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August 9th, 2007

Kyrgyzstan: SCO summit

Ben Paarmann · 18:12

The members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will send their heads of state to Kyrgyzstan next week. While the Kyrgyz bloggers are amazed by the beautification of their capital ahead of the summit, Western bloggers ponder the significance of the SCO's growth. 2 comments · »»

April 19th, 2007

Tajikistan: Cultural Faux Pas or Nation Building?

Ben Paarmann · 00:10

No more golden teeth, mobile phones in lecture halls, hijabs, sexy clothes - and from now on even no more Russian name endings! What's behind Tajikistan's recent flurry of cultural legislation? Are we witnessing a reincarnation of Turkmenistan's deceased dictator Turkmenbashi or simply a young nation's right to self-determination? Bloggers from Central Asia and beyond offer their opinions. 7 comments · »»

December 22nd, 2006

Turkmenbashi's Death: Bloggers' Reactions

Nathan Hamm · 16:11

lingua → zhs · zht

"The Pres" by Flickr user blogjam Turkmenistan's authoritarian and, to put it lightly, eccentric President Sapurmurad Niyazov died suddenly of a heart attack in the early hours of December 21st. Niyazov renamed himself Turkmenbashi, the Father of the Turkmen, penned a spiritual work called the Ruhnama, which became required reading and ... 2 comments · »»

November 23rd, 2006

Arabisc: Plagiarism, Arrests, Bans and Democracy!

Amira Al Hussaini · 12:33

The Arabs are as usual busy this week debating anything and everything, from plagiarism to the arrest of bloggers, and from banning public meetings to embarrising George Bush Senior at a conference held in the UAE. Ahmed from Egypt had always wanted to become a journalist. But because not all ... 0 comments · »»

November 10th, 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Ben Paarmann · 12:56

Club in Almaty/Kazakhstan - (c) Christopher Herwig - www.herwigphoto.com Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogospheres. A lot has happened over the past two weeks - so let's get down to business straightaway. Political crisis in Kyrgyzstan... The stalemate between opposition and the Bakiyev/Kulov administration in Bishkek continues, ... 0 comments · »»

October 26th, 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Ben Paarmann · 18:49

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 capital Astana there's snow even in August...). Which also means more time for Central Asia buffs to spend in front of ... 0 comments · »»

October 12th, 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Ben Paarmann · 15:04

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 the last two weeks, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. Armenia: France's new legislation to make the denial of the Armenian genocide ... 8 comments · »»

September 29th, 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Ben Paarmann · 00:07

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 loud to you by the headmaster of a school in southern Kyrgyzstan's Sary-Moghul. There is not all too much being ... 0 comments · »»

Links

May 14th, 2008

Maciula writes about the planned gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China and notes China’s successful activity in securing its gas interests in Turkmenistan.

May 12th, 2008

Maciula reports on president Berdymukhammedov’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s personality cult as the president of Turkmenistan removes the statue of his predecessor from the capital's central square.

May 7th, 2008

Maciula writes about one of president Berdymukhammedov’s closest associates, the Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov.

May 3rd, 2008

Maciula tells readers about Akhal Teke horses and their role in history of Turkmen nation.

May 1st, 2008

Maciula deliberates about the chances of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project realization.

Patrick Frost says that Turkmenistan’s ‘opening up’ diplomatically from isolationist and totalitarian Niyazov era has been proven by the nation’s participation in the latest NATO Summit, EU Troika, and warming of relations with Turkey. But religious and personal freedoms still lag behind, he notes.

April 30th, 2008

Window on Eurasia writes about the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Soviet samizdat publication, the Chronicle of Current Events.

April 29th, 2008

Abdulgamid writes a post about a website, dedicated to the life of Tatar diaspora in Turkmenistan, an overwhelmingly mono-ethnic country.