TASHKENT (TCA) — As international attention is being focused on new foreign policy and economic priorities of the new Uzbek president, we are republishing this article by Umida Hashimova, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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BISHKEK (TCA) — It is necessary to reduce the number of universities and improve the quality of education in Kyrgyzstan, deputies of the Kyrgyz Parliament said on December 16 discussing the situation in the country’s education system. The meeting was attended by Vice Prime Minister Cholpon Sultanbekova.
LONDON (TCA) — “Classical” cases such as the massive amounts of money embezzled by former BTA bank chief Mukhtar Ablyazov and ex-mayor of Almaty Viktor Khrapunov have been haunting Kazakh law enforcers for well over a decade. But white collar crime, meaning not bribes and extortions but straightforward swindle and theft, have become endemic in Kazakhstan during the last couple of years.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — As a new Cabinet has been formed in Uzbekistan following the country’s new President’s inauguration this week, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — On December 15, a new EU funded project started working on establishing a water treatment plant in the city of Istiklol (formerly Taboshar) in northern Tajikistan. The project is part of the EU’s programme for Central Asia on Environmental Remediation, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Members of the European Parliament backed a textiles trade deal with Uzbekistan on December 14, acknowledging the country’s efforts to eradicate child labour. But they also urged the country to take further steps to end all other forms of forced labour, e.g. by students and civil servants, in its cotton harvest, the European Parliament said in a press release.
