Every March, 300 million people from across the world, most notably the people of Iran and Central Asian countries celebrate ...

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Gradually opening its arms to the world, Almaty is one of Kazakhstan's largest cities. Almaty is well positioned at the foot ...

Rice is a pillar of Uzbekistan’s agriculture. But the climate crisis affecting the region’s two main rivers means that a shallower Amu Darya is forcing farmers to leave traditional rice-growing areas ...

It is typically chopped boiled meat mixed with egg noodles and an onion sauce. Other favorites include plov (rice pilaf), shashlik (skewered meat), samsa (savory pastry) and lagman (noodle soup).

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Kazakhstan will reduce the flow oil crude via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium by as much as 70% this month, a senior government official told local media. “To date, there have been no reductions ...

ASTANA — Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Italian President Sergio Mattarella emphasized the importance of intensifying the bilateral strategic partnership, elevating trade and investment, ...

Tashkent is part supermarket, prepared foods palace, and snack emporium. Tashkent’s Samarkind-style plov. Nat Belkov Upon entering, shoppers funnel towards an open kitchen where the ubiquitous ...

He cooked plov, placing his large pot and stove in the village center, while female Kazakh volunteers prepared baursaks, a traditional fried bread that is offered with milk and tea. "It was an ...