Translation of Ekaterina’s post (RUS)
On 10 November, exactly one month after parliamentary elections took place in Kyrgyastan, the fifth Zhogorku Kenesh met for the first time. The session was held, as it will be in …

Translation of Askhat’s post (KAZ, RUS)
The European press has made much of Nursultan Nazarbaev’s recent visit to Brussels. Articles appeared with headlines such as “A Country with a Weak Democracy Wants to Work with European …

Translation of Meirjan’s post (KAZ, RUS)

The Institute for Central Asian Studies was founded in China in the 1960s to study the region’s economic and political life. Its work consists of documenting ethnic diversity, researching local …

Osh and Jalalabad are rebuilding, and neweurasia’s Ekaterina is there to photograph the process. “Of course, it is obvious that the joint efforts of the government and international organizations are not enough to return people’s lives to normal,” she writes. “But it is good to see the happy faces of those who now have a roof over their head and can start to work on making their lives normal once again.”

Translation of Avicenna’s post (RUS)
The movement “For a Free Internet” has issued an appeal, expressing its concern with the current situation in Tajikistan, primarily due to a number of recently blocked internet sites.
Indeed, the government …

Translation of Meirjan’s post (KAZ, RUS)
Editor’s note: “Allazhar” is a film about the 1986 December riots in Almaty.
1986. A lot of water under the bridge. In our country, we still don’t have access to all …

Translation of sabinareingold’s post (RUS)
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The land on which Ak-Zhar was built has not been privatized, so the residents cannot register in the houses they built themselves, which creates a whole number of …

Translation of Aizhan’s post (KAZ, RUS)
According to the World Health Organization, the annual number of suicides around the world is set to reach 1 500 000 by 2020. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 4th on the …

Translation of sabinareingold’s post (RUS)
Unfortunately, people often live without noticing what’s right before their eyes. 30 minutes outside of Bishkek there is a new settlement called Ak-Zhar. When I heard about the conditions in which …

Translation of Adam’s post (RUS)
Editor’s note: The issue of transportation has been a burning one for some time in Almaty. Bloggers and discussion forum participants have extensively discussed the behavior of bus drivers and ticket …