Tajikistan Travel News

A conference focusing on Kyrgyzstan's present problems and future choices threatens to become sidetracked by a conflict-of-interest controversy.

Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan have launched a direct railway linking their oil-and-gas-rich Caspian Sea regions, bypassing Uzbekistan.

On 4-5 May Asrlar sadosi traditional festival of culture took place in Navbahor district of Navoi region.

As many as 10,000 people languish in Uzbek prisons for their faith. Once there, they are subjected to another injustice, a religious-freedom watchdog reported this week: They are often denied access to clergy and religious literature.

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan has huge hydel power potential therefore Pakistan and Tajikistan could cooperate in this area to further enhance their bilateral relations.

Postage stamps featuring some of Kyrgyzstan's wild mushrooms - edible and non-edible. Images taken from ianbek.kg, used with permission.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with State Unitary Enterprise for a Hyatt Regency hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Mirlan Kudaibergenev traveled to Europe to see the world, and returned to Kyrgyzstan with a fresh idea -- selling fruit and vegetables online.

Search teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, while the third crew member was still missing, the emergencies minister of the Central Asian nation said.

A government commission has agreed to establish a state corporation to turn locals away from drug smuggling by developing economic projects in Central Asia, said Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Drug Control Service.

Assistant Secretary Blake: Good morning, everybody. I'm very pleased to be back here in Tashkent and to see a lot of familiar faces.

'Come to the Russian stand, I'll meet you there', says Hamid Ismailov, a writer from Uzbekistan, the head of the BBC Central Asian and Caucasus Service, a quiet and soft-spoken gentleman in a black velveteen jacket.