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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The European Union provides a €2 million grant towards a UNDP program that will enable Afghan women to graduate from universities in neighboring Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan said on July 22.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, Cyril Muller, commended the Government of Uzbekistan for accelerating social and economic reforms to improve people’s living standards. Visiting Uzbekistan on July 18-19, Mr. Muller met with the country’s President and senior government officials to discuss new and existing areas of World Bank financial and technical assistance, the Bank said on July 22.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Officials say clashes on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have left at least one dead and several more wounded, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s deputy interior minister on July 22 visited the residential compound of former President Almazbek Atambayev near Bishkek after he had refused to obey a subpoena three times in an unspecified criminal investigation, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s delegation held negotiations with the Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of Overseas Private Investment Corporation David Bohigian, in Washington, the Jahon information agency reported on July 22.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s largest state-owned enterprise, the oil and gas company Uzbekneftegas (UNG), will be restructured to improve its long-term sustainability and credit quality following a decision by the country’s government to implement a corporate transformation plan prepared with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
