Central Asia

09:35, september 15, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakhstan takes decisive step toward adopting the Latin alphabet

Kazakhstan’s long-awaited transition from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet may be on the verge of happening, according to EurasiaNet.org .

15:03, september 12, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Human rights activists call for pressure on Uzbekistan to end forced cotton labor

International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) calls for pressure on Uzbekistan to end forced cotton labor.

12:00, september 6, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

No one hydropower plant will be built in Kyrgyzstan without Uzbekistan participation

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday signed in Bishkek a pact on the demarcation of 85 percent of the countries' border, Kaktus Meduza

10:16, september 6, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbek President Mirziyoyev makes first presidential visit to Kyrgyzstan since 2000

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on a two-day official visit on September 5.

10:33, september 5, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan’s defense and interior ministers replaced

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reshuffled senior security officials on Monday, replacing defense and interior ministers, according to Gazeta.uz .

12:02, september 4, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan to lift more forex restrictions starting September 5

Uzbekistan says it will liberalize its currency regulations, no longer fixing the sum to the U.S.

16:18, august 31, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

A monument to Islam Karimov was erected in Tashkent

The opening ceremony of the monument to Islam Karimov was attended by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the First President's wife Tatyana Karimova, gazeta.uz reports.

17:10, august 7, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan evaluates the chances for a convertible currency

Uzbek monetary authorities recently announced an intention to make the country’s national currency, the som, freely exchangeable, EurqasiaNet.

16:00, august 4, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Islam Karimov’s economic model comes under attack

EurasiaNet.org reports that criticizing the policies of the late president of Uzbekistan is very much in vogue these days.

11:14, july 28, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakhstan expected to fully switch from Cyrillic to Latin script by 2025

Kazakhstan has announced it will outline a new Latin-based alphabet by the end of the year, departing from its Cyrillic-based script that has been in use since 1940.

15:52, july 18, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Kyrgyzstan sentences Askar Akayev's former son-in-law to 20 years in prison in absentia

A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced ex-President Askar Akayev's former son-in-law to 20 years in prison in absentia, according to Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz Service , locally known as Azzatyk

15:37, july 13, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Turkmenistan’s national TV and radio to be shifted to self-financing

Turkmenistan’s national TV and radio as well as cinematography will be gradually shifted to self-financing.

10:51, july 6, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan says it has no plans to rejoin post-Soviet bloc led by Russia

Uzbekistan has no plans to rejoin the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov said on Wednesday, indicating the country's policy would remain the

15:36, july 4, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbek authorities make attempts to rejuvenate the nation’s leadership

Uzbek authorities are making attempts to rejuvenate the nation’s leadership. These attempts are reportedly a clear reflection of the demographic youth bulge. EurasiaNet.

15:04, july 3, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

22-year-old graduate MDIST appointed deputy education minister of Uzbekistan

As experiment, a 22-year-old graduate of Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent (MDIST), Alishet Saydullayev, has been appointed Deputy Minister of Public Education of Uzbekistan.

11:14, july 3, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan creates its own ‘Silicon Valley’

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has issued a decree to create the Mirzo Ulughbek Innovation Center in Tashkent to support development and introduction of information technologies, according to

11:42, june 20, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

EU to draw up new Central Asia Strategy by late 2019

The European Union will draw up a proposal for a new Central Asia strategy by the end of 2019, according to conclusions endorsed by the bloc’s foreign ministers during their meeting in

15:39, june 19, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbek president calls on imams not to perform nikah for second wives

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on June 15 had a video conference with imams of mosques and religious figures of the country, according to CA-News .

09:59, june 14, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Central Asian ministers adopt declaration on countering terrorism

The UN Secretary-General has commended Central Asian nations on the adoption of Ashgabat Declaration on Countering Terrorism and for their continued efforts in implementing the United Nations Global

12:50, june 12, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Ashgabat hosts high-level meeting of Central Asian countries on counterterrorism

The “High-Level United Nations-Central Asian Dialogue on Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia” is taking place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

14:48, june 8, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

EXPO 2017 kicks off in Kazakhstan on Saturday

An international exposition EXPO 2017, will kick off in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Jun 10.

10:24, june 7, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Kyrgyz authorities institute criminal proceedings over Facebook users’ calls for interethnic enmity

Kyrgyz media reports say criminal proceedings have been instituted against Facebook users calling for interethnic hostility.

14:48, june 6, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan's deputy prime minister leaves post

Uzbekistan's once-powerful deputy prime minister, Rustam Azimov, has left his post after being appointed to another position, several Uzbek news websites reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed

09:55, june 5, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Canadian hockey legend delivers public lecture at UCA main campus in Naryn

“Members of Team Canada and I learnt much from the 1972 Summit Series, which had a positive impact on the way professional hockey is played in North America,” the Honorable Ken Dryden, a

13:19, june 2, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Kyrgyz lawmaker proposes stripping reporter of citizenship

Lawmaker in Kyrgyzstan has devised a new threat for journalists whose writing is not the public’s liking — stripping them of their citizenship, according to EurasiaNet.org .

13:16, may 31, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbek president expected to pay official visit to Washington in September

The next major official foreign visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will reportedly be to the United States. Uznews.

09:57, may 30, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbekistan sacks its seven ambassadors for inactivity and poor performance

Seven ambassadors of Uzbekistan have been sacked for inactivity and poor performance, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov was cited as saying by Uzbek news website Podrobno.uz .

15:14, may 29, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Uzbek president appoints his special envoy for Afghanistan

A special representative of Uzbek president for Afghanistan has been appointed, according to the Uzbek foreign ministry press service.

11:17, may 25, 2017

CENTRAL ASIA

Will new Uzbek president kick-start cooperation in Central Asia?

An article “Is this the Start of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia?

11:00, may 22, 2017

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Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan reach agreement on electricity transit

Uzbekistan’s state power company Uzbekenergo and Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Energy signed a memorandum envisioning cooperation in the transit of electricity from Turkmenistan to