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ASTANA (TCA) — As Islamist extremism and terrorism is becoming a serious challenge in Kazakhstan, threatening with cyberattacks, the government is implementing a costly information security project aimed at thwarting the threat. We are republishing this article by Farkhad Sharip, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor and entitled Encroaching Extremism in West Kazakhstan: A Challenge for ‘Cyber Shield’: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — On September 13, during the meeting on digitalization of Kazakhstan’s economy chaired by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev presented the government’s Program of Innovative Development "Digital Kazakhstan", the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Local media reported on August 30 that Uzbekistan’s National Television and Radio Company chief Bobur Alikhonov has been dismissed after less than a month in the job. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — In recent time, authorities in Kyrgyzstan have used courts and libel lawsuits to silence independent media outlets critical of the country’s president. Even though the mass media should be objective and their reports should be based on facts, this type of suppression of the freedom of speech does not improve Kyrgyzstan’s image of a democratic state. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has launched a 24-hour television news channel that officials say marks a step away from isolation for the Central Asian country, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov took part in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a post-Soviet security bloc including Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported on July 17. Continue reading
