The state is establishing specialised research institutes, funding research and restoring monuments from the era of the Ulus Džoči – the Tatar-Mongol period of its history, which was marginalised by former Soviet historiography. Meanwhile, neighbouring Uzbekistan has for decades been constructing a national historical narrative centred on Tamerlane.
Church organises 12-day summer for those who could not attend WYD. Uzbekistan's first bishop, Mgr Jerzy Maculewicz, is among the participants.
From Kazakhstan, a Muslim Committee for Human Rights in Central Asia
Fighting corruption and phasing out US bases are among the objectives of the new government.
The 5th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit opens today focusing on political and economic cooperation between China, Russia and Central Asian countries.
The man is Jerzy Maculewicz: "My first mission is to watch and listen"; he also has plans for dialogue with Islam. In March, John Paul II elevated the missio sui iuris in Uzbekistan to an apostolic administration
People demonstrate against a candidate's exclusion from the July presidential elections.
According to Human Rights Watch, more than 500 people died in the May clashes in Uzbekistan. The use of force was premeditated and the government is trying to hide the truth. It calls on the US and the EU to stop cooperating with the country until an international investigation is launched.
Uzbeks count their dead after clashes with police
Cotton in Central Asia: a story of poverty, environmental degradation and labour exploitation
Beijing's interests in Central Asia grow
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