Central Asia
Kyrgyz Census Figures Overstated
Opposition concerned that latest population count includes people not living in Kyrgyzstan.
Local Tourists Desert Lakeside Resorts
Alina Kenjeeva reports from Lake Issykkul, which this year is seeing far fewer tourists than usual from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.
Kyrgyz Farmers at Risk of Brucellosis
So many people in Kyrgyzstan keep livestock that the authorities are struggling to impose health regulations, leading to a heightened risk of animal-to-human disease transmission.
Do Kyrgyz Journalists Need Formal Education?
Sabina Reingold looks at the arguments for and against attending a formal journalism course in Kyrgyzstan.
US Base in Kyrgyzstan Renamed but Remains
Terms of new agreement mean airbase officially becomes transit hub for Afghan operation, but some analysts see no real change.
Kyrgyzstan: Yet Another Tax Amnesty
Government forced to revise plan to allow people to own up to undeclared assets.
Civil War Statues Keep Bad Memories Alive
Manuchehr Mirzoev reports from the southwestern Tajik city of Qurghonteppa where residents are deeply divided over monuments to commanders from one side of a bloody civil war.
Female Farmworkers an Oppressed Class
Because of the scale of rural emigration in search of better-paid work abroad, one rarely sees a man at work in the cotton fields of southern Tajikistan these days.