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28 March 2012

Macedonia, Kazakhstan: Triumphal Arches to Celebrate 20 Years of Independence

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Macedonia, Kazakhstan

The leaders of Kazakhstan and Macedonia have chosen the same architectural devices - triumphal arches - to mark the two decades of their states' divorce from the larger unions. Filip Stojanovski reports on how the Skopje arch, known as Porta Makedonija, is viewed by the local netizens.

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23 March 2012

Azerbaijan: Novruz Bayram

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Azerbaijan

Alongside Iran and elsewhere, Azerbaijan once again celebrated Novruz, the Zoroastrian or Persian New Year. One of the most important dates in the country's calendar, foreigners blogging from Azerbaijan, as well as Azerbaijanis themselves, naturally introduced the holiday to their readers.

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18 March 2012

Azerbaijan: A Rare Opportunity for Opposition Youth to Protest

Written by Nigar Hacizade · Azerbaijan

On 17 March, slightly more than two months before the Eurovision Song Contest is due to be held in Baku, opposition youth in Azerbaijan held a rare sanctioned rally in one of the outer districts of the country's capital.

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15 March 2012

Azerbaijan: Investigative Journalist Defiant After Blackmail Threat

Written by Pervin Muradli · Azerbaijan

According to Freedom House, Azerbaijan continues “to imprison journalists and bloggers who express dissenting opinions.” However, as one journalist discovered last week, there are other ways to silence critical voices in the oil-rich former Soviet republic.

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7 March 2012

Global Voices seeks Central Asia Editor

Written by Ivan Sigal · Announcements

Global Voices (GV) is seeking a part-time Editor to oversee our ongoing coverage of Central Asia. The Editor will direct the Central Asian coverage and recruit and coordinate volunteer contributions....

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23 February 2012

Georgia: Online Campaign Targets Russian President's Facebook Page

Written by Mirian Jugheli · Russia, Georgia

With Russian soldiers stations in Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, hundreds of Georgians called for their withdrawal on the Russian president's Facebook page.

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22 February 2012

Armenia: Activists #Occupy Yerevan Park

Written by Liana Aghajanian · Armenia

Green spaces in Armenia continue to dwindle at an alarming rate, but a small yet dedicated group of environmental activists has also grown. Now, in order to prevent further damage, they are attempting to occupy a Yerevan park.

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17 February 2012

Tajikistan: Tajik Voices Muted in Putin Video Debate

Written by Chris Rickleton · Tajikistan

A song apparently dedicated to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has surpassed 1,000,000 hits on YouTube, becoming one of several politicized clips to gain 'viral' status on the RuNet ahead of the country's presidential vote in March.

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Video Highlights: Video Advocacy and Recent Events

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Malaysia, Indonesia

A selection of Global Voices' recent and interesting stories on video advocacy including indigenous rights and recent news from Latin America, East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.

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13 February 2012

Kyrgyzstan: Nationalist Politician's Statements Spark Protests

Written by Chris Rickleton · Kyrgyzstan

Recent pronouncements by Kyrgyz MPs of a provocative and nationalist character have brought debates about language, identity and self to the top of the Kyrnet’s ‘to blog’ list, and not for the first time, either. Chris Rickleton reports.

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Updates about Central Asia & Caucasus

1 May 2012

War & Conflict

According to a report from the International Crisis Group, current talks with the Taliban are unlikely to result in a sustainable peace, but could even lead to further destabilisation of the country, Nick Fielding says.

• Adil Nurmakov

Politics

Nick Fielding writes that funds appear to be getting tight for the Taliban, whose Financial Commission has issued a plea for funds on the organisation's website - backed by the threat of Hellfire.

• Adil Nurmakov

30 April 2012

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24 April 2012

Development

Writing on The PIK.TV blog, the channel's English-language editor, Tbilisi-based Nicholas Alan Clayton, comments on plans to construct a new city in Georgia. With little transparency in planning the Lazika development, recently referred to as an ‘instant city in a swamp' by the New York Times, the blog says that while many reforms since the 2003 Rose Revolution have been inspiring, this is not one of them.

• Onnik Krikorian

22 April 2012

History

Security, in the Caucasus and beyond…. comments on the 97th anniversary of the massacre and deportation of 1.5 million Armenians from the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Considered an act of genocide by many historians and countries, the blog explains why the events are still very much politically relevant to both Armenia and Turkey today.

• Onnik Krikorian

18 April 2012

RuNet Echo

The Faculty Of Useless Knowledge writes about Yuri Dombrovsky, “one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

15 April 2012

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