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Peeled off memories
In a hotel in Moynaq, a former coastal town on the Aral Sea, the owners are moving to a more prosperous town. They leave behind them a flaking painting depicting… [...]
[Newsletter] LGBT campaigner hospitalised after attack in Uzbekistan
This is a copy of our newsletter dated 29 March 2021. Sign up here to receive it directly in your inbox every Monday. In the news Turkmenistan was China’s… [...]
Busy Registan
The Registan in Samarqand is for inner and foreign toruist a favourite spot to visit. As far back as the place was created, the first madrasa was built in the… [...]
Hope of youth
Alisa, 15 years old, helps her mother during summer time to run their little yard restaurant where they serve homemade dishes. But her wish and hope is to study one… [...]
Large-scale construction
Ashgabat has witnessed radical transformation due to the large-scale construction campaign initiated by Saparmurat Niyazov, first leader of independent Turkmenistan. Thanks to the links with Turkmen government, French construction… [...]
Tea and tapchan
Men take tea on a traditional tapchan on the road between Khiva and Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Credit : Charlotte Bonin (France) Find all of our photos of the… [...]
A Kyrgyz cemetery
Along the roads that cross the Kyrgyz steppes, it is common to come across cemeteries with imposing tombs. Here, a few tombs overlook the village of Kojomkul. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France)… [...]
Sports Palace
The interior of the Bishkek Sports Palace showcases traditional Kyrgyz ornaments. Credit: Antonin Lechat (France) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
Novastan is looking for freelance journalists based in Central Asia
The only European media dedicated to Central Asia in English, French and German is now looking for freelance journalists based in Central Asia. Thanks to individual donations and subscriptions, Novastan… [...]
Kazakhstan: Huawei to launch 5G network in 2021
Huawei has finished the 5G integration process in Kazakhstan, in commercial partnership with Beeline, the biggest independent mobile phone operator in the country. The Chinese company wants to set up… [...]
Blue water, red mountains
The crystal blue water of the Zeravshan river, fed by the glaciers in the mountains, brings live into the austere scenery on the way from Ayni to Dushanbe,… [...]
Wedding palace
The circular wedding palace in Almaty in southwest Kazakhstan is a unique example of modernist Soviet architecture. It was completed in 1971 and has lost none of its solemnity… [...]