DUSHANBE (TCA) — A group of members of the lower chamber of Tajikistan’s parliament have proposed an amendment to the country’s Constitution that would lower to 30 years the minimal age at which Tajik citizens are eligible to run for presidency in Tajikistan. Today persons not younger than 35 years old have the right to run for President in Tajikistan. The amendment was apparently proposed in favor of President Emomali Rakhmon’s son, Rustam Emomali, who will turn 33 by the next presidential election in Tajikistan in 2020, the Fergana information agency reported.   

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Small and medium enterprises account for around 40 percent of GDP in Kyrgyzstan, Deputy Economy Minister of Kyrgyzstan Daniyar Imanaliyev said at the January 13 roundtable on the development of small and medium business, said the press service of the Economy Ministry.   

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ASTANA (TCA) — Ukraine says it will for the first time ship goods to Kazakhstan along a route bypassing Russia, due to the Kremlin’s trade embargo on Kiev, RFE/RL reported.  

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ASTANA (TCA) — The lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s parliament, the Mazhilis, has asked President Nursultan Nazarbayev for its early dissolution “in connection with the aggravating economic situation in the country”.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The Development Bank of Kazakhstan has allocated 11 billion tenge from the National Fund of Kazakhstan to support Kazakhstan’s car-making industry by lending to private individuals for the purchase of vehicles, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported with reference to the Bank.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The plant to produce barite concentrates at the Bestobe deposit in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda province will reach its design capacity in 2018, the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan said.

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