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International Affairs KG

Korea to provide electric vehicles for Kyrgyzstan’s government agencies

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will help Kyrgyzstan’s government bodies replace their motor transport with electric vehicles. The project, to be implemented through

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International Affairs KZ

Kazakhstan’s foreign policy priorities and democratic processes in focus of Geneva meetings

Deputy Prime Minister–Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, during his visit to Geneva on February 26, held a number of bilateral

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International Affairs UZB

Lengthy prison sentences for Uzbek child deaths blamed on Indian-produced medicine

The Tashkent City Court sentenced 23 people — including an Indian national — to prisons terms of up to 20 years after a

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International Affairs KG

EBRD vice president to visit Kyrgyzstan

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Vice President of Policy and Partnerships Mark Bowman will visit the Kyrgyz Republic from 27 February to 1 March for

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International Affairs KZ UZB

Karakalpak activist awaiting extradition to Uzbekistan gets asylum seeker status in Kazakhstan

Karakalpak activist Aqylbek Muratov (aka Muratbai), who was arrested in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, at Uzbekistan’s request earlier in February has been given asylum

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International Affairs UZB

Uzbekistan: USAID supports international cooperation between ombudspersons

A conference on international cooperation in the area of the protection of rights and freedoms of citizens took place in Tashkent on February

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Art & Culture TJK

Tajik public figures handed prison terms over book

Tajikistan’s Supreme Court has handed prison terms to three well-known public figures for writing, editing, and publishing a book that highlights some of

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Geo Politics KG KZ RU TJK UZB

Central Asian states against their citizens’ participation in Ukraine conflict

Earlier this month, Tajik migrant workers in the Russian city of Samara were scared after Sunatullo Nazriev, the leader of the local Tajik

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Eurasia Geo Politics RU

Armenia freezes membership in Russian-led security alliance

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has said his country has frozen its membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as Yerevan

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International Affairs KG

Kyrgyz parliament approves second reading of controversial bill on ‘foreign representatives’

The Kyrgyz parliament on February 22 approved on second reading a controversial bill that would allow authorities to register organizations as “foreign representatives”

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Geo Politics KG

Brother, associate of fugitive ex-customs deputy chief give up seats in Kyrgyz parliament

The Kyrgyz Central Election Commission on February 22 annulled the mandates of lawmakers Iskender Matraimov and Nurlan Rajabaliev at their own requests, RFE/RL’s

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International Affairs UZB

Digital Twin water management project completed in Uzbekistan

On February 21, Nobel Systems Inc., a leading provider of geospatial solutions, announced the successful completion of the groundbreaking Digital Twin project in

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International Affairs UZB

USAID All Children Succeeding program launched in Uzbekistan

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director David Hoffman, along with relevant Government of Uzbekistan stakeholders, on February 20 launched the

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Geo Politics KZ

Kazakh lawmakers approve in first reading bill on life imprisonment for pedophiles, child murderers

Members of Kazakh parliament’s lower chamber, the Mazhilis, on February 21, approved the first reading of a bill that would allow life imprisonment

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Business & Economy TKM

European business magazine interested in Turkmenistan

On February 20 in Ashgabat, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova met with Leandro Slowinski, the editorial director of The

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International Affairs UZB

FAO presents program for digitalization of agriculture in Uzbekistan

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) introduced the National Programme of Action for the Digitalization of Agriculture as a

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Geo Politics KZ

Strengthening of UN-Central Asia cooperation discussed at Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu on February 20 received the newly appointed Special Representative of the UN

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Business & Economy KG KZ TJK

EDB reports economic growth in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan in 2023

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has released the latest Macroeconomic Review for its six member states — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and

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Eurasia International Affairs KG KZ TJK

OSCE helps improve digital skills of women entrepreneurs in Central Asia

On February 19, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) launched the Central Asian Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme titled

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International Affairs TKM

Turkmenistan and UNDP strengthen partnership for sustainable development

The Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on February 18 signed several strategic agreements aimed at strengthening a long-term

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