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Prime Minister presents Digital Kazakhstan program

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

State TV head, presidential press officer reportedly dismissed in Uzbekistan

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

Kyrgyzstan: officials shackle journalists with giant libel damages

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

Uzbekistan launches 24-hour television news channel

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

CSTO foreign ministers agree on joint measures to ensure information security

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

Kazakhstan to switch from Cyrillic to Latin: social and economic realities versus political zeal

ALMATY/BISHKEK (TCA) — Language is one of those issues over which emotions often prevail over the voice of reason. Yet, coexistence of more than one language on a single national territory is far more common than many people seem to think. Continue reading