ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan has passed a law under which all people seeking a marriage license must be tested for HIV, RFE/RL reports.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The economies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) continue to face difficult headwinds in an increasingly complex and uncertain global economic environment, with short-term prospects differing substantially across countries, according to a new World Bank report.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The shareholders of the TAPI Pipeline Company Limited (TPCL) signed an Investment Agreement on April 7 in a ceremony witnessed by petroleum ministers and senior government officials of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and senior Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials. It will pave the way for long-term natural gas supplies that will give a major boost to the signatory countries’ economies and energy security, the ADB said in a news release.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan ranks 28th in the world in terms of energy intensity of GDP, Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan Aset Isekeshev said at the international conference “Attraction of investments in energy efficiency projects in the public sector and in small and medium-sized enterprises” in Astana on April 7, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh has announced Tehran’s plan to increase the level of Iranian oil production to four million barrels per day (bpd), Iran’s PressTV news agency reported on April 6.
Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon
DUSHANBE (TCA) — A group of Tajik lawmakers has proposed a draft law establishing a new official holiday in the country that would mark the presidency of Tajikistan’s longtime ruler Emomali Rakhmon, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported on April 6.
