Half of state employees in Dushanbe placed on unpaid leave as Tajikistan rushes to build temporary hospitals

Kazakh parliament approves amended public assembly draft law

Three quarters of surveyed Uzbeks in favour of joining EAEU

Toqaev proposes putting brakes on Eurasian integration

Ambulance worker injured in Kyrgyz quarantine riot

Tajik authorities confiscate last business property of Zayd Saidov’s family

Nur-Sultan mayor threatens to revert to strict lockdown measures due to “widespread carelessness”

Tajikistan leaps to top of regional COVID-19 deaths listing as medics say they are working without PPE

OSCE criticises lack of competition in Uzbek elections

Kazakh senate sends controversial public assembly bill back for further work

Turkmen authorities rush to fix hurricane-hit homes after demonstration

Uzbekistan extends lockdown until 1 June but sets dates for easing of travel restrictions

Uzbek government draws up plans to privatise 6 major banks

65,000 Uzbeks waiting to return from Russia

Ashgabat cemetery workers report increase in burials

WHO praises Kazakhstan for successes in fighting COVID-19

Kyrgyz Supreme Court refuses to release Azimjan Askarov

Tajikistan urged to increase testing as WHO mission warns the authorities to prepare for the worst

Toqaev suggests implementing progressive income tax

Kazakhstan’s chief medical officer sets out three-stage lockdown exit