Sergey Kwan
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has lifted a ban on the export of 12 types of products starting from January 1, 2017.
Sergey Kwan
BISHKEK (TCA) — Economic growth in the Europe and Central Asia region is projected to pick up to 2.4 percent in 2017, driven by a recovery in commodity-exporting economies and improved confidence, the World Bank said in the report Global Economic Prospects – January 2017: Weak Investment in Uncertain Times, released on January 10.
Sergey Kwan
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is continuing to support private small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Turkmenistan by enabling one such company to expand into a new sector, the Bank said on January 11.
Sergey Kwan
TASHKENT (TCA) — On January 9 and 10, the United States and German Embassies in Uzbekistan supported a two-day workshop in Tashkent focused on cyber security strategy and best practices. The event was organized by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and featured subject matter experts from Azerbaijan, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States, the US Embassy in Tashkent said.
Sergey Kwan
TASHKENT (TCA) — A ban on the sale of incandescent lamps of more than 40 watts has come into effect in Uzbekistan from 1 January 2017, the official Jahon information agency reported.
Sergey Kwan
ASTANA (TCA) — At the Government meeting on January 10, Finance Minister Bakhyt Sultanov reported on preliminary results of the capital legalization campaign in Kazakhstan which started on 1 September 2014 and lasted until the end of 2016, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
