Iran has lifted restrictions on incoming foreign currency, Ali Magouli, the director general of the Import, Special and Free Zones Department of Iran's Customs Administration, said, Trend reports referring to Iranian media.

Over the past year, more than 40,000 Kazakh farmers took out online loans totaling 400 million tenge, said the Kazakh Minister of Information and Communications Dauren Abayev, Trend reports citing the Kazakh media.

As many as 20 percent of Iran’s railways have been built over the past five years, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, Trend reports via Mehr News Agency reported.

Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Iran said that it had to be wise and better decide for the city of Tehran, in addition to paying attention to the smart economy, Trend reports referring to IRNA.

The Central Bank of Uzbekistan announced new currency rates that will be in effect since Dec. 11, Trend reports on Dec. 10 referring to Uzbek media.

Tajik researchers have reportedly discovered two new minerals this year – ‘falgarit’ and ‘badakhshanit’, Trend reports referring to news.tj.

Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia amounted to $322.6 million in the third quarter (Q3) of 2018 as shown by preliminary data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), Trend reports referring to Agenda.ge.

S&P Global Ratings today placed its 'CCC+/C' long- and short-term issuer credit ratings on Uzbekistan's Ravnaq-bank on CreditWatch with developing implications, Trend reports citing the rating agency.

As many as 2.3 million tons of cotton were produced in Uzbekistan in 2018, Uzbek media reports.

The issue of change in administrative borders of the Tajik capital will be discussed at the next session of the Dushanbe local council (Majlis) that will take place on December 18, Trend reports referring to news.tj.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ratified an agreement to create a bank under the auspices of the UN (International Technology Bank), Trend reports citing the Turkish newspaper Resmi Gazete.

Withdrawal from OPEC aligns with Qatar’s long-term strategy of shifting focus towards gas and away from oil, according to Fitch Solutions Macro Research (a unit of Fitch Group).

The TurStat analytical agency presented a ranking of countries in terms of visits by Russian tourists in 2018, analyzing the statistics of outbound tourist trips from Russia for the first 9 months of 2018, Trend reports referring to kabar.kg.

This year farmers of Uzbekistan managed to harvest 6.12 million tons of grain and 2.3 million tons of cotton despite all the difficulties, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated in his congratulations to agricultural workers.

The Indian company Rising Hongfa Heavy Machinery is implementing a project to organize the production of modern concrete materials in Uzbekistan.

Syria’s largest pharmaceutical company with state participation, Dimas Pharmaceutical Industries, is planning to start exporting medicine to Russia and Arab countries by 2020, the company’s head informed reporters on Monday, Trend reports referring to TASS.

The weighted average US dollar rate in the morning session of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on Dec. 10 amounted to 369.36 tenge, Trend reports citing the Kazakh media.

Former NSS chief, Republican party candidate Davit Shahnazaryan noted that he is really sorry that the election campaign was short, Trend reports citing News.am.

Armenian Defense Ministry has received 39 messages on hotline on irregularities in the voting process, Artsrun Hovannisyan, press secretary of the Defese Ministry of Armenia wrote on Facebook, Trend reports citing Sputnik Armenia.

The final voter turnout at the special parliamentary elections in Armenia by the end of the voting 20:00 Yerevan time) was only 48.63 percent, Armenian Central Election Commission chairman Tigran Mukuchyan said, Trend reports citing Armenian media sources.

144 reports of violations were registered at the early parliamentary elections in Armenia, Police Colonel Ashot Sargsyan said at a press conference at the Central Election Commission, Trend reports citing Armenian media.

Turkmen national air carrier, Turkmenistan Airlines, has introduced the sale of tickets for local flights through its official website, Trend reports citing a message of the airline.

One Iranian bank has already begun to carry out financial transactions between Iran and China, Trend reports citing www.Banker.ir website.

Caspian pipeline consortium (CPC) loaded 5.15 million tons of crude in November 2018 at the CPC Marine Terminal, which is 152,726 tons more year-on-year, Trend reported with reference to the consortium.

The amount of smuggled chocolate and gum into Iran has now increased, Mohammad Agha Taher, chairman of Iranian Grocers' Union told Trend.