BISHKEK (TCA) — Growth in the Europe and Central Asia region continued to pick up in the first half of 2017, with commodity exporters and commodity importers alike achieving recovery. The region has benefited from rising oil prices, benign global financing conditions, robust growth in the Euro area, and generally supportive policies in several large countries in the area, according to the World Bank report “Global Economic Prospects June 2017: A Fragile Recovery”.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — On the eve of the grain-harvesting campaign, Turkmenistan has received the first batch of TUCANO 430 combine harvesters of the German company CLAAS. A ceremony of receiving the new agricultural machinery was held in Ak Bugday etrap of Akhal velayat (province), the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported on June 5.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, is hosting the Central Asian international ecological forum “Initiative for cooperation in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development in Central Asia”. The three-day forum is devoted to climate change and rational use of water and has a value in the context of sustainable development of Central Asia, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported on June 5.

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ASTANA (TCA) — More than 1.2 million tickets have been sold for the Expo 2017 to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from June 10th to September 10th, which is 20% more than the planned figures, Daulet Yerkimbaev, the director of commercialization department of JSC NC Astana EXPO-2017 told a press conference on June 5, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Russian gas giant Gazprom and Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz have signed an Agreement of Strategic Cooperation.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — The issue of water resources and their use by Central Asian countries is very sensitive in the region, and is fraught with potential conflicts. The longstanding dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan over the construction of the Tajik Roghun dam is one such issue. We are republishing this article on the problem, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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