The Gazette of Central Asia

Kyrgyz Municipality Embarks on Waste Sorting

Catherine BISSON-SERIAN — 2021-04-06T13:54:25Z

BISHKEK (24.kg) — Balykchy residents hope that the new waste-sorting plant will gradually rid their windy city of the unpleasant sight of plastic bags clinging to bushes and empty cans scattered along the roadside. The Balykchy Municipality's “Beautification and Sanitary Cleaning” municipal enterprise has been working towards this goal for two years. A lot of time was spent on developing the project and writing a business plan, which was laid on the table of an investor engaged in gold mining (...)

- Kyrgyzstan

EU4Energy Policy Forum in Kyrgyzstan

Catherine BISSON-SERIAN — 2018-06-28T06:53:04Z

PARIS (IEA press service) – International Energy Agency (IEA) for EU4Energy is holding a three-day Policy Forum in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan from 26-28 June, focusing on energy security and energy subsidies. The forum will cover energy demand restraint programmes, fuel switching, response mechanisms, and energy access. Over 80 participants, including officials and experts from the 11 IEA EU4Energy countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, (...)

- Kyrgyzstan / PDF, Graph, IEA

Deadline Pushed at Kumtor Mine

Nazar TAMASHEVSKA — 2018-06-22T17:03:16Z

TORONTO (Globe Newswire) — Centerra Gold Inc. announced that it has agreed with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to further extend the First Longstop Date under the Strategic Agreement for Environmental Protection and Investment Promotion (“Strategic Agreement”) previously entered into with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on September 11, 2017. Centerra is a Canadian-based gold mining and exploration company engaged in the operation, exploration, development and acquisition of gold (...)

- Kyrgyzstan / Kumtor Gold Mine

IMF and Bankig Law in Kyrgyzstan

Catherine BISSON-SERIAN — 2018-02-01T13:30:30Z

WASHINGTON (IMF press service) — An IMF team led by Mr. Edward Gemayel visited Bishkek during January 25-31, 2018 to take stock of the latest economic and policy developments. According to the team, Kyrgyz economic activity in 2017 exceeded expectations supported by remittances and public spending. It recommend however efforts be redoubled to reintroduce the important Banking Law's amendments and ensure their adoption. Last month, deputies of the Committee of the Parliament on Economic and (...)

- Kyrgyzstan

World Bank Biannual Economic Update | Fall 2015

Catherine BISSON-SERIAN — 2015-11-10T13:28:17Z

WASHINGTON (World Bank press service) — The latest Kyrgyz Republic Economic Report (Fall 2015) outlines the economic situation in the country and medium-term development prospects. Amidst a turbulent economic environment in Central Asia, the Kyrgyz Republic's economy has proven relatively resilient during the first eight months of 2015. GDP grew at a rate of 6.8%, year-on-year (y/y), between January and August, boosted by frontloaded gold production and a strong performance of the (...)

- Kyrgyzstan / World Bank

Kyrgyzstan Ends its Importation of Electricity from Tajikistan

Catherine BISSON-SERIAN — 2015-10-07T13:51:11Z

BISHKEK (24.kg news agency) – Due to the end of the contract, Kyrgyzstan stopped importing electricity from Tajikistan, the press service of Electric stations JSC reported. The quantity of electricity received for the period as stipulated by the contract, amounted to 146.6 mln kWh. In accordance with the agreements reached during the official visit of the minister of KR Temir Sariev in Tajikistan, as well as by order of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic dated June 30, 2015 between (...)

- Kyrgyzstan

Number of Illegally Issued Passports in Kyrgyzstan Reaches 40,000

2015-05-22T17:22:00Z

Bishkek (24.kg news agency) – The Interior Ministry claimed that the number of illegally issued passports in Kyrgyzstan reached 40,000. This was announced at a meeting of Ata Meken parliamentary faction. According to the Interior Ministry, investigative measures to identify such passports are conducted. “The interrogation of the head and staff of the State Registration Service was held. At least 9 people arrested, one case was referred to the court. It turned out that some foreign nationals (...)

- Kyrgyzstan

Why Are There Electricity Supply Problems in Kyrgyzstan?

Shohruh ABDUALLAEV — 2015-05-19T23:09:00Z

Central Asia is said to be rich for water glacier resources. Water is sometimes measured more than oil. This fact is indeed real. The conflict on water is going on through decades between up- and downstream countries. Upstream countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, are accused with manipulation of water supply; especially during summer time when downstream countries, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, are in need of it for irrigation system. Water is sometimes a source of conflict (...)

- Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Parliament Ratifies Treaty on Accession to EEU

2015-05-19T22:02:00Z

BISHKEK (Interfax) – Kyrgyz parliamentarians on Wednesday approved the ratification of the treaty on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), which was signed by President Almazbek Atambayev in Moscow on December 23, 2014, the parliament press service told Interfax on Wednesday. The source said the approved document consists of the main part of the treaty, which states the fact of Kyrgyzstan's accession and contains the main conditions of this process and the procedures (...)

- Kyrgyzstan / EAEU

Kyrgyzstan to Increase the Guaranteed Minimum Income by 14%

2015-05-16T19:04:00Z

BISHKEK (24.kg news agency) – The Kyrgyz Republic plans to increase the guaranteed minimum income by 14% in 2015, the head of the Ministry of Social Development Kudaibergen Bazarbaev said this Friday during a meeting with Prime Minister Temir Sariev. According to him, more than 385,000 people receive the state benefits. Since 2012 the amount of the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) increased annually by 10%. This year its size will also increase. Following the meeting, the Ministry of Social (...)

- Kyrgyzstan