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Turkmenistan's Air Connectivity Shows Little Change Despite Expansion Plans
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (171+ words) Turkmenistan's airport schedules remain largely unchanged, with no new destinations added and previously announced flights yet to begin operating. Plans to expand international air links from Turkmenistan have been discussed for years, but little has changed in practice. The limited…...
Kazakhstan's Logistics: Mukhtar Tolegen on Infrastructure and Reform
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (808+ words) Kazakhstan has invested tens of billions of dollars in transport infrastructure in recent years and has positioned itself as a key transit link between Europe and Asia. Yet the country still ranks in the middle of the World Bank's Logistics…...
Uzbekistan Moves Forward with $6 Billion Biofuel Project in Khorezm
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (316+ words) Image: Allied Biofuels LLC Uzbekistan has announced a major step toward developing large-scale clean energy infrastructure with the signing of a binding implementation agreement for a $6. 08 billion biofuel project in the Khorezm region. According to Allied Biofuels, the project has…...
Kazakhstan Announces Crackdown on Counterfeit Cellular Base Station Scheme
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (245+ words) Kazakhstan's Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) has reported the dismantling of a cyber fraud scheme involving counterfeit cellular base stations. According to the agency, this is the first such case identified in the post-Soviet region. Authorities say the criminal group used…...
Moldova Moves to Leave CIS as Post-Soviet Bloc Loses Another Member
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (220+ words) Image: TCA, Stephen M. Bland Economic ties with the Commonwealth have significantly declined: in 2025, CIS countries accounted for 5. 9% of Moldova's exports, while the European Union accounted for 67. 5%. Moldova's final withdrawal from the CIS may not, therefore, come as a surprise to…...
Kyrgyzstan Seeks to Increase Automobile Imports from China
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (398+ words) On April 8, the National Investment Agency of Kyrgyzstan and A-CAR (Chuan Yi LLC) signed a memorandum on investment cooperation in the automotive industry, including the supply and sale of new Chinese cars in Kyrgyzstan and the development of service infrastructure. The…...
Kyrgyz Bank Wins Brussels Court Case Over Sanctions Accusations
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (308+ words) Kyrgyzstan's Bakai Bank has announced victory in a Brussels court case against the non-governmental organization Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), which had previously published materials calling for sanctions against the bank. The court said the allegations were not supported by sufficient…...
Uzbekistan's International Reserves Decline After Seven Months of Growth
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (204+ words) Uzbekistan's gold and foreign currency reserves declined in March after seven consecutive months of growth, according to data released by the Central Bank. As of April 1, the country's total international reserves stood at more than $68. 99 billion, marking a monthly decrease…...
Opinion - Kazakhstan's New Constitution Sends a Key Signal for Global Partners
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (247+ words) In a nationwide referendum on March 15, over 87% of voters approved a new constitution for Kazakhstan. It was a significant victory for President Tokayev and his administration, all the more so because voter turnout exceeded 73%. Kazakhstan's new constitution is a key…...
Kazakhstan Gains Weight in China's Energy System
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (842+ words) The Times Of Central Asia Kazakhstan Gains Weight in China's Energy System The newly extended U. S. waiver for Russian oil transit through Kazakhstan and the reported giant onshore hydrocarbon discovery in western Kazakhstan point in different directions, yet they belong in…...