Uzbekistan: State-Run Pilgrimage Prompts Complaints
Secret police surveillance and extortion by officials mars the hajj experience.
24 Dec 08
Kyrgyzstan
Cutting-Edge Business in Kyrgyz South
At the Batken market in southern Kyrgyzstan, the old trade of sharpening tools is in particular demand this winter.
22 Dec 08
Kyrgyzstan: Concern as Western Broadcasts Pulled Off Air
Officials complain of biased reporting, while opponents fear end to media freedom.
22 Dec 08
Make Your Own Power Station
While the focus in Kyrgyzstan is often on ambitious hydroelectric projects like the Kambarata dam, water-powered turbines of more modest proportions are quietly whirring away in the background.
16 Dec 08
Kyrgyz Builders Fear Compatriots' Return
As it becomes clear that Russia will no longer host as many migrant workers as before because of the economic downturn, reporter Almaz Turdubaev investigated how this would impact the job market inside Kyrgyzstan.
15 Dec 08
Death of Kyrgyz Sugar Industry Leaves Bitter Taste
Instead of exporting sugar, Kyrgyzstan now imports it while disillusioned beet farmers switch to other crops.
11 Dec 08
Worms in the Water
In this report, Malika Aidarova looked at how a village survives without a supply of clean drinking water.
11 Dec 08
Babies Born With Health Problems
In our second feature on Kyrgyzstan, Oxana Polyakova looks at the problems that can affect newborn babies because of lack of awareness about ante-natal health issues.
9 Dec 08
Schoolteacher Shortage Continues
Rural schools in Kyrgyzstan continue to be short of teaching staff as the profession is so poorly paid.
9 Dec 08
Kyrgyz Ponder Role of Islamic Schools
In the first programme for Kyrgyzstan from the new IWPR Central Asian Radio series, Eleonora Beyshenbek-Kyzy asks whether graduates from religious colleges should be allowed to teach in Kyrgyzstan’s state schools.
5 Dec 08
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