Fight or flight: Tbilisi and Kyiv caught in another round of tensions This time, the two countries are rowing over the provision of arms and the possible resumption of air travel between Russia and Georgia. Nini Gabritchidze Jan 27, 2023
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan complete border delimitation process The two countries hope improved ties will massively boost bilateral trade to $2 billion annually. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jan 27, 2023
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan ban food exports amid wild winter inflation Already battling double-digit food inflation, a deep freeze threatens to destroy winter crops across Central Asia. Jan 25, 2023
Russia forges ahead with gas ambitions in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Moscow is driving forward its energy ambitions in Central Asia as it seeks new markets for gas that Europe now shuns. Joanna Lillis Jan 25, 2023
Uzbekistan sheds one-fourth of civil servants in cost-cutting drive Almost 17,500 government employees are being laid off. Jan 25, 2023
Moscow's talk of lifting flight ban hits a nerve in Tbilisi Three years ago, Moscow's unilateral flight ban was intended to shock Georgia. Now many Georgians dread the resumption of air connections. Nini Gabritchidze Jan 24, 2023
As Uzbekistan freezes, is it exporting valuable gas to China – or not? This latest winter energy crisis is undermining public confidence in the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Joanna Lillis Jan 24, 2023
Georgians disagree over progress on EU candidacy demands Brussels notes some "progress" toward addressing its conditions for membership candidate status. But no one knows how much will be enough. Nini Gabritchidze Jan 23, 2023
Georgia records growing trade with Armenia, Azerbaijan Statistics show Georgia’s South Caucasus neighbors among its top trading partners. But how diverse is this trade? Nini Gabritchidze Jan 19, 2023
Georgia and ex-USSR say goodbye to “Mimino” Vakhtang (Buba) Kikabidze, a Georgian singer and actor universally loved across the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 84, drawing the curtain on an era. Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 18, 2023
Uzbekistan tries – and mostly fails – to cope with shock winter Meteorologists say Tashkent has not seen such cold in 50 years. Jan 18, 2023
Kazakhstan: New migration rules to hit Russians fleeing the draft The changes make living long-term in Kazakhstan unviable for tens of thousands of Russian citizens who have fled the war. Joanna Lillis Jan 17, 2023
Turkmenistan: The big chill It is so cold that Turkmenistan has suspending gas exports to Uzbekistan, Iran and even its most important customer, China. Our weekly briefing. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 17, 2023
EurasiaChat: Healthcare is collapsing in Central Asia and doctors are being blamed Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts. Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov Jan 17, 2023
Uzbekistan: Controversial Tashkent chief sacked, shamed, possibly detained An energy crisis may have strengthened opinions that the capital’s business-focused mayor had outlived his usefulness. Jan 16, 2023