Kyrgyzstan: Security services raid news agency HQ 24.kg says GKNB officers confiscated computers and mobile phones. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jan 15, 2024
Kazakhstan: Oil services company fires more striking workers The company claims that the month-long industrial action has caused it financial damage of around $1.1 million. Almaz Kumenov Jan 15, 2024
Kazakhstan strives to strike water-management deal with China An update on environmental issues in Central Asia. China-Central Asia Monitor Jan 12, 2024
Kyrgyzstan: Jumping MP's flight indicates new front in war on crime gangs Emil Zhamgyrchiyev is accused of conniving with a criminal kingpin in neighboring Uzbekistan. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jan 12, 2024
Kazakhstan sets record for grain deliveries to China The 2.2 million tons of wheat, barley, soybeans, flax and sunflower seeds sent to China last year represents a huge surge from the 615,000 tons delivered in 2022. Almaz Kumenov Jan 11, 2024
Kyrgyzstan: Security services claim to have quashed another planned coup The main suspect says he is the victim of a shakedown by the government. Jan 11, 2024
Turkish envoy drops hint on imminent Kyrgyz-Tajik land deal Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in remarks broadcast on Tajik state television that a frontier demarcation agreement would be signed in March. Jan 11, 2024
Afghanistan reports sixfold increase in trade with Uzbekistan Imports from Uzbekistan over that period reached $239 million, while $27 million of goods went in the other direction. Jan 11, 2024
Stalin in the Church The Soviet dictator "appeared" in Georgia's main church on Christmas, causing sound and fury. Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 10, 2024
Tajikistan looks to China, Russia for internet services and security The telecoms regular admitted in November that a staggering 95 percent of the country’s territory is covered by only outdated 2G mobile connections. Jan 10, 2024