Kyrgyzstan

22 December 2011
Krygyz Court Confirms Life Sentence for Human Rights Activist, Uzbek Suicide an Apparent Hoax Premium

Plus, Ukrainian topless activists escape the KGB and France and Turkey clash over new genocide bill.

By Jeremy Druker and Ioana Caloianu
 
16 December 2011
Supporters Give Tymoshenko Nobel Nod, Major Upset in Transdniester Premium

Plus, Kyrgyz prisoners on hunger strike and will the EU bring back visas for Serbians?

By S. Adam Cardais, Barbara Frye, Natasha Kirshina, and Joshua Boissevain
 
14 December 2011
Rebuilding Osh Premium

Reconstruction of neighborhoods shattered by ethnic violence signal that many in southern Kyrgyzstan are looking forward, not back. A TOL slide show.

By Nicolas Tanner
 
13 December 2011
Tymoshenko Refuses Medical Care, Latvian Bank Survives Depositor Panic Premium

Plus, another “liberal” party born in Russia and Kyrgyz language lovers set their sights on Google.

By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Joshua Boissevain
 
8 December 2011
Osh Mulls Ban on Uzbek-Language Schools

Critics call it discrimination, but city officials say the idea came from Uzbeks themselves.

By Bakyt Ibraimov and Temir Akmatov
 
Ales Byalyatski
25 November 2011
European Officials Denounce Byalyatski Sentencing, Kosovo Serbs Attack KFOR Troops Premium

Plus, explosion at Uzbek-Tajik border stops trains and the new Kyrgyz president makes no secret of his Russian sympathies.

By Ky Krauthamer and Joshua Boissevain
 
21 November 2011
Peace Corps Leaving Kazakhstan, Russians Flock to See Mary's Belt and a Giant Koran Premium

Plus, a U.S. man will face a war-crimes trial in Bosnia, and the Kyrgyz bank no one wants to buy.

By Barbara Frye and Ioana Caloianu
 
31 October 2011
Elections in Kyrgyzstan and Bulgaria, Money to Burn in Hungary Premium
Plus, police investigate the gunman who opened fire at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo and Serbian liberals tell the Russian ambassador to butt out. 
By Barbara Frye, Ioana Caloianu, and Kaitlyn Meade
 
28 October 2011
Romania's ‘I Am a Roma’ Campaign, Kyrgyzstan's Bold Border Reopening Premium

Plus, Lithuania rejects new CIA prisons probe, and a reconstructed Bolshoi makes its debut.

By S. Adam Cardais and Natasha Kirshina
 
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26 October 2011
Submarines in Sevastopol, Kyrgyz Election Clouded by Ethnic Rifts Premium

Plus, the Romanian king’s stutter-free speech and independence day gifts for happy Turkmen.

By Ky Krauthamer and Ioana Caloianu
 

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