Kyrgyzstan
Kazakh president’s pet project gets boost from China
China-Central Asia Monitor: June 5-11, 2026.
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EU-regulated CI Ratings assigns BBB international rating to EDB with stable outlook
Highlights strong capital position, robust asset quality, comfortable liquidity profile and low refinancing risk.
US officials avid in commitment to Central Asia critical minerals at Astana meeting
Trump special envoy to region says deals will be "win-win". Russia, meanwhile, is not amused.
From oil wells to code: can Central Asia become the world's next technology hub?
For most of the post-Soviet era, Central Asia's economic story was written in commodities. Now technology is starting to challenge that stereotype.
New Pakistan-Iran road routes and Central Asian trade
A Eurasianet partner post from the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst.
Kyrgyz airlines welcomed back to EU skies, removed from blacklist after 20 years
Central Asian country has finally succeeded in earning its European wings.
The world's record heatwaves - Statista
According to NASA, there is “unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate”, Statista reports.
Kyrgyzstan voted on to United Nations Security Council
Small, landlocked country in Central Asia may use place at table to raise plight of those threatened by the melting of glaciers.
EU targets Kyrgyzstan in first use of new sanctions tool to hit third parties aiding Russia
The European Union has for the first time imposed trade restrictions on a third country for systematically facilitating the circumvention of sanctions against Russia, marking a significant escalation in Brussels' efforts to tighten the pressure.
Central Asia to turn mineral wealth into strategic influence
Central Asia is moving to convert its vast reserves of critical minerals into economic and geopolitical leverage as governments seek to position the region at the centre of global supply chains increasingly shaped by geopoliitcal competition.
Middle East conflict and energy shock slow growth across EBRD regions
Bank warns higher energy costs are reigniting inflation, weakening industrial competitiveness and straining already fragile public finances
Kazakhstan taking on lots of debt to China
China-Central Asia Monitor: May 22-28, 2026
Kyrgyzstan uneasy over Kazakhstan’s use of rain-making technology
Experts fret over possible damage to eco-balance caused by cloud-seeding. “If you take a cloud from one place, it will harm another place,” says one scientist.
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Kremlin wants “full partnership” with Afghan Taliban, military-technical deal signed
Russia is the only country in the world to formally recognise Afghanistan’s rulers, though Central Asia is slowly but surely building relations.
CENTRAL ASIA BLOG: Water “insecurities” are rumbling under the surface of regional diplomacy
Kyrgyzstan wants more infrastructure maintenance funds. Afghanistan is preparing to divert river flows for irrigation. Disagreements could mount.
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Terrorist attacks in Russia thwarted by joint work with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, says FSB director
Warns Afghanistan-based ISKP actively recruiting individuals across Central Asia and migrant workers in Russian locations.
The return of the Silk Road as the “C6”, a key geopolitical link between Europe and Asia
There is a map that used to hang in the offices of Soviet central planners in Moscow, showing the five republics of Central Asia as a single administrative unit with all roads pointing to Moscow. Today the arrows point in all directions at once.
Kyrgyzstan’s security service set to get expanded surveillance mandate
Use of facial recognition to be legalised.
Russia irked by US, EU moves to secure Central Asia critical minerals
Kremlin official talks of “attempt to push Russia out and create a Western-controlled infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of our borders".
Kazakhstan’s railway company to start its own Caspian fleet to boost Middle Corridor
China-Central Asia Monitor: April 30 - May 7, 2026.