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26 October 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Film, Governance

Alpine Pastures - Jailoo (c) Christopher Herwig, www.herwigphotos.com It's time to strike our tents (or Kyrgyz yurts in the Jailoo in this case), the summer is over (although in Kazakhstan's...

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12 October 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Arts & Culture, Elections

Meat vendor in Osh market, Kyrgyzstan Just returning from a shopping tour on Osh Market, we welcome you to the latest roundup of notable online conversations that took place during...

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29 September 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Governance, Photography

After a busy summer, we bid you welcome to a new roundup of notable online conversations from Central Asia and the Caucasus, brought to you by neweurasia and read out...

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19 August 2006

Former Soviet Union: 15 Years Since the August Coup

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Today is 15 years since the beginning of the events that some people consider (RUS) Russia's Orange Revolution - but which are better known as the August Putsch. This year,...

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10 August 2006

Voices from Central Asia

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

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13 June 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

The Pamirs in sight, Kyrgyzstan Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. This edition reaches you from sunny Berlin,...

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30 May 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

Vakhs valley, March 2006, Erik Petersson, Dushanbe Pictures. Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you by neweurasia. First off, apologies for the...

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25 April 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

Zhenkov Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you (almost) bi-weekly by neweurasia's Ben, James, Peter and Luke. As usual,...

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7 April 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

(c) Christopher Herwig - Impressions from Turkmenistan - reproduced with permission Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. As...

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21 March 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

Lunch - by Dushanbe Pictures, Erik Petersson, 2006 With that fresh portion of Tajik plov on your plate, we bid you welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian...

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Updates about Turkmenistan

14 July 2011

English

Few observers are aware of Israel’s strange diplomatic dance with Turkmenistan, which has involved the Tel Aviv’s attempts to court Ashgabat as a potential lever against Iran, Emerson reports.

• Adil Nurmakov

English

Joshua Foust comments on the recent news about the emergence of new social groups forming online in Turkmenistan, and argues how effective they can be at gathering information.

• Adil Nurmakov

28 June 2011

English

Emerson writes that a 137 million euro television tower - both state-of-the-art and hypocritical - is set to be inaugurated in October in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. neweurasia’s Emerson reports.

• Adil Nurmakov

5 June 2011

English

Annasoltan has discovered a Facebook group openly calling for the overthrow of the Turkmen government via Arab Spring-style tactics.

• Adil Nurmakov

8 May 2011

English

Foreign businesses are facing an unusual “investment” crisis in Turkmenistan: three major Turkish companies have lodged a legal inquiry with the ICSID, and according to an anonymous source, 22 more may soon follow, reports neweurasia’s Annasoltan.

• Adil Nurmakov

English

Christya Riedel provides an update on the TAPI, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India proposed gas pipeline scheduled for completion in 2016. So far, no big progress has been made on a diplomatic front to provide for the project's start.

• Adil Nurmakov

18 April 2011

English

Amangelen Shapudakov, an 80-year-old activist, has been forcibly confined to a pyschiatric hospital by Turkmen authorities after he accused a local official of corruption during an interview with RFE/RL, Schwartz writes.

• Adil Nurmakov

English

As Turkmenistan’s authorities quietly move to shut down the system of Turkish secondary schools, Annasoltan communicates with an alum of one of these schools to get an insider’s view.

• Adil Nurmakov

22 March 2011

English

As revolutionary tremors continue to be felt throughout the Middle East, Turkmenistan is rolling out its usual assortment of repressive tactics, but with new robustness and an extra anti-youth edge, reports neweurasia’s Annasoltan.

• Adil Nurmakov

7 March 2011

English

Annasoltan writes that the Turkmen authorities have sentenced two popular young singers to imprisonment and says that apparently the singers have run afoul of official ideology and the government’s vision of morality.

• Adil Nurmakov

Comments on "Turkmenistan"

Turkmenistan: Jesus saves Turkmenistan on TV

To the various places of Turkmenistan. Let's make a short story animated cartoon together.

I don't really know what hapenning in Bulgaria. We should hear more from Bulgarian bloggers. One thing I can say....
Reality is different. The report in only an point of vew.
The intensive coverage of high-level corruption in the national media distracts from the political issues that should be discussed between...

esselamünaleykümverahmetullah gardaş nasılsın eyimisin.ingilizce bilmeğyom yazıları pek ağnayamadım.türkmencede gullanılan yazılarıda okuyamadım.gavurlar bizi bölük bölük yapmışlar,yazılarımızı değişdirmişler. birbirimizinen gonuşamağyoz.hadi Allaha emanet...