site.news_by_theme Central Asia
Air Astana tagged best Central Asian and Indian airline
Air Astana won the Best Central Asian and Indian Airline award at Farnborough International Airshow.
17 July 2012
NATO and Central Asia agreed on military transit from Afghanistan
NATO has agreed with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on the use of the territories of the Central Asian countries for withdrawal of vehicles and military armament from Afghanistan.
06 June 2012
The Dictator banned 2 weeks after premiere in Kazakhstan
The Dictator, a new movie starring scandalous Sacha Baron Cohen, known as Borat, has been banned from screens two weeks after its premiere in Kazakhstan.
01 June 2012
American troops make no difference in Afghanistan: Yerlan Karin
Americans in Afghanistan do not control the whole situation. They stay at their bases and get attacked even at their bases and even more so outside their bases.
21 May 2012
CARICC to get direct access to Interpol information system
A two-day operative meeting of the work group on interrelation between terrorism and illegal drug trafficking is being held in Almaty.
26 April 2012
Central Asia countries might face overweight problem
European and Central Asian countries might face overweight problem by 2030 as a consequence of malnutrition or improper diet, according to the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).
23 April 2012
5 million Chinese will settle in Kazakhstan
8 million Chinese will be living in Central Asia in the nearest time.
20 April 2012
President Nazarbayev speaks in favor of a common free trade zone in Central Asia
Kazakhstan has been consistently promoting integration within Central Asia. All our neighbors do know that: President Nazarbayev.
02 March 2012
U.S. "want to own" Central Asian special forces: media
U.S., same as Russia, are interested in retaining authoritarian, but secular political regimes in the region.
01 March 2012
Central Asia must not let be destabilized: Medvedev
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev.
24 February 2012
U.S. explained details of Central Asia Counternarcotics Initiative
The U.S. wants no access to secret data or security-related information of the host country under the program of countering drug trafficking in Central Asia.
22 February 2012
Experts forecast tensions in Central Asia in 2012
Possibility of further increase in conflicts and tensions in 2012 remains high in three Central Asian states: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
05 January 2012
Terrorist threat remains in Central Asia
The situation in the CIS countries and outside the CIS borders remains unstable.
29 December 2011
U.S. forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan will flood Central Asia with weapons
Russian authorities are concerned over a possibility of a massive flow of weapons into Central Asia after NATO forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2014.
05 December 2011
'New Muslims' appeared in Kazakhstan: Expert
Calling themselves the followers of “pure” Islam, or Salafis, they are isolating themselves from the majority of “traditional” Muslims: Expert.
23 November 2011
Air temperature to rise 5 degrees in 10 years in Kazakhstan
Air temperature has risen 0.8-1.3 degrees in the last 100 years in Kazakhstan, according to Kazakh Meteorological Service data.
09 November 2011
Kazakhstan leads Central Asia in human development
UNDP published their annual human development report. Kazakhstan comes 68th - the highest rank among Central Asian countries.
06 November 2011
Dossym Satpayev: Russia is competing with China for Central Asia
China has more chances to win the Central Asian market than Russia that is currently discussing creation of the CES with several CIS countries: Expert.
11 October 2011
Experts forecast political elites change in Central Asia within 10 years
An irrevocable change of political elites will occur in this period and the approach of the regime change will escalate the local political tensions and antagonism between different groups.
11 October 2011
Expert: Kazakhstan underestimates Talibs' threat
Central Asian countries underestimate the situation that could unfold in Afghanistan by 2014 after withdrawal of American troops: Expert.
27 September 2011