NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — In January-March 2020, Kazakhstan’s GDP growth amounted to 2.7 percent compared to the same period in 2019. This was said at

BISHKEK, NUR-SULTAN, TASHKENT (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have extended a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic as both

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov during a phone call on April 14 asked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to consider

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Ambassador Marilyn Josefson, head of the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan, on April 13 and 14 held meetings with

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — As Kazakhstan has extended a state of emergency and lockdown until May 1 over the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — As a part of the UN COVID response, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is helping the countries prepare for,

BISHKEK (TCA) — Closure of state borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the foreign trade of Kyrgyzstan and, accordingly, state budget

TASHKENT (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on April 17 held a government meeting discussing strengthening the country’s

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — During the state of emergency in Kazakhstan over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kazakh government has taken anti-crisis measures

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Rights defenders in Kazakhstan say the government is using restrictions imposed to slow the coronavirus outbreak to

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Programme Office in Bishkek provided personal protective

KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank on April 20 said that on April 13, US$20 million has been transferred to the Government of Afghanistan for the

BISHKEK (TCA) — A group of Chinese medical workers arrived in Kyrgyzstan on April 20 to assist the country in the fight against COVID-19, China’s

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan has built a makeshift hospital to treat COVID-19 patients in 13 days in the country’s capital, Nur-Sultan, the

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing a response programme to support the Government of Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed an additional 348

TASHKENT (TCA) — The first unit of Uzbekistan's largest medical facility built outside the capital city, Tashkent, in response to the COVID-19

BISHKEK (TCA) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Kyrgyzstan received a contribution of CHF 200,000 (USD 196,500) from Switzerland

BISHKEK (TCA) — The current economic crisis in Central Asia due to the COVID-19 pandemic is complicated by the return to homelands of millions of

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has urged farmers in the predominately Muslim country not to fast during the holy month of