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ASTANA (TCA) — Sustainable water governance with a focus on advanced education standards in the water sector was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on 16 May that took place at Kazakhstan’s Parliament in Astana. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The drawing exhibition "Imagining European Union" opened in Bishkek-based exhibition hall of the national union of artists on May 4. The exhibition concluded two-month-long drawing contest organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic for the schoolchildren throughout Kyrgyzstan. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Certificates for receiving grants worth over 43 million Kyrgyz soms to improve public services were awarded to 13 municipalities from Jalal-Abad and Issyk-Kul provinces of Kyrgyzstan on April 26, the Embassy of Switzerland in Bishkek said. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — United Nations Children’s Fund on April 25 congratulated the Government of Turkmenistan for having been elected to the UNICEF Executive Board for the period 2018-2020 and to the Commission on Status of Women for four years. The decision was announced at the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 19 April 2017. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister for political affairs Hekmat Khalil Karzai said the Japanese aid package will be invested in education, procurement and infrastructure projects, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — During the World Book Day celebration in Bishkek on April 21, U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic Sheila Gwaltney announced a donation of over 130,000 books to 80 children’s libraries across the country. The United States will contribute the books through its USAID Reading Together project, which improves the reading skills of early grade students, the US Embassy in Bishkek said. Continue reading