Children's Home Run on a Shoestring
A residential school in southeast Tajikistan is so short of cash that it spends less than six US cents a day on feeding each child.
Tajik Parties Campaign Against Election Deposits
As political parties in Tajikistan gear up for next year’s parliamentary election, a campaign is under way to reduce the deposit candidates must pay.
Migrant Kids' Schooling Problems
Children whose parents have moved to the capital Bishkek in search of work have problems getting into school, Kristina Dolgikh reports.
Loan-Sharks Fill Credit Gap
Getting a bank loan is so long and complex a process in Kyrgyzstan that many people turn to private lenders, without thinking of the risks.
Cash-Strapped Farmers Can't Afford Tractors
Farmers in Kyrgyzstan say their crops are often spoiled because they cannot afford their own tractors and have to queue up to borrow others’.
Tajik Islamic Party Slowly Sidelined
Mainstream religious group failing to make headway in politics despite efforts to modernise and grow.
Serb Officer Testifies for Gotovina Defence
Witness describes climate of fear among Krajina Serbs ahead of Croatia’s Operation Storm.
Praljak Speaks of Struggle to Control HVO Soldiers
He says that a huge number of Bosnian Croat troops didn’t listen to orders.
Stanisic Trial to Restart Soon
Accused deemed fit by UN medical officer to participate in proceedings under certain conditions.
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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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