Uzbekistan plans to spend $2.6 billion over five years to develop the area around the shrunken Aral Sea, which is stricken by severe ecological problems.
U.S.-based liberty-and-democracy watchdog Freedom House says threats to political rights and civil liberties are increasing as authoritarian governments gain strength and populist and nationalist forces rise in the West.
Uzbekistan's new president, Shavkat Mirziyaev, has ordered every rural household to keep chickens as a source of food and potential income for families. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyaev has proposed an economic reform that he says would help end poverty in the country: Every rural household should simply raise chickens. (RFE/RL's Uzbek Service and Current Time TV)
A recent spat between Turkmenistan and Tajikistan is probably the lamest dispute between two Central Asian countries I can remember, though I think I know the real cause of the problem. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Officials in Uzbekistan are playing down expectations that the tightly controlled Central Asian nation will soon abolish exit visas.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyaev has issued a decree calling for the memory of his predecessor Islam Karimov to be "immortalized."
A Kyrgyz court has reinstated a sentence of life imprisonment for ethnic Uzbek rights activist Azimjan Askarov in a case that has received international criticism.
In Samarkand, Uzbekistan, there is a severe shortage of electricity, leaving some residents to rely on candles for lighting and courtyard fires for cooking.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyaev has floated a plan to abolish long-standing rules requiring citizens to obtain government permission if they want to travel abroad.
Ukraine has arrested a relative of Uzbekistan's late President Islam Karimov who is wanted by Tashkent for the alleged embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars.
In a rare public protest in Uzbekistan, a group of retirees recently took to the streets to demand that their local government drop its newfangled debit-card system and pay their pensions in cash.
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