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Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.

Kazakh officials know they cannot be seen siding with a Chinese company.

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.

The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.

Victims of crime say they are not properly treated by police.

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The COVID-19 outbreak has compounded a problem caused by low salaries.

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.