Sergey Kwan
KYZYLORDA, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Fifty clean, modern and accessible buses arrived on August 4 in the city of Kyzylorda, raising the quality of local transport for thousands of citizens in this major regional centre in southern Kazakhstan, the EBRD reported.
Sergey Kwan
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev on August 4 signed into law amendments allowing the authorities to deprive those convicted of terrorism and extremism of their citizenship.
Sergey Kwan
ALMATY (TCA) — The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Kazakhstan, in partnership with the Almaty City Akimat, launches USKZ Fest, the largest event of a year-long campaign celebrating 25 years of U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relations.
Sergey Kwan
ASTANA (TCA) — At the Extraordinary General Meeting on August 3, 75.7 percent of independent shareholders of Kazakhstan’s lucrative energy firm, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP), voted against selling their shares to the firm’s parent company, national oil and gas company KazMunaiGas (KMG), KMG EP said on August 3.
Sergey Kwan
TASHKENT (TCA) — Moody’s Investors Service is maintaining its stable outlook on the Uzbek banking system, reflecting its expectation that operating conditions for Uzbekistan’s banks will stay accommodative, Uzbekistan’s official information agency Jahon reported citing Moody’s.
Sergey Kwan
BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on August 3 in Washington met with foreign ministers from the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as the United States tries to re-engage in a region dominated by Russia and China.
