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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon on March 24 officially launched the Naftrason oil refinery in the city of Konibodom in the Sughd province, the president’s press service said. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan's petro-authoritarianism is likely to continue to be fuelled by a combination of its large natural gas reserves, small population and steady global demand for natural gas, Annette Bohr writes in the report “Turkmenistan: Power, Politics and Petro-Authoritarianism”, released earlier this month by Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United States supports Tajikistan’s goals of security, democratic reform, and economic growth, the new U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Elisabeth Millard wrote in her introductory Op-Ed “Tajikistan and America: A Partnership for a Bright Future,” posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe on March 16. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on March 18 approved a financing of US $12 million equivalent for the Urban Development Project in the Kyrgyz Republic. $6.6 million of this financing is a concessional credit and $5.4 million is a grant, the World Bank said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The non-governmental organization UNISON convened an event last week with leading energy-sector policy-makers to formally close the nationwide public outreach campaign "Be Warm, Kyrgyzstan!" UNISON’s five-month campaign, supported by the United States through USAID, conducted 575 workshops across the country, teaching over 25,000 households low-cost techniques to lower their electricity and heating bills and keep their homes and families warm through the winter, the US Embassy in Bishkek reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) expects to maintain its oil production this year at last year’s level despite oil production decrease plans in Kazakhstan, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing KMG head Sauat Mynbayev. Continue reading
