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Rail Network Caucasus Central Asia The Russian State Railroads Company earlier this week announced plans to build a railway link from Russia, across Azerbaijan, to Iran. An intergovernmental agreement on building the railway is expected to be signed in...
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Galileo Representatives from the transport authorities of the Euro-Mediterranean region met in Amman last month at an event organised by the EU-funded MEDUSA project, implemented under the Euromed Transport GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) II...
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