BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, an ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — In the changing political landscape in Kyrgyzstan, and with the future parliamentary election in sight, the role of the parliament is likely to remain weak as that of the president is ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — In rural Kyrgyzstan, the first ever Technovation Coding Caravan for girls has taught more than 600 girls the basics of computer programming. Launched in Talas Province, the caravan als ... Read More
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — Dozens of activists of Kazakhstan's Oyan, Qazaqstan (Wake Up, Kazakhstan) movement marched in the Central Asian country's largest city, Almaty, on August 30 demanding democr ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — The World Bank said in a statement on August 29 that there is no indication that World Bank resources made available to schools supported by the Bank’s Technical and Vocational Educati ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — Authorities in Kyrgyzstan on August 29 issued an arrest warrant for a son of former Deputy Interior Minister Kursan Asanov, who personally negotiated former President Almazbek Atambaye ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The capital of Kazakhstan on August 29 hosted the Nazarbayev Prize for a World Without Nuclear Weapons and Global Security award ceremony. The Prize laureates were Lassina Zerbo, Ex ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — President Donald Trump says the United States will continue to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan even after a peace deal with the Taliban is reached, RFE/RL reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek has transferred two jailed opposition politicians, Omurbek Tekebaev and Duishonkul Chotonov, to house arrest.
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko plans to visit Kazakhstan in the near future. The Belarusian leader said this as he met with outgoing Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Belarus Ermuk ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Government of Tajikistan and civil society representatives met last week to discuss their joint acti ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) on August 28 co-organized an international Seminar on Fostering Cooperati ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — City police in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent are rejecting claims that dozens of men with beards were detained and forced to shave because they were practicing Muslims, saying the men ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — Former Kyrgyz Deputy Interior Minister Kursan Asanov, who personally negotiated former President Almazbek Atambayev's surrender after a deadly two-day standoff earlier in August, has b ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The largest importers of Tajikistan goods are Turkey, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan, Avesta news agency reported. According to the Tajik Ministry of Economic De ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Government of Kazakhstan on August 27 approved the Forecast for the Socio-Economic Development of the Country until 2024, the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan r ... Read More
ASHGABAT (TCA) — President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on August 27 held talks with President of Singapore Halimah Yacob with the participation of government delegations of the two cou ... Read More
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Police in Turkmenistan's eastern region of Lebap are detaining people who are standing in long lines at ATMs, desperately to try to get money amid cash shortages in the gas-rich Centr ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A group of Norwegian researchers released an “International Business” report featuring the business environment in Kazakhstan. The report was published this summer by the researcher ... Read More
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Turkmen–Singapore business forum was held in Singapore on August 26, as part of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s visit to this country on August 26-27, the Sta ... Read More