Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's meeting with a leading Kyrgyz presidential contender, Omurbek Babanov, has sparked controversy in Kyrgyzstan, where a presidential election is scheduled for October 15.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sapar Isakov says his government has canceled an agreement with a Czech company to construct parts of Upper Naryn Cascade hydropower project and several other hydropower plants.
This week, the Majlis Podcast looks at Kyrgyzstan's upcoming presidential election.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named former Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Natalia Gherman as the head of the UN Regional Center for Preventative Diplomacy for Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are expected to reopen all overland border posts and simplify border-crossing procedures. In a region where family ties are strong, ordinary people welcome the move, which affects hundreds of thousands of people with relatives on both sides of the border.
A Kyrgyz court has found a journalist guilty of inciting religious hatred in a book, and sentenced him to four years in prison.
Presidential candidates in Kyrgyzstan have started introducing voters to their programs after the campaign officially started on September 10.
Many Central Asians have expressed sympathy online for Rohingya Muslims fleeing fresh violence in Burma. Local experts, meanwhile, are wary of playing into the hands of religious extremists.
A checkpoint on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border has officially reopened as the two countries continue to pursue closer ties after years of strained relations. (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service)
Thousands of local residents have attended the reopening ceremony of a major checkpoint along Kyrgyz-Uzbek border.
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has called the visit of his Uzbek counterpart, Shavkat Mirziyoev, to Bishkek a "historic event for both nations."
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev is set to travel to Kyrgyzstan on September 5-6 for the first official visit to the neighboring country by a president of Uzbekistan in 17 years.
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