Turkmenistan

16 May 2013
Young, Loud, and Turkmen
Ashgabat’s few rock ’n’ rollers keep a low profile and face a limited future.
By Dengiz Uralov
 
1 May 2013
A Victory for Tymoshenko, A Black Eye for Central Asia’s Religion Bullies

Plus, protests and anger on this Labor Day, and presidential grants in Armenia go to shadowy groups.

By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, and Connor Zickgraf
 
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15 April 2013
Romania Ends Notorious Road Contract, Azerbaijan Targets Free Thought

Plus, Lithuanians and Latvians are among the EU’s top degree-holders, and Ashgabat’s urban renewal leaves misery in its wake.

By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Vladimir Matan
 
1 February 2013
Welcoming Oasis or Mirage? Premium

Turkmenistan says it wants to privatize some industries, but will this project just quietly go away, like so many others? From EurasiaNet.org.

By Murat Sadykov
 

31 January 2013
Russia Quits U.S. Crime-Fighting Pact, Hackers Tell Uzbeks Official Media Spread Lies

Plus, a European court slams Hungary over placement of Roma students and Estonia presses on with a controversial  new museum.

By Nirvana Bhatia. Ioana Caloianu, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, and Nino Tsintsadze
 
21 January 2013
Turkmenistan’s Latest Great Work of Fiction Premium

A new media law in one of the world’s most repressive states promises all sorts of freedom. From IWPR.

By Inga Sikorskaya
 
14 January 2013
Muscovites March Against Adoption Ban, Dacic ‘Faces Facts’ on Kosovo Premium

Plus, Czechs cast the first vote in their history for a president and Turkmenistan prepares to off-load some assets.

By Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, and Nino Tsintsadze
 
9 November 2012
Turkmenistan: Still Waiting for the Digital Age Premium

It’s a land of e-commerce sites where you can’t buy anything and ATMs where you can’t get cash. From EurasiaNet.org.

By Serdar Aytakov
 
14 September 2012
EU Slams Baku Over Safarov, Madonna ‘Gay Propaganda’ Suit Continues

Plus, Bosnia makes a big organized crime bust and an independent Ukrainian TV channel faces a crippling blow.

By S. Adam Cardais and Nino Tsintsadze
 
22 August 2012
Merkel Heads to Moldova, Basescu Heads Back to Presidential Palace

Plus, France may pull a U-turn on the issue of Romani migrants and Ecuador gets embroiled in another asylum scandal.

By Ky Krauthamer, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Ernad Halilovic
 

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