Turkmen NGOs Face Tighter Financial Regulation
New rules designed to prevent money-laundering could be used to monitor and obstruct civil society groups.
EU Gives Serbia Trade Agreement Go-Ahead
Move prompted by tribunal prosecutor’s report on continued progress in Serbia cooperation with court.
Karadzic Courtroom Drama
Reporter looks back at emotional opening day of long-awaited trial of former Bosnian Serb leader.
Seselj Case Set to Resume
Additional witnesses to be called to testify when case reopens in January.
Poll Shows Majority in Serbia Oppose Mladic Arrest
Survey also shows most people in the country regard tribunal as illegal, anti-Serb institution.
Uzbekistan Downplays Drug Problem
Government accused of underestimating number of heroin users and failing to support treatment programmes.
Serbia Armed Kosovo Serbs Court Told
Former head of Serbia’s police says local Serbs only used the weapons for self-defence.
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Highlights from IWPR’s Central Asia network of analysis and investigations.
The construction of the Qosh Tepa canal in Afghanistan is causing water shortages in southern Uzbekistan, while in Kyrgyzstan the government is considering the construction of a nuclear power plant. In Kazakstan, conservation activists are working to save the Central Asian tortoise from extinction.
Elsewhere, CABAR delves into the efforts by Central Asian authorities to detect, reduce and prevent statelessness across the region.
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