ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the Mayor’s Office of Balykchy and the International Republican Institute on August 23 signed a memorandum of understanding to support a pilot project on improving municipal services delivery in the town of Balykchy, northern Kyrgyzstan, through a so-called “single window model”, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek said.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — In partnership with Ideagrad, the USAID Business Growth Initiative (BGI) will hold a Summer Boot Camp Demo Day at the Ololohaus in Bishkek (163/1 Moskovskaya St.) at 4.30 pm on August 24. Throughout the event, seven teams of young entrepreneurs will present their newly developed products and services to a group of potential investors and sponsors, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said.

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ALMATY (TCA) — Four members of a radical group which was plotting a string of terrorist attacks were detained in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan, RFE/RL reports with reference to the Kazakh National Security Committee.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan must look to deepen its industrial base, improve the productivity of its agricultural sector, and reduce barriers to private investment to remain on a high growth path, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — In August 2016, United States Embassy to Uzbekistan’s Deputy Chief of Mission Lesslie Viguerie attended the opening ceremonies for a new Uzbekistan border post located along the border with Tajikistan, the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent said on August 22.

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OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — Michael Tatham, Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and Robin Ord-Smith, British Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, on August 20 visited the Osh province in southern Kyrgyzstan to meet with Ahmadjan Mahammadov, Deputy Governor of Osh Oblast. The delegation also met with international organizations and visited AKF/MSDSP KG project sites in Aravan district, the British Embassy to the Kyrgyz Republic said.

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