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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The National Bank of Tajikistan is considering the use of the country’s President Emomali Rahmon's portrait on a proposed new 1,000-somoni banknote, which would be worth about $127, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — A Conference of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, the country’s dominant party, has nominated incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov as its candidate in the country’s presidential election scheduled for February 12, 2017, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — On December 1, Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev held a traditional year-end press conference, which gathered over 140 journalists from 70 media outlets including international ones. The President preferred the question and answer format instead of a traditional statement. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon's third daughter, Rukhshona Rakhmonova, has become a deputy department head at the country's Foreign Ministry, the latest in a series of appointments of Rakhmon's close relatives to government positions, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — State television in Turkmenistan reported on November 23 that the only son of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has become a member of parliament. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A member of Kazakhstan’s parliament has proposed that the country's capital city, Astana, should be renamed to honor longtime President Nursultan Nazarbayev, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
