Central Asia

Aral Sea Meeting Set for April 28

Judicial Reforms Yet to Have Impact in Uzbekistan

Schools Put to the Test

Pupils in their penultimate year of school are being tested under an international assessment scheme in which Kyrgyzstan fared badly last time round.

Uzbeks to Pay More for Heating

Uzbeks Seek Funding for Major Road Project

Samarkand Revives Ancient Craft

CIS Foreign Ministers to Meet in Ashgabat

Sustained Focus Needed to Improve Turkmen Rights

Northern Town Plagued by Flies

Khujand in northern Tajikistan is full of clouds of midges, some of them carrying tropical diseases.

TB Hits Tajikistan's Poorest

Southern Tajikistan is the focus of a widespread tuberculosis problem that appears closely linked to poverty.