Uzbekistan extends lockdown until 1 June but sets dates for easing of travel restrictions

Uzbek government draws up plans to privatise 6 major banks

65,000 Uzbeks waiting to return from Russia

Ashgabat cemetery workers report increase in burials

WHO praises Kazakhstan for successes in fighting COVID-19

Kyrgyz Supreme Court refuses to release Azimjan Askarov

Tajikistan urged to increase testing as WHO mission warns the authorities to prepare for the worst

Toqaev suggests implementing progressive income tax

Kazakhstan’s chief medical officer sets out three-stage lockdown exit

Uzbek senators approve EAEU integration, despite some opposition

Toqaev announces gradual end of lockdown in Kazakhstan as state of emergency comes to an end

Kyrgyzstan extends nationwide emergency

UN special rapporteur demands Azimjan Askarov’s release

Uzbek cotton prices pegged to New York exchange quotes

WHO rep who denied presence of COVID-19 in Tajikistan to leave post

Berdymukhamedov offers aid to neighbours after ignoring hurricane-hit Turkmens

KPMG warns of deepest Kazakh crisis since 1990s

Kazakh deputies approve transfer of defamation from criminal to administrative code

Freedom House declares Kyrgyzstan the only “partly free” nation in Central Asia

WHO mission to Turkmenistan delayed by lack of cooperation