Stratfor
ASTANA (TCA) — As Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev on May 5 postponed the implementation of a controversial law on the privatization of state-owned agricultural land in the country, we are republishing an article originally published by Stratfor, entitled “In Kazakhstan, instability is the lay of the land”, which analyzes the reasons behind the decision. The article is below:
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OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — A United Nations park was opened in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on May 5. Located in Cheryomushki residential neighborhood, the park includes a children playground and a library, said the press service of the Osh municipality.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic has allocated CHF 200,000 (more than 14 million Kyrgyz soms) to the OSCE Academy in Bishkek to provide high-quality education to a young generation of future leaders of Central Asia, the Swiss Embassy said on May 6.
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ASTANA (TCA) — At the government meeting on May 5, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the country’s agricultural sector needs investment to increase productivity, the presidential press service reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has declared a moratorium on controversial amendments to the country’s Land Code, the presidential press service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Economic growth has slowed to a two-decade low in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region, owing to the large and sustained decline in commodity prices, wide-ranging spillovers from Russia’s recession, and the slowdown and rebalancing of China’s economy, says the IMF Regional Economic Outlook April 2016 for Middle East and Central Asia.
