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
TASHKENT (TCA) — The government of Uzbekistan has extended its coronavirus lockdown until June 15, but authorities say they are starting to lift restrictions in some parts of the country "depending on ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern on May 29 about Tajikistan’s Supreme Court ruling to block access to the Akhbor.com news site in t ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — U.S. Ambassador Daniel Rosenblum on May 29 handed over essential relief supplies to the non-governmental charity foundation Sog’lom Avlod Uchun as part of the United States government ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The 2020 parliamentary elections in Tajikistan took place in a tightly controlled environment in which there was no space left for a pluralistic political debate and voters did not ha ... Read More
DUSHANBE (TCA) — As Tajikistan still remains a terra incognita to most western travelers, Cynthia Bil* tells why you should visit this off-the-beaten-path destination. TCA is republishing the followin ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan's Energy Ministry has announced the development of a national Low-Carbon Energy Strategy with an aim of deploying up to 30 GW of additional power capacity and reducing gree ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — Senior officials from Afghanistan, the United States and Uzbekistan on May 27 held a virtual meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, and the three parties pledged to work together and a ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakh parliament's upper chamber, the Senate, has approved a draft law introducing the concept of an opposition, legislation that has been dubbed in the media as the “parliamentary ... Read More
TBILISI (TCA) — Sixty-two year old Shalva Natelashvili is no ordinary Georgian politician. Born in the northern mountainous part of Georgia, he graduated from Tbilisi State University with a degree in ... Read More
KABUL (TCA) — The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for the Afghan government and the Taliban to work together to improve access of Afghans to treatment for the new disease, and such collabora ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A total of 760 buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) made by Chinese bus-maker Yutong are expected to arrive in the Kazakh cities of Shymkent and Atyrau by early June, Xinhu ... Read More
ASHGABAT (TCA) — An OSCE-organized online training on border crossing facilitation for transit goods carried by rail and road opened in Ashgabat on May 27. The training is organized within the framewo ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — Rafik Saifulin, the former chief of Uzbekistan's presidential military think tank, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of high treason, RFE/RL's Uzbek Se ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — Over 200 thousand seedlings of walnut, pistachio, larch, pine, and the Tian Shan spruce replenished the forest fund of Aksy, Toktogul and Toguz-Toro Forestries in Kyrgyzstan. These are ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed $-2 million dollars to protect migrants in Central Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read More
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan has made significant efforts over the past two decades to bring its public procurement system closer to international standards, but a considerable part of procurement ac ... Read More
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has instructed the government to enter the Europe-China air cargo market to overcome the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Xinhua news a ... Read More
BISHKEK (TCA) — A sister of jailed Kyrgyz politician Sadyr Japarov, Raikul Japarova, has been detained in Poland at the request of officials in Bishkek, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — This year Kazakhstan plans to sow crops on 22.5 million hectares, of which 15.2 million hectares will be occupied by grain and leguminous crops, including wheat — 11.4 million hecta ... Read More
