BISHKEK (TCA) — Official opening of the posters’ exhibition dedicated to citizen participation in municipal life and transparency of local self-governments took place on November 2 at Aitiev National Art gallery in Bishkek. Until November 19, guests of the Gallery will have a chance to see posters of artists who participated in the competition “Live better: here and now, 2017”, the Embassy of Switzerland in Kyrgyzstan said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — On November 9, the Russian city of Chelyabinsk will host the XIV Forum of Interregional Cooperation of Kazakhstan and Russia, with the participation of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — The Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says that trade between Afghanistan and Iran continues to increase, TOLOnews reports.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) First Vice President Phil Bennett will visit Uzbekistan this week to meet Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and other senior officials and speak at the International Conference on Security and Sustainable Development in Central Asia. He will also open a new office of the Bank in the capital, Tashkent, on 8 November, which demonstrates the EBRD’s new stage of engagement with Uzbekistan, the EBRD press office said.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned an attack on the family home of an exiled Turkmen human rights activist in Turkmenistan’s northern city of Dashoguz, where his 76-year-old mother lives alone, RFE/RL reported.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Eldor Mannopov, Uzbekistan Managing Partner at Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Canada in Uzbekistan.

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