BISHKEK (TCA) — Politically and economically, Central Asia will largely depend on Russia’s and China’s recovery and any prediction for 2016 can make sense only with consideration of the political and economic capabilities of these two countries.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon met with the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh City on January 3.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A first batch of Tajik cement has been exported to Afghanistan, Avesta news agency reported citing Tajikistan’s Customs Service.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Domestically produced drugs account for 20 percent of the pharmaceutical market of Kazakhstan, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported citing Deputy Chairman of LLP SK-Pharmacy Maxim Kasatkin.
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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.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan has proposed to allow casinos and slot machines in the country. The initiative was opposed by the public and some MPs.
