Sergey Kwan
ASTANA (TCA) — The airport in Kazakhstan’s capital city, Astana, has been renamed after President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh state media have reported.
Sergey Kwan
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — a security alliance of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan — will for the first time hold a large-scale operation targeting recruiters affiliated with a number of terrorist organizations, a CSTO deputy secretary general said, TASS news agency reported on June 21.
Sergey Kwan
ASTANA (TCA) — The EXPO-2017 that is going on in Astana has caused some discontent from local residents and foreign visitors due to unreasonably hiked prices in the city. We are republishing this article by Aktan Rysaliev on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
Sergey Kwan
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s president has approved additional measures to improve financial stability and increase the capitalization of the country’s commercial banks, the Jahon information agency reported.
Sergey Kwan
ALMATY (TCA) — A two-day regional seminar entitled “The role of women and youth in conflict prevention in Central Asia” concluded on June 20 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event was organized by the Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in cooperation with the UN-Women Multi-country Office in Central Asia (UN-Women) and the Regional Office of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Sergey Kwan
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s security forces have recaptured Tora Bora, a former fortress of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, from Islamic State militants, officials confirmed on June 20, RFE/RL reported.
