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US partners with Kyrgyz garment industry to boost exports

BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States through USAID’s Business Growth Initiative has been working with Kyrgyz apparel manufacturers since 2014 to optimize production and marketing in order to tap into multi-billion dollar export markets by targeting major retail chains and branded stores in Europe and CIS, the US Embassy in Bishkek said. Continue reading

Czech companies to build small hydro power plants in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK (TCA) — The government of Kyrgyzstan and Czech companies are preparing an agreement for construction of small hydro power plants (HPPs) in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariyev said on March 16 during the meeting with a parliamentary delegation of the Czech Republic headed by the Speaker of the Czech Parliament Jan Hamacek. Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan’s Kumtor gold mine reports 2015 production results

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Kumtor mine, the largest gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, produced 16,195.4 kg of gold in 2015. Gold sales in 2015 were 16,189.9 kg with a revenue totaling $604.5 million, Kumtor Gold Company said on March 16. Continue reading

Korea and Japan help Kyrgyzstan tackle with disaster management issues

BISHKEK (TCA) — As part of the Multi-year Joint Capacity Development Program on Disaster Management (MJCD Program) which was started in 2012 by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Government of Kyrgyzstan and both KOICA and JICA will hold a Joint Seminar on Disaster Management on March 16 and 17 in Bishkek. Continue reading

Kyrgyz government reports on anti-crisis plan execution

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Kyrgyz Government’s tasks include increasing production and exports and import substitution of agricultural products, Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Temir Sariyev said on March 14 while reporting on the fulfillment of the Government’s Anti-crisis plan at the meeting of the Parliament’s majority coalition, the governmental press service said.   Continue reading

Kyrgyz government expects good harvest this year

BISHKEK (TCA) — Weather forecasters predict a dry summer in Kyrgyzstan. Due to the unusually warm winter and early spring this year, field works will start before the planned time. The Government reported that there will be no risks for the harvest in 2016 because there is enough water in reservoirs and “everything is under control”. Continue reading