A high-level EU delegation in Kazakhstan discussed more than energy cooperation with Central Asian representatives, but to only mixed reactions.
Steinmeier (file photo) (official site) March 28, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today called on the European Union to build stronger ties with Central Asia, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported.
A high-level EU delegation is in Kazakhstan to discuss the bloc's relations with the entire region.
(RFE/RL) March 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Human rights in Central Asia are coming under fresh scrutiny this week, with a major report by Amnesty International expressing concern with the continued rights abuses as the International Helsinki Federation (IHF) also has some critical things to say about Central Asia.
(RFE/RL) March 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmonov has given instructions to local authorities to drop the Slavic "-ov" and "-ev" from the surnames of newborn babies, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
The assistant U.S. secretary of state for Central and South Asian affairs discusses the challenges and achievements he's experienced in dealing with the region.
A rare Eurasian bird thought to be critically endangered has returned in force to Syria and Turkey.
Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda has made a controversial call for an amnesty for those who fought in the country's civil war.
A small group of Bukhara deer has been relocated to a former habitat in Kazakhstan's Altyn Emel National Park.
More than 60 media representatives from a handful of countries have wrapped up the first day of a conference in Tajikistan to propagate the Persian language.
March 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- An international conference of Persian-speaking media has started in Tajikistan.
(RFE/RL) March 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Tajikistan will hold a conference of Farsi-speaking media beginning March 11, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
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