Tajikistan finally confirms its first 15 coronavirus cases Questions will be asked why this announcement came so late. Apr 30, 2020
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan implement tentative coronavirus exit strategies Businesses are being allowed to reopen and people to take in some fresh air. Apr 30, 2020
Uzbekistan’s coronavirus information lockdown prompts questions Officials are jealously maintaining control over information while orchestrating suspiciously rosy accounts of a country on the mend. Apr 29, 2020
Tajikistan admits to pneumonia crisis, but not coronavirus Officials say 136 medical workers at one hospital have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness. Apr 28, 2020
WHO role in Tajikistan’s coronavirus-free narrative under scrutiny The World Health Organization is refusing to answer questions while it appears to support the government’s increasingly dubious claims. Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus changes not just life, but also death in Georgia The pandemic has profoundly changed funeral culture in Georgia. Death is a very elaborate matter here. Giorgi Lomsadze Apr 24, 2020
Tajikistan: Four more deaths pinned on pneumonia Officials sticking to insistence it has registered no cases of coronavirus. Apr 22, 2020
Uzbekistan: President nixes helicopter money idea, appeals to business community Mirziyoyev says businessmen can pay money to people themselves. Apr 22, 2020
Tajikistan says it has no COVID-19, attributes new death to swine flu The latest victim of something authorities insist was not COVID-19 was buried by medical personnel in protective gear. Apr 20, 2020
After controversial Easter, Georgia braces for COVID-19 spike The Church’s reluctance to cancel Easter services and recognize the state of emergency continues to drive controversy. Giorgi Lomsadze Apr 20, 2020
Coronavirus leaves Tajikistan’s labor migrants high and dry Those who made it to Russia before the scale of the crisis became evident are now stranded. Apr 20, 2020
Georgia’s nightmare before Easter Georgia has received plaudits for its response to COVID-19. But as the biggest event in the Christian calendar approaches, the nation finds itself torn between church and state, faith and science. Giorgi Lomsadze Apr 16, 2020
Tajikistan: The mysterious deaths raising suspicion Officials insist they are testing for coronavirus and finding no cases. Apr 14, 2020
Uzbekistan shores up food defenses as coronavirus rages Mirziyoyev wants his country-people to grow more of their own vegetables. Apr 14, 2020
Coronavirus exacerbates Armenia-Turkey rancor An initial, promising breakthrough was quickly spoiled by a dispute over an impolitic dedication on some Chinese aid to Armenia. Joshua Kucera Apr 13, 2020