IWPR

Media Laud Assad's Efforts at Arab Forum

Syria Media Report, 07-Apr-09

Syria Strengthens Ties With Iraq

Syria Media Report, 07-Apr-09

Tepid Response to Cut-Price Fuel

Syria Media Report, 07-Apr-09

Schools Put to the Test

Pupils in their penultimate year of school are being tested under an international assessment scheme in which Kyrgyzstan fared badly last time round.

Cheap Building Materials Prove False Economy

An influx of substandard building materials in the southern Batken region is costing householders dear.

Uzbeks Seek Funding for Major Road Project

Samarkand Revives Ancient Craft

Northern Town Plagued by Flies

Khujand in northern Tajikistan is full of clouds of midges, some of them carrying tropical diseases.

TB Hits Tajikistan's Poorest

Southern Tajikistan is the focus of a widespread tuberculosis problem that appears closely linked to poverty.

Tajikistan's Temporary Orphans

Many of the inmates of children’s homes in Tajikistan have been left there by desperate parents hoping to collect them again once their economic circumstances improve.