This initiative aims to enhance regional hydrometeorological services across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, ensurin...
Central Asia
Kazakhstan intensifies efforts to secure better terms from international oil companies, seeking improved contract conditions amid ongoing disputes ove...
Tajikistan's electricity exports reached $113mn in 2024, a 2.4% y/y increase, with December alone seeing a 53% m/m rise in export value, despite seaso...
The oil, loaded on the Kazakh tanker Taraz, departed from the port of Aktau and is now en route to Baku, where it will be transported via the BTC pipe...
The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan keeps its key rate at 9% to support price stability amid 9% economic growth in 2024, driven by services, construction,...
WFP cautions that cuts to international aid and the freeze in U.S. foreign funding are leaving millions of Afghans without sufficient food, with only
China ranks among Kazakhstan’s top five investors, with 62 projects worth $8.7bn already completed, generating 11,000 jobs.
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have signed two key agreements to further strengthen their bilateral cooperation, focusing on a joint program for 2025-202...
Energy ministers from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, alongside World Bank representatives, gathered in Tashkent to discuss advancing the Kamb...
Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have renewed their agreement on the Hairaton-Mazar-i-Sharif railway, reinforcing their transport cooperation and strengthen...
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan discussed potential joint tourism projects at the Amirsoy resort, focusing on leveraging both countries' unique landscapes t...
Kazakh airlines reached a record 14.7mn passengers in 2024, marking a 10.6% growth, with increases in both domestic and international flights, expande...
Tajikistan has over 5,300 hectares of citrus farms, with lemons as the dominant crop, yielding up to 500 centners per hectare, particularly the popula...
The ICC has filed arrest warrant applications against senior Taliban officials, accusing them of crimes against humanity for gender-based persecution
Kazakhstan's government held a press conference to outline the national project for modernizing energy and utilities, aiming to upgrade outdated infra...
This new policy eliminates all restrictions on the number of flights foreign airlines can operate to and from Atyrau, facilitating the growth of both
Kyrgyzstan has continued to import cars from neighboring countries, with imports from Uzbekistan totaling 101 tons valued at $1.98mn in 11M24, a decli...
FlyArystan's fleet now comprises 24 aircraft, including 13 Airbus A320ceos, with the latest A320neo, named Spica and registered as EI-KFD, arriving in...
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan's Takhar province, sparking condemnation from China
Kazakhstan has become the first Central Asian country to approve a National Plan aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from its aviation sector, focusing on...
The 10th Meeting of Customs Administrations' Heads of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Baku focused on enhancing trade efficiency, regional
Kazakhstan has launched the construction of three new airports in resort areas to boost domestic tourism and air transportation, while modernizing its...
Uzbekistan’s economy is projected to grow by 5.8% in 2025 and 5.9% in 2026, driven by consistent growth, strategic investments, and structural reforms...
Since 2021, over 1.1bn trees have been planted in Kazakhstan, with 6.2mn people actively participating in environmental actions in 2024.
Human trafficking continues unabated in Nimruz province, with traffickers smuggling individuals toward the Iranian border despite Taliban decrees, and...
As demand for critical resources rises, Central Asia has become a battleground for global powers, with the EU competing with China to secure access to...
Kazakhstan's IT services exports have surpassed $470mn in the first nine months of 2024, marking a 26% y/y increase, driven by the growth of Astana Hu...
The suspension of refugee resettlement programs leaves many Afghans, including those who had been approved for resettlement but not yet assigned fligh...
Jan Egeland, Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, warns that funding cuts are severely impacting aid efforts for Afghan women, with edu...
As part of a five-year program to implement 86 investment projects totaling KZT 1.9 trillion ($3.6bn), Kyzylorda has already seen the completion of 21...
The 2024 potato harvest in Kazakhstan totaled 2.9mn tons, with 56,000 tons imported and 620,000 tons exported between August and December.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) achieved a significant breakthrough in Central Asia by investing €2.26 bn across 121 proje...
The IMF projects that inflation in the region will gradually decline as global prices stabilize and policy measures take effect. Uzbekistan, for insta...
As Tajikistan and Iran’s economic and geopolitical importance continues to rise, their strategic partnership is taking on an increasingly pragmatic to...
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which crashed in Aktau, had problems with GPS navigation due to the operation of Russian electronic warfare systems use...
Iran and Tajikistan signed 23 cooperation agreements during Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s state visit to Dushanbe on January 16, 2025, coverin...
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Marco Rubio emphasized the importance of strengthening U.S. ties with Central Asia through trade normalization, en...
Russia is intensifying efforts to expand its transport routes through Afghanistan to gain access to South Asia amid Western sanctions and escalating t...
The project’s initial phase will include a terminal with a capacity of 570,000 tonnes per year, with future expansion planned to reach 1.5 mn tonnes a...
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Kyrgyzstan’s Keremet Bank for facilitating sanctions evasion on behalf of Russia’s Promsvyazbank,
Rubio emphasized the urgency of diversifying supply chains, especially for minerals critical to green technologies and defense systems, such as lithiu...
These specialized windows cater to TIR operators using TIR-EPD, the TIR advance cargo information system, enabling them to bypass standard queues and
Transfers from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan amounted to KZT223.5 bn ($421.5 mn). Russia and Turkey also ranked among the top three countries for transfers...