According to RIA Novosti Turkmenistan are demanding that Ukraine pay its natural gas debt by the end of the year. The demand came during a meeting between the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister, the Board …
I’d usually post this roundup with the other country ones over on Mental Wanderlust, but until we’ve got a few bloggers posting here it’ll be here. So, a quick look at what’s been going on …
The past couple of days have been a disaster for anyone driving his own car in some parts of Uzbekistan including Tashkent and the provinces up north. The gas stations there all seem to have …
Marianna has her latest Azerbaijan Election Watch online. In focus this time are continuing protests in Baku – protests that increasingly turned violent. Marianna has also a discussion going in the comments section.
Olesya over at …
Martha Brill Olcott, who over the last decade has become on of the leading scholars on Central Asia, has just published her new book, ‘Central Asia’s Second Chance’ via the Carnegie Endowment. It offers a …
Just a quick catch up on events. President Niyazov welcomed in the beginning of Ramadan with a decree pardoning thousands of prisoners on the night from 26 to 27 October – on the Night …
As became clear from Karimov’s statement today, Uzbekistan wishes to see Russia not only as a strategic partner but as an ally. Last time I heard of alliances being formed the campaigning for the war …
Sven forwarded an Email from the AP newswire. I can’t find it online yet, though.
(…)Kazakh Police Break Up Almaty Protest, Hold 67 Activists 2005-10-06 03:21 (New York) — Kazakh police Thursday forcibly broke up a …
Olesya over at uzbekistan.neweurasia.net has commenced posting, putting up two entries related to youth and education in Uzbekistan. The first discusses new regulations keeping students away from conferences that are co-sponsored by international organisations. The …
UN World Youth Report 2005 has been released. There is little information on individual countries but there are some terrible indicators for the whole of Central Asian region:
… in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, it …
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