Journalists attacked, obstructed during and after parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan to begin easing lockdown from 15 August

Kazakhstan to resume flights to seven countries

Kazakh activist who knocked off policeman’s cap given 18 months “restricted freedom”

Kazakh health ministry refuses to unify COVID-19 and pneumonia statistics

Uzbek senate puts figure on COVID-19 corruption, Kazakh healthcare scam unveiled

Ashgabat civil servants required to take test for COVID-19

Berdimuhamedov agrees to allow independent WHO testing for COVID-19

More than 40% rise in domestic violence since start of lockdown in Kazakhstan

Berdimuhamedov publishes book on the spiritual world of the Turkmens

Tajikistan announces date for presidential elections

Exchange of fire on Tajik-Kyrgyz border

Bishkek hospital chief physician sacked after PPE and bed sale scandal

Turkmen medics threatened with criminal charges after PPE protest

Tajikistan resumes commercial flight connections with Dubai

Uzbekistan again extends foreign visas

Kazakh deputy health minister arrested on corruption charges, amid other recent scandals

First COVID-19 vaccination tested in Kazakhstan, as government finally “unites” coronavirus and pneumonia statistics

Kyrgyz president sends controversial “fake news” law back for further work