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ALMATY (TCA) — The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Kazakhstan, in partnership with the Almaty City Akimat, launches USKZ Fest, the largest event of a year-long campaign celebrating 25 years of U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relations. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the Turkish government has asked countries around the world to close schools linked to Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric whom Turkey accuses of being behind a failed coup attempt last month, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have rejected the request. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Attempts by national governments of Central Asia’s former Soviet republics to make their indigenous languages tools for nationalistic mainstream politics have been halfhearted from the very beginning following the break-up of the USSR. Intrusions of other external movements, mainly though not only “Islamic” ones, have made authorities throughout the region think twice. With a large number of migrants to Russia and business development, all landlocked countries of Central Asia are in search for coexistence between nationalist sentiments and cross-frontier ambitions. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The first UN Information and Resource Center (UN IRC) in Tajikistan was officially inaugurated on June 13 by Sirodjiddin Aslov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, and Ms. Cihan Sultanoglu, UN Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, Regional Director of the United Nations Development Programme for Eastern Europe and CIS countries. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — On May 25 and 26, Kazakhstan’s capital Astana hosted the annual economic and political event, Astana Economic Forum. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic has allocated CHF 200,000 (more than 14 million Kyrgyz soms) to the OSCE Academy in Bishkek to provide high-quality education to a young generation of future leaders of Central Asia, the Swiss Embassy said on May 6. Continue reading
