“Today Kyrgyzstan is holding presidential elections. For the first time in the history of independent Kyrgyzstan, the presidency is shifting from one person to another in a peaceful way” — and neweurasia has photos of what is arguably the most symbolically important ballot being cast: Roza Otunbayeva’s.

Alexey Sidorenko at Global Voices Online interviewed neweurasia‘s during the BarCamp. Check it out: click here.

The Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC): “engages creative minds around the world to encourage bolder and less conventional business solutions to global poverty.
“Students from around the world—and across fields of study—are invited to find innovative, …

The Y2Y Global Youth Conference 2009 Essay Competition invites youth to share ideas on: What are the constraints to youth entrepreneurship in your country? Has the global crisis changed the dynamics? How can governments help …

We are looking for bright young minds (or even old cynical ones) to write commentary and analysis, report breaking news, make webcasts, and post photo-essays. We offer financial compensation on a pay-per-post basis, as well as on a formula basis for special coverage (“blogging assignments”).

The contest announced last week to Sovietize/Islamify Uncle Sam is being extended to this Sunday, May 17, midnight (GMT).

Please focus on trying to put a Central Asian “spin” on the image.  Focus on the religious …

To all graphic artists:
The neweurasia network is launching a new recruitment and advertisement drive.  We need the image of America’s most famous icon, Uncle Sam, to be “Russianized”, “Sovietized”, or “Islamified”.

The winning image will first …

TOL and neweurasia are seeking to hire a Editor for its “Building Blogging in Central Asia” project.  This is an exciting opportunity for someone with journalism skills and experience in the post-Soviet space.
neweurasia is a …

Representatives Issa and Melancon have circulated a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee that supports the nomination of Kazakhstani president Nursultan Nazarbayev and US Senators Lugar and Nunn for the… Nobel Peace Prize!
The introduction to …

Over the next month, TOL and neweurasia are accepting submissions for the Best Central Asia Blog Awards. There are several prizes to be won, and the overall winner will get to go to the next …