Almaty hospital chief fired after 182 staff test positive for COVID-19

Turkmen media report 7 cases of COVID-19

Turkmen dissident writer Ak Welsapar refutes rumours of his death

110 more medics at Almaty’s central hospital test positive for coronavirus

Kazakh labour minister explains lockdown social benefit delays

Kazakh president extends lockdown until end of April

Uzbek laws to undergo gender equality review

Syria-based terrorists recruiting among unemployed Turkmens in Turkey

Russia and Saudi Arabia agree to cut oil production

US embassy opts to avoid dispute with Turkmen foreign ministry over aid

Tajik Supreme Court bans news site Akhbor.com

Nazarbayev family win challenge to Unexplained Wealth Order for London properties

Nazarbayev compares coronavirus epidemic to 1990s and asks businessmen to help the public

Uzbekistan secures major international anti-crisis loans

Uzbekistan to liberate prices for most popular fuel, official promises price drop

Investigation into the Matraimovs wins US investigative journalism award

Mass escape from quarantine camp in Turkmenistan

Uzbek draft law proposes abolition of “propiska” system

Uzbekistan sharpens stay-at-home orders

Rise in Uzbek coronavirus cases attributed to increased testing