Tajik president inaugurated for fourth term
Tajikistan's long-running President Emomali Rakhmon was inaugurated for a fourth term on Saturday, as he promised to alleviate the grinding poverty in the former Soviet country.
Central Asia not ready for integration
Kazakhstan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Idrisov believes it premature to discuss integration in Central Asia and more appropriate to think of it as cooperation.
Tethys Petroleum selling 50 percent of Kazakh assets to Chinese equity fund
Tethys Petrolium is selling 50 percent of its Kazakhstan assets to SinoHan Oil and Gas Investment.
Tajiks set to elect strongman leader for fourth term
Voters in Tajikistan, the poorest state in the former USSR, were set Wednesday to hand President Emomali Rakhmon an easy victory for a fourth term at the helm of his country bordering Afghanistan.
International organizations compromise Central Asian integration
According to Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Kazakhstan Marat Shaikhutdinov, external players are more concerned with the integration of Central Asia than the region itself is.
First woman stands for Tajik president backed by Islamic party
A woman is for the first time bidding for the presidency in Tajikistan after an opposition bloc including an Islamic party chose a respected female rights lawyer as its candidate in the majority Muslim country.
CSTO to supply weapons to Tajikistan to protect Afghan border
CSTO countries will transfer their weapons and military vehicles to Tajikistan free of charge for protection of the border with Afghanistan.
Nazarbayev participated in SCO Summit and had several bilateral meetings
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Kyrgyzstan for the SCO summit on September 12.
Czech travelers to cross Pamirs on motorbikes through Kazakhstan
Two travelers from the Czech Republic are going to cross the Pamir Mountains driving through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Idrissov calls Asian states to cooperate in energy security
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Udrissov called Asian countries to cooperate in water management, food and energy security.
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister to visit Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov will render an official visit to Dushanbe on March 28 after visiting Uzbekistan the day earlier.
Kazakhstan to sell sodium cyanide to Tajikistan
Kazakhstan will start supplying sodium cyanide to neighboring Tajikistan in the end of 2014.
WTO approves membership for Tajikistan
The World Trade Organization on Monday approved Tajikistan's 11-year struggle to join the UN's global trade body, paving the way for the Central Asian nation to become its 159th member.
Water tensions overflow in ex-Soviet Central Asia
The ex-Soviet states of Central Asia are engaged in an increasingly bitter standoff over water resources, adding another element of instability to the volatile region neighbouring Afghanistan.
Olympics: Tajik 'million dollar baby' punches way to London
Tajikistan is for the first time sending a female boxer to the London Olympics who is on a mission not only to win but to smash gender stereotypes in the religiously conservative ex-Soviet state.
CSTO Foreign Ministers discussed enhancement of Tajikistan-Afghanistan border
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CSTO member-states have discussed enhancement of the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
Joint emergency response center opened in Almaty
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan created a joint center for emergency response and disaster risk reduction.
Tajikistan president to come to Astana for CSTO summit
Emomali Rakhmon will come to Astana to participate in the informal summit of heads of the CSTO member-countries on August 12.
Kazakhstan alpinists to take part in CIS Championship in Tajikistan
The first CIS Alpinism Championship started in Tajikistan. It will last for 12 days.
Tajik locusts threaten Kazakhstan crops
Tajik locust larvea is going to be the main threat for Kazakhstan wheat in the coming two years.