ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Gennadiy Golovkin, the two-time middleweight world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist, has been elected president of World Boxing at the federation’s inaugural congress in Rome, The Times of Central Asia reported Sunday. Golovkin, who has led Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee since last year, will now o...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan will channel massive investment into jobs, housing, industry and services in 2026 as part of an accelerated push to reduce poverty and unemployment to below 4.5 percent, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said during a nationwide video conference, UzDaily.com reported. Officials say unemployment has fallen to...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — Tajikistan has rolled out its first artificial intelligence platform designed to help citizens understand national laws, a move officials say will broaden access to legal information and strengthen rights awareness, according to Asia-Plus News Agency. The AI assistant, called Moni, is a free tool that explains leg...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a vast Bronze Age city in northeastern Kazakhstan, offering new insights into early settlement patterns and trade networks across the Eurasian steppe, according to a study published Wednesday in Antiquity. The Semiyarka settlement — known as the “City of Seven Ravines” — ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan’s banking sector recorded sharp growth in the first nine months of 2025, with assets, loans and deposits all rising at double-digit rates, the National Bank said Wednesday. As of Sept. 30, the country operated 21 commercial banks and 305 branches. Total banking assets climbed 38 percent since January to ...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov says a $55 million mosque-madrasa complex funded by businessman Abdukadyr Khabibulla will serve as the foundation of a new state-run Islamic education system designed to curb the influence of unsupervised foreign teachings. Speaking to the Kabar news agency, Japarov said the complex —...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (MNTV) — Azerbaijan has been admitted as a full participant in the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, a development regional leaders described as historic and politically transformative for Eurasia’s evolving power architecture. Hikmat Hajiyev, assistant to the president and head of Azerbaijan’s foreig...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan has opened its Center for Islamic Civilization, a 10-hectare complex in central Tashkent blending scholarship, heritage preservation, and state-supported philanthropy, officials said. Built under a 2017 presidential decree, the complex houses a museum, research and educational facilities, library, and a...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Leaders of Central Asia and Azerbaijan endorsed major regional integration initiatives at the Seventh Consultative Meeting in Tashkent, where Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed transforming the platform into a strategic “Central Asia Community.” The summit included presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ta...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — More than 1,300 parents in Tajikistan’s capital have faced administrative penalties this year for failing to properly supervise or educate their children, Dushanbe police said, citing Asia-Plus. Authorities reported that 1,312 administrative protocols were filed under Article 90 of Tajikistan’s Administrative Code...
