Kazakhstan seems to be the only Central Asian country that has gotten positive press lately. With Turkmenistan’s president still a punch-line, protests and mysterious prison murders in Kyrgyzstan, and Soviet-esqe show trials in …
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov met today with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana to discuss “Russia-EU …
One reform commitment made during the recent Khalk Maslakhaty session was a cut of two percent in the rate of gross income for small businesses and commodity producers. As it is hard to know …
As reported by Radio Free Europe, the U.S. State Department has published its annual report on religious freedom, and there is a mixed verdict on Turkmenistan.
A panel which makes recommendations to the State Department, the …
After Zhirinovksy another disgraced politician has gone a-visiting to Turkmenistan. Former Canadian PM Jean Chretien joined the equally controversial Buried Hill Energy on a junket to Turkmenistan in a yet another bid to gain a …
One of the most distressing reports to come out of Turkmenistan over the last few years was in March this year when President Niyazov ordered the closure of provincial hospitals all over the country. One …
The Azeri elections last Sunday are still dominating the regional blogosphere. Our azerbaijan.neweurasia.net blog is continuously updated by Marianna and Katy, who is still in Baku observing the developments on the streets. If there will …
The question is: “Was it revolution or just a rebellion?” Good question, but who can give the answer? Rebels? Who were that rebels? Of course, teenagers including students. That is why students are also interested in this problem.
I meant to write a post about the MTV European Music Awards yesterday, but too much work has hindered me from doing so.
However, Radio Free Europe has commented on the controversial appearance of comedian Ali …
Monica Whitlock can be heard talking about the BBC in Uzbekistan on this week’s edition of “From Our Own Correspondent” (text / audio).
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