Uzbekistan: Soviet Pesticides Leave Bitter Legacy
Farmland still contaminated with DDT from past decades, experts say.
Low Expectations of Presidential Poll Among Kyrgyz Voters
Informal survey suggests most people believe current president won’t face serious challenge.
Turkmenistan: New Pipeline, Old Horizons?
Authorities want capacity to shift gas to market from giant field, but many proposed export routes currently look less than viable.
Tajikistan's Under-Age Market Workers
As Tajikistan tries to curb child labour in the cotton fields, many children are hard at work at urban markets.
Tajik Drivers Alarmed at Toll Road
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.
Witness Says Stanisic Supplied Croatia's Serbs With Weapons
He tells court that the paramilitary leaders Arkan and Medic saw former Serbian security chief Jovica Stanisic as their “boss”.
Seselj Refuses Check-Up From Enemy Doctor
He also tells tribunal judges that his right to a fair trial has been violated.
Court Told Croatia Did Not Cover Up Crimes
Defence witness in the case against three Croatian generals claims Croatia was only trying to clear up the Krajina region after 1995 Operation Storm.
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Global Voices: Europe/Eurasia
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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