TCA
DUSHANBE (TCA) — As the winter season is nearing, Tajikistan has introduced electricity rationing in some parts of the country starting from November 1, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports.
TCA
ASTANA (TCA) — A French delegation headed by Ambassador of France in Kazakhstan Francis Etienne visited Shymkent to meet with business people of the South Kazakhstan Region, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on October 31.
TCA
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has made significant progress in privatization and attracting foreign investors. The country is home to more than 4,900 enterprises established with participation of foreign capital from more than 90 countries, the country’s official Jahon information agency reports.
TCA
ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is continuing to finance the modernisation of public infrastructure in Kyzylorda, where the Bank is a leading financier of public utilities, in partnership with the government of Kazakhstan and local authorities, the EBRD press office said.
Stratfor
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — With the launch of the winter heating season, hundreds of coal-fired small boilers began to supply heat to the homes of Kyrgyzstan’s population. Some boilers this year have been transferred to natural gas, because the gas supply is more stable, effective and environmentally friendly. The others are still burning coal.
