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BISHKEK (TCA) — The 275,000-strong population of Osh will benefit from a new wastewater plant which has just opened in the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan thanks to financing provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Government of Switzerland, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic and the EBRD said on July 29.
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KABUL (TCA) — A new report published by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction says the Afghan government lost control of nearly 5 percent of its territory between January and May 2016, despite the delayed U.S. troop withdrawal from the country, RFE/RL reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan can attract investors by issuing residence permits for them, says Askar Sydykov, the executive director of the International Business Council (IBC) based in Bishkek.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the world is watching the developments in Turkey following the failed coup that nearly ousted President Erdogan from power, we are republishing this article by Svante E. Cornell*, originally published by The Turkey Analyst, a publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center:
BISHKEK (TCA) — Labour migration is as old as human statehood: ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Rome benefited from it. But the process is dynamic with ups and downs accompanying changes in economic patterns. Russia’s economic recovery is thereby good news for those seeking jobs. And it does not necessarily hinder economic development in migrants’ homelands provided their public and private sectors apply the right strategy – as the case of Kyrgyzstan illustrates.
