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Ағылшын журналисі Джоанна Лиллис 2001 жылдан бері Орталық Азия, оның ішінде Өзбекстан туралы жазып келеді. Биыл жарық көретін "Жібек сағым" (Silk Mirage) атты кітабында автор Мирзияев реформаларының а...

Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan – formerly the Soviet Union’s prim...

The experiment with greater political freedoms in tightly controlled Uzbekistan has been one of the more interesting trends in Central Asia in recent years. It is also a key theme in a forthcoming boo...

The experiment with greater political freedoms in tightly controlled Uzbekistan has been one of the more interesting trends in Central Asia in recent years. It is also a key theme in a forthcoming boo...

New allegations of ill-treatment and torture by Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, the wrongfully imprisoned Karakalpak blogger and lawyer, have emerged following a prison visit by his lawyer.

Leaders are finally fixing the mess they inherited from the Soviet Union

A border agreement involving the fertile Fergana Valley to be formalized

The decision to terminate the federal grant agreement funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a crushing blow for hundreds of millions of

Central Asian labor migrants in Russia have been experiencing increased xenophobic harassment, hate speech and violence, since the deadly attack attributed to Central Asians on Moscow’s Crocus City Ha...

Just weeks after a four-day border war in 2022, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Tajik leader Emomali Rahmon couldn't shake hands. Now, as they prepare to put a border dispute behind them, they are ...

The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious tourism drive – but is sparring with heritage experts over how to protect its historical sites.

At the peak of his running career, Marat Zhylanbaev completed 30 marathons in 15 days and ran across deserts on several continents. But when he turned his energy toward joining the political oppositio...

WARSAW, 4 February 2025 – The lack of assurance by the authorities of Tajikistan that international observers will be accredited has regrettably made it necessary to cancel the observation of the coun...

So much for the supposedly “new” Uzbekistan

Courts in Almaty and Kostanai have fined activists who held solitary protests supporting detained satirist Temirlan Yensebek. Each activist was ordered to pay

Межрайоный суд по гражданским делам Астаны оставил без удовлетворения апелляцию девяти журналистов против Министерства культуры и информации.

Хоким Ташкента подписал решение о реализации проекта «Национальный Ташкент» для продвижения национальных традиций в столице. Это предусматривает украшение автобусов, рынков и парков столицы национальн...

Historic trilateral border meet, Tajik repression persists, Uzbek hydropower projects advance. Also, Kyrgyz shifts to fuel taxes, Uzbek footballer joins Premier League, and U.S. funds Registan work.

Abdukodir Khusanov, still only 20 but already with 18 appearances for the White Wolves, has become Guardiola’s first signing of 2025. On 11 January the tall

What could possibly explain the success of a club founded by Turkmenistan’s dictator

In 2015, ship spotter Yörük Işık saw Russian military trucks on a ship going to Syria

Mangystau's unexplored geological wonders are best seen during a long weekend's camping trip