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Monument to the first president of Kazakhstan unveiled in Nur-Sultan

The monument to the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev was unveiled in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan on July 3. The monument was erected...

Kazakhstan reimposes restrictions amid a spike in the number of coronavirus cases

Authorities in Kazakhstan have reintroduced a partial lockdown amid a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, according to Radio Liberty. The...

Uzbekistan toughens quarantine measures

The Uzbek authorities are toughening quarantine measures beginning on July 1, according to RIA Novosti.  Residents of the regions with unfavorable coronavirus situation will be...

Kazakhstan decriminalizes libel

Lawmakers in Kazakhstan's upper on June 11 voted in favor of revoking criminal liability for libel, downgrading it instead to a misdemeanor.  Excluding libel...

WHO designates Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan among countries with accelerated transmission of COVID-19

Coronavirus cases are shooting up in the Central Asia region.   Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan started registering new cases of COVID-19 no longer after they...

Former Kyrgyz president Atambayev sentenced to 11 years in prison for release of crime boss

A Kyrgyz court has sentenced former President Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years and two months in prison for the illegal release of notorious crime...

UCA to help develop environmental country strategy for Kyrgyzstan

The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) will work with the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (GEF SGP) to...

First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev contracts COVID-19

Kazakhstan’s influential former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has self-isolated after testing positive for COVID-19, his spokesman Aidos Ukibay wrote on Twitter. “There is no reason for...

Kyrgyz premier resigns over probe into the assignment of national radio frequencies

Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz Service says Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziyev has resigned, citing an ongoing criminal investigation into the assignment of national radio frequencies. Abylgaziyev...

Record number of officially confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Uzbekistan on June 15

A record number of officially confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported in Uzbekistan on June 15. CentralAsia.media says 183 new cases of COVID-19...

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