The FINANCIAL -- STOCKHOLM – Three former executives from telecom giant Telia have gone on trial in Sweden in a high-profile bribery case involving the eldest daughter of late Uzbek President Islam Karimov.
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The FINANCIAL -- U.S. President Donald Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran this month during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York, to spotlight his grievances against Tehran.
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The FINANCIAL -- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, who is on his first official visit to Tbilisi on September 4-5, met with his Georgian counterpart Davit Zalkaliani and discussed deepening of Japanese-Georgian cooperation at bilateral and regional levels.
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The FINANCIAL -- Raul Khajimba, the Moscow-backed leader of Abkhazia, is on a four-day visit to Damascus, where he met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on September 4 and signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation.
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The FINANCIAL -- On 12 September, the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv will host a “Women in Business” conference to discuss issues faced by women in the country’s business sphere.
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The FINANCIAL -- Large majorities in eight Western European countries surveyed by Pew Research Center late last year said they trust the military, ranging from 84% in France to 66% in Spain. And on a similar survey question asked in the United
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The FINANCIAL -- The Catholic Church is larger than any other single religious institution in the United States, with over 17,000 parishes that serve a large and diverse population. In spite of its size and influence, the church in recent decades has
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The FINANCIAL -- Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia has held a meeting with Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations to discuss current situation in the occupied territories of Georgia, Georgia-EU cooperation, the Association Agreement and establishment of
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The FINANCIAL -- SINGAPORE (4 September 2018) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched the Trade Finance Scorecard – Regulation and Market Feedback, a new tool to address market gaps stemming from the unintended consequences of global measures to fight money-laundering and
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The FINANCIAL -- Yangon, Myanmar, September 4, 2018—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed an agreement with the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) to help food sector companies address and improve food safety practices.
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