ASHGABAT (TCA) — The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed in a note on February 4 that Turkmenistan Airlines was banned from flying to and from the EU pending the decision over the safety standards, Sputnik news agency reported.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Bishkek and Moscow have not discussed opening of a second Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan.

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ASTANA (TCA) — President Nursultan Nazarbayev has asked Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Council to provide an official interpretation of an article of the country’s constitution that deals with the termination of the president’s duties, RFE/RL reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — At the session of Turkmenistan’s Government on February 1, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov spoke about the outcomes of 2018 and outlined priority objectives of the country in the current year, the Newspaper “Golden Age” reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Epiphany Energy, a Canadian company, developed a patented technology for processing of associated and boil-off gas and generating diesel. The technology enables to reduce emissions caused by associated gas flaring as well as to save on capital costs due to its relatively small size and efficiency. Epiphany has joined forced with a South Korean investment fund, Key Capital Corporation, to invest into developing this technology in Kazakhstan, and has approached Kazakh Invest national investment support and promotion company to help find potential partners in the country’s oil and gas sector, Kazakh Invest said.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Tajikistan will gain greater access to finance, thanks to a newly passed reform in secured transactions. Financing for banks and SMEs alike will become easier, less risky and less costly, thereby helping boost the country’s business and investment environment, the World Bank said on February 1.

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