Global Voices Online

Adil Nurmakov

Regional Editor for Central Asia

Stories

November 23rd, 2009

Central Asia & Caucasus

Radigan Neuhalfen writes about new program “Laptops for Teachers”, aimed at promotion of education in Mongolia.

Central Asia & Caucasus

Dafydd talks about the slump of the Afghan campaign's popularity among the British public, media and officials - ahead of upcoming elections in the United Kingdom.

Noah Tucker reports that Sanjar Umarov, one of the most famous political prisoner in Uzbekistan, earlier charged with tax evasion and embezzlement after founding an opposition party in 2005, has been released from prison.

Central Asia & Caucasus

Steven_Schwerbel reviews the developments on the opposition side of the Kyrgyzstan's political field, where the major opposition party blamed the president for violation of constitution and unlawful seizure of power through the change of constitution.

Central Asia & Caucasus

Alexander_Visotzky reflects on the recently released Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, in which Kazakhstan leaped 25 spots from 145th to 120th.

Central Asia & Caucasus

Kyrgyz President Bakiyev promoted his son to lead the Central Agency on Development, Investment, and Innovation, which controls both all FDIs and major national companies, thus consolidating his patronage network, Elina Galperin writes.