Kyrgyzstan Takes Stock in Revised Gold Deal
Jury still out on whether the latest arrangements for the giant Kumtor gold mine will prove more lucrative than before.
Kabardino-Balkaria Leader Offers Way Out in Land Dispute
President proposes a major rethink on laws that ethnic Balkars say will deprive them of their lands.
Abkhazia: Searching for the Missing
Official mistrust hampers Georgian and Abkhaz parents in their search for the remains of their missing sons.
Karabakh Mosques Restored
Officials want to refute Baku’s claims that Muslim monuments are being systematically destroyed.
Armenia: Sad Fate of Azeri Graves
Government won’t fund restoration of Azerbaijani cemeteries, saying they do not have any intrinsic cultural value.
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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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