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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan and Turkey plan to increase bilateral trade and attract Turkish capital to the Tajik economy, Avesta news agency reported citing Mahmut Er, chairman of the Turkish-Tajik Business Council.
TCA
ASTANA (TCA) — In June 2016 the total volume of loans issued by the banking sector to the economy of Kazakhstan had reached KZT 12.5 trillion. However, despite a remarkable fall in new loans in January 2016 the total volume of new loans was up by 6.8 percent year on year in the first six months of 2016, Ranking.kz reports.
TCA
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union on 1 August transferred EUR 5 million to the treasury account of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic as part of a program aimed to support electoral reform in the country, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on August 18.
TCA
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has decided to extend a moratorium on land privatization and land leasing to foreigners until the end of 2021, the presidential press service said.
Stratfor
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the Taliban are taking control of more territories in Afghanistan, we are republishing this article originally published by Stratfor:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Centerra Gold Inc. and Kumtor Gold Company (KGC) have summed up their operating results in the second quarter of 2016 and said that in the first six months of 2016, the Kumtor mine — the largest gold mine in Kyrgyzstan — produced 184,168 ounces or 5,728.27 kg of gold. KGC has contributed more than 3.01 billion soms in taxes and mandatory payments to the Kyrgyz budget.
