Turkmen Academics Welcome Science Reforms

Caucasus: May ‘09

Journalists in ethnic Azeri province of Georgia say IWPR has helped to markedly improve their reporting skills.

Witness Testifies on Army and Police Campaigns in Kosovo

International monitor says “joint control post” coordinated Yugoslav army and Serb police actions.

Serbia Probes Media Role in War Crimes

Opinion divided over prospects of investigation into incitement by journalists during the Balkan wars.

Serb Police Chief Denies Krajina Authorities Ordered Evacuation

Witness describes how panicked Serbs fled Benkovac when Croatian offensive began.

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.

Electoral Amnesia in Tajikistan

As political parties gear up for next year’s parliamentary election, reporter Rahmatullo Odina discovers that many voters have no idea who they voted for last time.

Praljak Claims Croats Never Sought Bosnia Partition

Defendant says they just wanted to prevent the Islamisation of the country.