TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors last week approved US$150 million in financing for the Modernization and Upgrade of Transmission Substations Project in Uzbekistan. It is aimed at improving the technical efficiency and reliability of the power transmission networks in the country, the World Bank said.
AKTOBE, Kazakhstan (TCA) — A court in the northwestern Kazakh city of Aktobe has convicted 29 men in a high-profile terrorism trial, RFE/RL reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As countries of the Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) convened last week under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan in Ganja, we are publishing this article by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP:
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s southern Zhambyl region plans to build a ski base and a recreation center. These are ready projects for investors, which will attract tourists to the region, the Director of the Regional Chamber of Entrepreneurs Karlygash Aralbekova said at the International Investment Forum “TARAZ INVEST-2016” on November 25, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Atameken reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Holding Group Almex and Staay Food Group (the Netherlands) have signed a memorandum on developing projects in the agricultural and food industries of Kazakhstan and on establishing a joint venture Astana Fresh, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first-ever United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded on November 27 in Turkmenistan’s capital, with more than 50 countries endorsing the ‘Ashgabat Statement on Commitments and Policy Recommendations,’ with a view to supporting cleaner, greener transportation – from local transit systems to worldwide multimodal networks, the UN News Centre reports.
