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ASTANA (TCA) — The labor productivity index in Kazakhstan increased by 31 percent as of the end of 2016 and the country reached the level of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia in terms of labor productivity in 2016, Minister for Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek said at a press conference on March 28, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will pay an official visit to Turkmenistan on 29-31 March, BelTA news agency reported citing the press service of the Belarusian president.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union is continuing to offer significant support to trade facilitation activities in Central Asia. Thus, a technical assistance mission on GSP+ will be held in Bishkek on March 28-31 within the framework of Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA), funded by the European Union, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on March 28.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Representatives of China’s Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited have visited Uzbekistan to discuss cooperation with local construction and production corporation, Umar, for construction of a cement plant in Samarkand, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reports.
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ALMATY (TCA) — The Khorgos International Center of Trans-boundary Cooperation last week hosted a fair of commodity producers of Kazakhstan’s Almaty region. The fair attracted 6,500 visitors from neighboring China, the press service of ICBC Khorgos said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Another leader of Kyrgyzstan’s opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party has been charged with corruption, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.
