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12 Mar 2017

Central Asia corruption: how Kyrgyzstan can make a fresh start (part 1)

March 12, 2017
By Charles van der Leeuw

BISHKEK (TCA) — How can Central Asia’s nations reverse the force of greed thriving their upper echelons in favour of a fairer division of wealth en replace personal enrichment by collective economic improvement? If western parties would replace provocations by assistance to get justice done, it would help a lot, and give a new political generation no longer driven by selfish aspirations a chance to impose a velvet transition in the right direction. Kyrgyzstan appears to be the best-placed for such a process.

12 Mar 2017

NEWS

Kyrgyzstan trying to sell major mobile operator, again

March 12, 2017
By Maria Levina

BISHKEK (TCA) — The State Property Management Fund of Kyrgyzstan (SPMF) has put on sale through auction 100% of the state-owned shares of Alfa Telecom CJSC (MegaCom trademark) for the third time.

11 Mar 2017

NEWS

Weekly Digest of Central Asia

March 11, 2017
By TCA

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Central Asia is an important geopolitical area between Europe, Russia and China. It is in Central Asia that world powers have confronted each other for centuries; it is here that China needs to succeed with its new Silk Road Belt for direct access to the Western markets; and it is here that a large wealth of raw materials has its origin. Every week thousands of news appears all over the world in printed and online media and it is quite understandable that many of them may escape the attention of busy readers. At The Times of Central Asia, we strongly believe that more information can better contribute to peaceful development and better knowledge of the region, and for this reason we are presenting this Weekly Digest of Central Asia which compiles what other media have reported during the past week.

11 Mar 2017

NEWS

Russia rejects reports on alleged support of Taliban in Afghanistan as ‘absurd’

March 11, 2017
By TCA

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Russian Foreign Ministry on March 10 said that accusations of Russia’s support of the Taliban in Afghanistan through arms supplies are “absurd”, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported.

11 Mar 2017

NEWS

Kyrgyzstan: prosecutors sue media for offending president

March 11, 2017
By EurasiaNet

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s 24.kg news agency on March 10 said that pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) has filed a lawsuit against the news agency for the publication, on February 8, of an article that according to SPDK insults the party by stating that SDPK was “selling posts” during the election of mayors of towns in the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Earlier this week, two other media outlets were sued in Kyrgyzstan for insulting President Atambayev. Here below we are republishing an article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

11 Mar 2017

NEWS

Nazarbayev signs Kazakhstan constitutional amendments into law

March 11, 2017
By TCA

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on March 10 signed into law constitutional amendments transferring some powers from the country’s president to parliament and government ministers, the Kazakh presidential press service said.