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ASTANA (TCA) — The time of delivery of Kazakhstan’s grain to China by rail has been reduced fourfold with the launch of a new train service from Atbasar railway station, the press-office of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The new President of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, has awarded his predecessor Almazbek Atambayev with the title of a National Hero.
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ASTANA (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on November 27 sentenced Makhambet Abzhan, a local property rights activist, to 3 1/2 years in jail after finding him guilty on charges of fraud. The Saryarqa District Court also ordered the confiscation of Abzhan’s property, RFE/RL reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $44.76 million grant to develop Afghanistan’s first 20 megawatts (MW) on-grid solar photovoltaic plant and boost the country’s renewable energy generation and supply, ADB’s Country Office in Afghanistan said on November 26.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Government revenues in Turkmenistan are to decrease by 8 billion manats in 2018, the independent website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported with reference to the state information agency TDH.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Finland are interested in further development of cooperation across the whole spectrum of relations, with a special focus on green technologies. The success of EXPO-2017 in Astana and Finland’s participation in it have laid the foundation for such collaboration. This was said during meetings in Helsinki last week between Kazakhstan Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko and Finnish partners in governmental, legislative and business circles, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
