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BISHKEK (TCA) — As Kyrgyzstan pins big hopes on future power exports as part of the CASA-1000 energy transmission project, we are republishing this article by Cholpon Orozobekova, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor: Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 4 inaugurated the Afghan-India Friendship Dam in Afghanistan’s western Herat province. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan now has a surplus electricity generation capacity of around 4-5 thousand MW a year and the country is considering the possibilities of electricity export and transit, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Bakytzhan Kazhiyev, chairman of the Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company (KEGOC). Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — All said, nothing done. Yes – the Aral Sea must be restored; no – not at our expense. This was roughly the goodbye message Kyrgyzstan gave to one of the (many) paper tigers bearing the banner of Aral preservation before slamming the door. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — This past week, Kyrgyz MPs vigorously debated the Government’s resolution to transfer stakes in nine energy companies in Kyrgyzstan to the charter capital of the National Energy Holding. Finally, 76 deputies supported the document and 27 voted against it. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — It is almost two years now that Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia proceeded with the formation of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a step forward from their Customs Union. Armenia and Kyrgyzstan afterwards joined the Union, and as things stand today the EEU is consolidating and trying to transform the principles that hold it together from just good will into a well-regulated system. Continue reading
