TCA
BISHKEK (TCA) — President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev paid a working visit to Uzbekistan on December 24.
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.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Call it stabilisation, call it stagnation. Another year has passed in which Central Asia’s national economies remained aloof from overall collapse. For a badly needed breakthrough, drastic measures needed have been confined to conference rooms and far away from reality.
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — Among the CIS countries, only Kyrgyz airlines are now forbidden to fly to the European Union, after the European Commission earlier this month updated the EU Air Safety List (the so called blacklist), and all of Kazakhstan’s airlines have been cleared from the list “following further improvements to the aviation safety situation in that country”.
EurasiaNet
DUSHANBE (TCA) — As achievement of energy security was declared one of the key objectives in Tajikistan’s National Development Strategy until 2030, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
Stratfor
BISHKEK (TCA) — As Russia seeks to strengthen its military position in post-Soviet countries including in Central Asia, we are republishing this article originally published by Stratfor:
