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TASHKENT (TCA) — South Korea’s KT Corporation and Uzbekistan’s national energy company Uzbekenergo are launching a pilot project to introduce an automated electricity metering control system in three regions of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reports.
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — A quarter-century has passed since the memorable August 31, 1991, when Declaration of State Independence of Kyrgyzstan was adopted. That day ended a centuries-long history when the Kyrgyz people was deprived of its statehood, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said yesterday in Bishkek during the holiday events in honor of the 25th anniversary of the country’s independence.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Amid official announcement of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov’s illness and unconfirmed rumors of his death, an Uzbek state television anchor in the evening of August 31 read out an Independence Day address traditionally delivered by the President.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan will allocate 20.1 billion soms for repayment of the public debt in 2017, Minister of Finance Adylbek Kasymaliev said at the public hearing of the country’s draft budget for the next year. Of these, 11 billion soms will be allocated for the repayment of the external debt and 9 billion for the domestic debt. In subsequent years, this amount will grow to 26.9 billion soms in 2018 and to 29.2 billion soms in 2019.
ALMATY (TCA) — Kazakhstan turned out to be the last Soviet republic to formally declare its independence on December 16, 1991, almost half a year after the bell for the USSR had tolled in Moscow. Although stagnant in the political domain, Kazakhstan made spectacular economic progress into the new century. But it remains exposed to setbacks as weak spots now appear to have remained in place.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The top U.S. diplomat for Central Asia says the region’s relative stability means it often does not get much attention, but that a top priority when the next U.S. president takes office will be to explain the area’s importance to that new administration, the Voice of America reported on August 30.
