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March 26, 2018
Hundreds Evacuated As Snowmelt Causes Flooding In Kazakhstan

Hundreds of people have been evacuated in the Eastern Kazakhstan region after melting snow caused severe flooding.

March 25, 2018
Majlis Podcast: Is Iran-Saudi Tension Reaching Central Asia?

This latest session of the Majlis explored the ties Iran and Arabic countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have with the five Central Asian states.
March 25, 2018
Senior U.S. Diplomat Due In Uzbekistan For Talks, Afghan Conference

A senior U.S. diplomat is due to arrive in Uzbekistan on March 25 for a three-day visit for talks with Uzbek leaders and to attend an international peace conference on Afghanistan.
March 23, 2018
Police Accost People Holding Blue Balloons In Kazakh Capital

Police in Kazakhstan's capital hunted for people holding blue balloons during Norouz new year celebrations on March 22, following fugitive opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov's Facebook call for Kazakhs to express support for his banned movement by displaying blue balloons.
March 23, 2018
Analysis: Kazakhstan -- Old Leader, New Foreign Policy Challenges

President Nursultan Nazarbaev can take some credit for guiding his country through often complicated regional relations for nearly three decades. But things are now in flux, and the Kazakh leader is in his twilight years. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
March 22, 2018
Afghan, Kosovar, Kazakh Women Among Courage Award Finalists

Ten women from countries including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Kosovo were honored with the U.S. State Department's International Women of Courage Award (IWOC) for 2018.
March 22, 2018
Nazarbaev, In Rare Move, Marks Norouz With Mirziyoev In Samarkand

In a very rare move, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has marked the Norouz new year holiday in the ancient city of Samarkand in neighboring Uzbekistan, a sign of improving ties following the death of divisive Uzbek leader Islam Karimov in 2016.
March 21, 2018
Spaceship Launches With Cosmonaut, Two Astronauts -- And A Soccer Ball

A Russian cosmonaut, two U.S. astronauts, and a soccer ball set to be used in the soccer World Cup in Russia have blasted off for a two-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
March 19, 2018
Majlis Podcast: A New Era Of Cooperation?

On March 15, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the speaker of Turkmenistan’s parliament gathered in Astana for the first Central Asian summit since 1999. The latest Majlis podcast looks into what it all might mean.
March 16, 2018
Astana Rejects Lavrov's Statement On Visa-Free Travel To Kazakhstan For Americans

Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has rejected a Russian proposal to revisit its visa-free regime for U.S. citizens.
March 16, 2018
Turkmen President's Son Held Unannounced Meeting With Nazarbaev

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev held talks with the son of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov ahead of a Central Asian summit in Astana, Nazarbaev's office said a day after the meeting.
March 16, 2018
Jailed Kazakh Businessman Gets New Prison Sentence In High-Profile Case

A jailed Kazakh businessman, Muratkhan Toqmadi, has been sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison in a high-profile and politically charged murder case.

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Monday 26 March 2018

Hundreds Evacuated As Snowmelt Causes Flooding In Kazakhstan

Majlis Podcast: Is Iran-Saudi Tension Reaching Central Asia?

Senior U.S. Diplomat Due In Uzbekistan For Talks, Afghan Conference

Police Accost People Holding Blue Balloons In Kazakh Capital

Analysis: Kazakhstan -- Old Leader, New Foreign Policy Challenges

Afghan, Kosovar, Kazakh Women Among Courage Award Finalists

Nazarbaev, In Rare Move, Marks Norouz With Mirziyoev In Samarkand

Spaceship Launches With Cosmonaut, Two Astronauts -- And A Soccer Ball

Majlis Podcast: A New Era Of Cooperation?

Astana Rejects Lavrov's Statement On Visa-Free Travel To Kazakhstan For Americans

Turkmen President's Son Held Unannounced Meeting With Nazarbaev

Jailed Kazakh Businessman Gets New Prison Sentence In High-Profile Case

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