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BISHKEK (TCA) — On December 23, an 8.05 million euro tranche was received by the treasury account of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from the European Union as budget support grant for the country’s education sector, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov received the head of Danish company Haldor Topsoe, Mr Bjorn Stephan Clausen, in Ashgabat, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported on December 23. Mr Clausen emphasized unique features of the modern industrial facility in Turkmenistan’s Ahal province, the first plant in the world which produces eco-friendly synthetic motor fuel from natural gas, and expressed gratitude to the Turkmen leader for the opportunity to take part in this major investment project.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov can now be commemorated only at the official event in Ashgabat according to a decision made at a closed meeting of high-ranking government officials last week, Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan has ruled that an ethnic Kazakh woman from China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang who is on trial for illegally crossing the border will not be deported to China, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced a former mayor of the country’s capital, Bishkek, to a lengthy prison term as a high-profile corruption trial finished here on December 23.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Uzbek Central Election Commission has announced preliminary results of the December 22 parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan, the first such vote since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power nearly three years ago.
