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The project to build Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant has officially launched.
Construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant officially commenced near the village of Ulken in the Almaty region, Kazinform reports....
Uzbekistan now requires pets to be registered and microchipped.
In Uzbekistan, all animals kept by individuals and legal entities are subject to mandatory registration. This follows from the law...
Officials in Kazakhstan were punished for gambling.
In Shymkent, Kazakhstan, disciplinary action is ongoing against civil servants found to be addicted to gambling. Some civil servants have...
Kyrgyzstan has passed a law limiting foreign ownership in media outlets.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed a law prohibiting foreign individuals from owning, using, managing, and/or controlling more than 35% of...
Three cities in Kazakhstan will begin a pilot program of issuing food vouchers.
Kazakhstanis receiving targeted social assistance will be able to purchase food at the purchase price, Kazinform reports. In order to...
Central Asian countries remain the most attractive for tourists from Uzbekistan
From January to June of this year, 3.5 million Uzbeks traveled abroad for tourism, a 29.7% increase compared to the...
Flag-raising ceremony on the occasion of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries
On August 3, 2025, a flag-raising ceremony of Turkmenistan and the UN took place in the Avaza National Tourist Zone...
The new UN center in Almaty will become a launchpad for sustainable development in Central Asia and Afghanistan.
The opening of the UN Regional Centre for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Central Asia and Afghanistan will mark the...
Kazakhstan launches Center to Combat Disinformation
The Center for Combating Disinformation has begun operations within the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of...
In Uzbekistan, foreigners with HIV or tuberculosis will be denied work permits.
In Uzbekistan, foreign citizens diagnosed with HIV/AIDS or tuberculosis will be denied work permits. This provision is contained in a...
Foreign woman detained in Kazakhstan while trying to illegally sell kidney
In Pavlodar, Republic of Kazakhstan, officers of the department for combating organized crime detained a citizen of one of the...
Kyrgyzstan Establishes State Monopoly on Internet, Bans Access to Porn Content
The Kyrgyz authorities have adopted two key regulations that significantly change the rules in the Internet sphere. According to the...
Kyrgyzstan chooses new anthem
Work on updating the National Anthem continues in Kyrgyzstan. The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of the...
Official fired in Uzbekistan for inappropriate behavior during video conference
In Samarkand, the head of the district department of employment and poverty reduction, A. A., was fired after an incident...
Fuel Smuggling Tunnel Found on Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Border
An international channel for smuggling oil products, operating through an underground tunnel between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, was liquidated by security...
“My Relatives Have Already Prepared My Grave.” Kazakhstani Survives Hell in Slavery Abroad
Hundreds of Kazakhstanis fall into labor slavery trying to find employment abroad, and there are hundreds of thousands of such...
Kazakh blogger accused of harassment and provocation in China
Law enforcement agencies in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, have initiated an investigation into a Kazakh blogger who staged provocative...
Stop the violence: Minister addresses Kazakhstanis over attacks on medical workers
Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova addressed the people of Kazakhstan regarding attacks on medical workers, Tengrinews.kz reports. Akmaral Alnazarova published a...
