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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
DUSHANBE (TCA) — School bakeries installed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in two schools in Norak and Roghun in Tajikistan will benefit around 3,600 children in schools throughout the two districts, the WFP said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Urban Initiatives’ Road Triangle outreach campaign, supported by the United States through USAID, emphasized the critical roles that traffic police, drivers, and pedestrians play in ensuring road safety in Kyrgyzstan. As part of this campaign, the Bishkek-based civil society organization Urban Initiatives developed an online test to help drivers improve their knowledge of traffic safety rules, the organization said. To date, more than 26,700 people have taken the test. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on April 27 approved International Development Association credit in the amount of US $42.2 million for the Modernizing Higher Education Project in Uzbekistan. Continue reading
