Uzbekistan: Soviet Pesticides Leave Bitter Legacy
Farmland still contaminated with DDT from past decades, experts say.
Farmland still contaminated with DDT from past decades, experts say.
Informal survey suggests most people believe current president won’t face serious challenge.
Authorities want capacity to shift gas to market from giant field, but many proposed export routes currently look less than viable.
As Tajikistan tries to curb child labour in the cotton fields, many children are hard at work at urban markets.
The introduction of tolls on the major highway leading from the capital Dushanbe to Khujand, the main town in northern Tajikistan, has not gone down well with drivers.
Porous border makes country's south vulnerable to incursions, experts say.
Apathetic public and short run-up period leave little scope for candidates to build up head of steam.
Population loss has serious implications for Kyrgyzstan’s future, say experts.