The deadly swine flu has caused deaths in Russia and other former Soviet republics.
Kazakhstan's national currency, the tenge, has reached a new low against the U.S. dollar as Central Asia's largest economy continues to struggle with falling global oil prices and the impact of Russia's economic crisis.
Ukraine says it will for the first time ship goods to Kazakhstan along a route bypassing Russia, due to the Kremlin’s trade embargo on Kyiv.
Kazakhstan’s central bank has fired the head of its investment management arm after he said the country’s oil fund was in jeopardy.
Faced with economic hardships not seen since the 1990s, Kazakhstan is now moving to privatize its biggest enterprises. Many Kazakhs worry that this will only benefit the rich.
The lower chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament, the Mazhilis, has asked President Nursultan Nazarbaev for its early dissolution.
In Kazakhstan, dozens of people struggling with the spiraling costs of their foreign currency mortgages have demonstrated in the country's largest city, Almaty.
European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini signed a deal on closer ties with Kazakhstan at a meeting with foreign ministers from the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics. (RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed Moscow's links with Kazakhstan just hours before Astana signed a deal on closer ties with the European Union.
The central bank in Azerbaijan has abandoned its currency peg and floated the manat, following a similar move by Kazakhstan earlier this year.
Police in Almaty, Kazakhstan have searched the apartments and offices of two journalists of the independent investigative website Nakanune.kz, including the site's owner and a correspondent. (RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)
In a refugee camp in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a small group of people is remembering a day few in the world know about.
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