BISHKEK (TCA) — As the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) organized the Ministerial Conference on Transport from 5-9 December in Moscow, Russia, we are publishing this article by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, the UN ESCAP’s Executive Secretary:
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ASTANA (TCA) — France’s highest administrative court has canceled an extradition order to send fugitive Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia, RFE/RL reports.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Bishkek Investment Forum 2016 (BIF) was held on December 8 in Kyrgyzstan.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $198 million loan to help upgrade and widen 77 kilometers of the existing Karshi-Shakhrisabz-Kitab highway in Kashkadarya province, southeast of Uzbekistan, to improve tourism, mobility, as well as domestic and international trade, ADB’s Country Office said.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and road safety organisation Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) are teaming up with other partners for a road safety project in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe where a major international motorway will soon come into operation, the Bank said.
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ASTANA (TCA) — On December 8, the European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. All air carriers from Kazakhstan were removed from the list, the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan said.
