade Minister Veronika Nikishina said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 1, Sputnik news agency reported.
