Newswire

Central Asia Newswire for 5/07/2021

The Central Asia Newswire is a compilation of news stories about Central Asia, curated each day.

 

Kazakhstan 

Oliver Stone presented a trailer for the project about Nursultan Nazarbayev, TengriNews

Kazakh President Meets with Members of National Olympic Team, The Astana Times

Kyrgyzstan 

Government delegations of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet in Fergana and sign protocol, AKIpress

Investments from China into Kyrgyzstan increased 6.7 times in Q1, AKIpress

Tajikistan 

Over 1,000 Afghan government military personnel retreat to Tajikistan after clashes with Taliban fighters, AKIpress

Tajikistan makes vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for citizens older 18 years, AKIpress

Turkmenistan 

Turkmen officials find the country’s population shrinks by half, Radio Azattyq 

A forum for exporters of domestic goods to be held in Turkmenistan, Хроника Туркменистана 

Uzbekistan 

Students who voluntarily get vaccinated against COVID-19 to be given 10% discount on tuition fee, KUN. UZ

Uzbekistan receives 40,000 doses of Sputnik V, AKIpress