IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Online systems should save time, but there is some resistance to change.
Government needs to do more to counter the effects of global recession.
Some Yerevan politicians say arrest of Armenian activists on espionage charges is attempt to intimidate the minority.
This winter has shown yet again how crucial a stable supply of energy is to Kyrgyzstan’s survival, yet when the country’s electricity companies are put up for sale, no one wants to buy them.
The drastic devaluation of the tenge in Kazakstan has had an immediat effect on Kyrgyzstan, where the national currency has lost value and exports to its larger neighbour have fallen.