BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with €20,000 donated from the proceeds of the OSCE Charity Ball 2017, has launched a project to provide lasting psycho-social relief and assistance to victims of the January 16 plane crash in Dacha-Suu village near the Manas airport on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. The project is being implemented jointly with the Kyrgyzstan-based Child Rights Defenders League and the National Red Crescent Society of the Kyrgyz Republic, the OSCE said on February 22.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Real incomes of Kazakhstan’s population fell 4.5 percent last year, the largest decrease in the living standard over the past 16 years, Kazakhstan’s Ranking.kz agency reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan and the Industrial Modernization Center of Egypt have signed a memorandum of cooperation which will allow Kazakh companies to open up new export opportunities for agricultural and food products, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Atameken reported on February 21.

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ASTANA (TCA) — On February 20 in Hanoi, the head of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) Kanat Alpysbayev held talks with the Minister of Transport of Vietnam Truong Quang Nghia and General Director of Vietnam Railways Vu Ta Tung on bilateral transport cooperation, KTZ’s press service said.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The commercial director of Tajikistan’s Somon Air company, Alisher Rustamov, has been fired over the cancellation of the long-awaited return of regular passenger service between Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe and the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Mongolia have pointed out some areas for cooperation in geological exploration, uranium mining and processing, and expressed interest in implementation of joint projects in the nuclear sector, Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom said on February 21.

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