BISHKEK (TCA) — The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kyrgyzstan has checked the performance of anti-corruption legislation by law enforcement agencies and found that prevention of corruption “is not conducted at the proper level”. Violations have been revealed in the State Service for Combating Economic Crimes, State Service on Drug Control (SSDC), State Customs Service, and Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Vine-growing and wine-making are among those old traditions in all of Kyrgyzstan and the south of Kazakhstan, while the east of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are now reviving the industry under new brands. Technological upgrading with European input could boost output even further with the outlook to conquer a place among global wine exporters.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Commission in June updated the EU Air Safety List (so-called EU blacklist) in which 13 Kyrgyz and 19 Kazakh airlines are listed among 216 airlines certified in 19 states. These airlines do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union.

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ASTANA (TCA) — On July 1, at the workshop on the results of industrialization in the first half of 2016, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed the Government to develop a set of measures to support the export of Kazakhstani goods, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.  

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Italian company Salini Impregilo has won the international tender for the design, purchases, and construction of the Rogun hydro power plant in Tajikistan, Avesta news agency reports with reference to the website of Open Joint-Stock Company Rogun HPP.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan jumped 11 positions up and ranked 77th among 160 countries in the World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index (LPI), leaving behind such CIS countries as Russia (99), Ukraine (80), Uzbekistan (118), Belarus (120), and Kyrgyzstan (146), the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan said.

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