Central Asia in Focus

When Turkmenistan announced there would be a presidential election, everyone knew President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s son Serdar would win.

Preview Text: Changes to Turkmenistan’s parliament, China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Taliban’s electricity supply, update on RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, and more.

Multimedia piece “Landmine Valley” received recognition in prestigious Ukrainian journalism competition.

Several RFE/RL Ukrainian Service journalists have received awards for their reporting.

Thanks to all your votes, our video about Nurgazy — and his arduous journey to school — won a Webby award.

RFE/RL’s video documentary “Desperate Honeymoon” won Silver and Bronze medals at the New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 19.

The staff of the Baku bureau of RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, known locally as Radio Azadliq, have been honored with the 2015 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award for exceptional integrity and…

A Radio Azadliq investigative report on the trafficking of Chinese laborers in Azerbaijan earned top honors from the Azeri government and several NGOs.

On International Human Rights Day, Aleh Hruzdzilovich, a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service (Radio Svaboda), has received the award for “Best Journalist” from a Belarusian civic organization.

The Afghanistan-based correspondents of RFE/RL’s Afghan Service, known locally as Radio Azadi, have won the 2009 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award.