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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.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s President-elect Shavkat Mirziyoyev has proposed direct elections of regional governors and city mayors in the country, to make officials more accountable to citizens.
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BAKU (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on December 7 said it will provide $1 billion in private and public sector assistance to expand Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II, one of the world’s largest gas fields. The move would become the first step in creating an alternative for gas deliveries to Europe from the Caspian region.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The 21st International Forum “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan 2016” is taking place in Ashgabat from December 7-9.
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ATYRAU, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Official presentation of Kazakhstan’s huge offshore Kashagan oil field took place on December 7 in Atyrau with the participation of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Kazakh Energy Ministry said.
