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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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KABUL (TCA) — Officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s power utility company, on February 2 said that work on construction of CASA-1000 power transmission project has been delayed for eight months due to some reasons including that of financial, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — Protection of natural resources and using them wisely is among the priorities in ensuring the national security of Kyrgyzstan. However, corruption in issuing licenses hampers the mining industry development and the attraction of investments in this sector, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said on January 30 at a meeting of the Security Council to address problems in the subsoil use.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Authorities in Uzbekistan understand the necessity of English for economic modernization and attraction of foreign investments, which needs improvement in the teaching of English in Uzbek schools. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by Eurasianet:
