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BISHKEK (TCA) — A container train linking China and Iran departed from Yiwu City in east China’s Zhejiang Province loaded with Chinese small commodities on January 28, Xinhua reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A representative of China has addressed the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Board of Directors as a shareholder for the first time, less than two weeks after the country formally became the EBRD’s 67th member, the EBRD press office reported on January 28.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Trade between Uzbekistan and Germany in 2015 decreased by 18.2 percent, from 481 million euro in 2014 down to 380 million euro, German Ambassador to Uzbekistan Neithart Hoefer-Wissing told a news conference on January 26, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — In its 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released on January 27, Transparency International ranked 168 countries based on perceived levels of public-sector corruption. The most corrupt countries in Central Asia, according to the index, were Afghanistan (ranked 166th), Turkmenistan (156th), and Uzbekistan (153rd).
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Commission has approved the release of EUR 15 million as part of the EU’s Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme for the Kyrgyz Republic, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on January 27.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon has appointed his elder daughter, Ozoda Rakhmon, as head of the presidential administration. The appointment was announced on January 27, the president’s website said.
