NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Eni, through its local subsidiary ArmWind LLP, has been awarded a 50 MW photovoltaic project in the region of Turkestan, in southern Kazakhstan, as a result of an auction managed by the Kazakh authorities. The auction was implemented in the framework of a joint initiative of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Italian company said in a press release.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Patients of healthcare centres in Central Asia’s most populated country will benefit from better care and hygiene standards following the introduction of modern medical manufacturing facilities in Uzbekistan, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

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BISHKEK (TCA) — A self-confessed money launderer who wired nearly $1 billion out of Kyrgyzstan’s banks before his murder in Turkey last month also ran a network of informal cash couriers who carried tens of millions of dollars from the Central Asian country by hand, a new investigation has found, RFE/RL reports.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — In collaboration with the Jamoat of Voru and the Jamoat of Rudaki in Tajikistan’s Panjakent district, the Italian NGO Cesvi in mid-November started the construction of a waste deposit site in Rui Ob village located in Jamoat Voru. This site is only the first step among many other steps for the establishment of sustainable waste management systems in the target villages benefitting of the EU-funded project “Enhancing Water and Natural Resources Management and Protection in upper catchments of Zarafshon Watershed,” implemented by a consortium of five international and national organizations, led by German organization Welthungerhilfe, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said on December 3.

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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Kazakh government meeting on December 3, chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin, considered the draft State Program for the Development of Kazakhstan’s Regions until 2025. Implementation of the program will make it possible to achieve the country’s urbanization level of at least 62% by 2025, increase the competitiveness of regions, improve the transport, engineering and social infrastructure and, in general, the quality of life of the population, the prime minister’s press service reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s medium-term economic growth is forecast at around 3.4% a year, according to a macroeconomic review for the Kyrgyz Republic published by the Directorate for Research at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).

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