Uzbekistan is fast evolving as a gig economy, as over one-quarter of the working-age population is now classified as self-employed, according to the State Taxation Committee.

Relatives mourn for the two Azerbaijani nationals who died in police custody in Russia in late June. The Russian-Azerbaijan ...

A series of laws adopted by Azerbaijan’s rubber-stamp parliament in the spring is paving the way for tariff reform in the ...

A district court in Samsun, on Turkey’s north coast, cleared activists Alisher Sakhatov and Abdulla Orusov for deportation ...

Since Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed the presidency in 2016, Uzbekistan has averaged 5.7 percent GDP growth annually, while achieving year-on-year employment growth of about 3.6 percent, the IMF states in ...

Citizens of the Central Asian state seeking to visit the United States will no longer be able to obtain multi-entry visas, only single-entry. In addition, non-immigrant visas issued to Kyrgyz citizens ...

A district court in Bishkek ordered the closure July 9 of April TV – a Russian-language outlet that broadcast on YouTube and published news on social media – ruling in favor of prosecutors who argued ...

The head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Russia’s international assistance agency, has an ambitious plan for the Kremlin soft-power entity to fill development gaps created by the dismantling of the US Agency ...

Efforts by Central Asian states to engage with Afghanistan are getting a boost from the United Nations. A recently adopted UN ...

Amid escalating tension with Armenia stemming from Yerevan’s desire to pivot westward, and lacking the ability to offer economic incentives, Russia is resorting to a traditional tactic to get its way: ...

Once, the Silk Road was a physical network of trade and exchange, ferrying goods across mountains and deserts. Today, it is not just goods that traverse borders, but information moving via Starlink ...

Turkmenistan has attracted lots of diplomatic attention this week from both the United States and Russia. The flurry of activity suggests geopolitical jostling is intensifying over the Central Asian ...