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Voters have no shortage of candidates to pick from in #Kyrgyzstan’s snap parliamentary elections on November 30. Just over 460 candidates are running for the 90-seat Jogorku Kenesh in 30 three-member constituencies.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Voters have no shortage of candidates to pick from in #Kyrgyzstan’s snap parliamentary elections on November 30. Just over 460 candidates are running for the 90-seat Jogorku Kenesh in 30 three-member constituencies.
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The raids began before dawn on November 22. Masked special forces troops broke through the doors across #Kyrgyzstan, dragging off leading opposition figures from the Social Democrats, a former first lady, and an anti-corruption activist.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The raids began before dawn on November 22. Masked special forces troops broke through the doors across #Kyrgyzstan, dragging off leading opposition figures from the Social Democrats, a former first lady, and an anti-corruption activist.
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The United States has announced the formation of working groups in #Armenia and #Azerbaijan to accelerate efforts to get the trade route known as #TRIPP across the finish line.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The United States has announced the formation of working groups in #Armenia and #Azerbaijan to accelerate efforts to get the trade route known as #TRIPP across the finish line.
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A 53-year-old Afghan refugee in Vahdat, Tajikistan, says he has barely let his teenage sons out of the family’s apartment in months.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A 53-year-old Afghan refugee in Vahdat, Tajikistan, says he has barely let his teenage sons out of the family’s apartment in months.
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Construction of a key cog in the Middle Corridor trade network known as #TRIPP should begin during the second half of 2026, according to #Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Construction of a key cog in the Middle Corridor trade network known as #TRIPP should begin during the second half of 2026, according to #Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan.
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#Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart #Tokayev kicked off a two-day visit November 11 to #Russia by exchanging pleasantries in the Kremlin with Vladimir #Putin and meeting with students at the prestigious #Moscow State Institute for International Relations.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The designation comes at the same time the #EuropeanUnion Commission released its annual enlargement assessment, in which #Georgia is described as “a candidate country in name only.” Out of the 10 countries covered, Georgia received the most severe criticism.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The designation comes at the same time the #EuropeanUnion Commission released its annual enlargement assessment, in which #Georgia is described as “a candidate country in name only.” Out of the 10 countries covered, Georgia received the most severe criticism.
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Central Asian leaders are traveling to Washington for a summit with President Donald Trump carrying a diverse agenda that extends beyond trade topics.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Central Asian leaders are traveling to Washington for a summit with President Donald Trump carrying a diverse agenda that extends beyond trade topics.
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The decision by #Washington to block #Iraq from importing gas from #Turkmenistan via a swap deal with #Iran may prove problematic for Baghdad, but it could reignite interest in building a trans- #Caspian pipeline that enables Turkmen gas to flow to #Europe.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The decision by #Washington to block #Iraq from importing gas from #Turkmenistan via a swap deal with #Iran may prove problematic for Baghdad, but it could reignite interest in building a trans- #Caspian pipeline that enables Turkmen gas to flow to #Europe.
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#Russian officials have potentially opened a new revenue stream to help them generate profits from #oil exports needed to keep their war effort going in #Ukraine. And it runs through #Georgia.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#Russian officials have potentially opened a new revenue stream to help them generate profits from #oil exports needed to keep their war effort going in #Ukraine. And it runs through #Georgia.
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The #Trump Administration is working to outmaneuver #China to ensure a #US firm gains access to reserves of tungsten in #Kazakhstan. The metal is a critical component used in the production of military ammunition and weaponry, as well as in medical equipment.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The #Trump Administration is working to outmaneuver #China to ensure a #US firm gains access to reserves of tungsten in #Kazakhstan. The metal is a critical component used in the production of military ammunition and weaponry, as well as in medical equipment.
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Over the past few weeks, since claiming a convincing victory in municipal elections that were never competitive, the country’s #Georgian Dream leadership has drastically intensified efforts to stifle all forms of dissent.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Over the past few weeks, since claiming a convincing victory in municipal elections that were never competitive, the country’s #Georgian Dream leadership has drastically intensified efforts to stifle all forms of dissent.
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Central Asian neutrality in the #Russia-Ukraine war is undergoing a not-so-subtle shift. Neutrality for #CentralAsian states during the first three-plus years of the conflict meant keeping #Russia happy by keeping #Kyiv at arm’s length.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Central Asian neutrality in the #Russia-Ukraine war is undergoing a not-so-subtle shift. Neutrality for #CentralAsian states during the first three-plus years of the conflict meant keeping #Russia happy by keeping #Kyiv at arm’s length.
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State-aligned media in #Azerbaijan is lauding the country’s leader, Ilham #Aliyev, for making his #Russian counterpart Vladimir #Putin blink first during a long-running diplomatic staredown over the shootdown of a civilian Azerbaijani jetliner last December.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
State-aligned media in #Azerbaijan is lauding the country’s leader, Ilham #Aliyev, for making his #Russian counterpart Vladimir #Putin blink first during a long-running diplomatic staredown over the shootdown of a civilian Azerbaijani jetliner last December.
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A new report produced by the watchdog group #Greenpeace documents how #Russia’s environmental policies and practices are causing global harm.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A new report produced by the watchdog group #Greenpeace documents how #Russia’s environmental policies and practices are causing global harm.
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A harsh winter awaits #Kyrgyzstan. That was #Kyrgyz Energy Minister Taalaibek Ibraev’s message to the country, as he recently revealed that the volume of water in the #Toktogul Reservoir is at its lowest level for this time of year in more than a decade.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A harsh winter awaits #Kyrgyzstan. That was #Kyrgyz Energy Minister Taalaibek Ibraev’s message to the country, as he recently revealed that the volume of water in the #Toktogul Reservoir is at its lowest level for this time of year in more than a decade.
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The country’s ruling party, #Georgian Dream, has defied the country’s constitution to make a geopolitical u-turn, shunning #EU membership in favor of an authoritarian system designed to cement its leadership in place for the foreseeable future.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan has revealed that plans to establish a transit corridor across Armenian territory named after #US President Donald #Trump are still in first gear.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan has revealed that plans to establish a transit corridor across Armenian territory named after #US President Donald #Trump are still in first gear.
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As was long expected, the #Kyrgyz parliament voted unanimously September 25 to dissolve itself, setting up snap elections for later this fall almost exactly a year ahead of schedule.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As was long expected, the #Kyrgyz parliament voted unanimously September 25 to dissolve itself, setting up snap elections for later this fall almost exactly a year ahead of schedule.
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The journey from the weather station to the Kara-Batkak Glacier takes about four hours across rocky terrain and roaring rivers. The glacier sees few tourists, and the existing trails tend to be tracks created by livestock grazing on the slopes in summer.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The journey from the weather station to the Kara-Batkak Glacier takes about four hours across rocky terrain and roaring rivers. The glacier sees few tourists, and the existing trails tend to be tracks created by livestock grazing on the slopes in summer.
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#Kyrgyzstan switched to a 12-year education system this year, adding a new grade for six-year-olds and welcoming more than double the usual number of new students to the new first grade and to second grade.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#Kyrgyzstan switched to a 12-year education system this year, adding a new grade for six-year-olds and welcoming more than double the usual number of new students to the new first grade and to second grade.
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The convictions mark another severe blow to press freedom amid an ongoing campaign by President Sadyr Japarov’s administration to tighten control over the flow of information in the country. #Kyrgyzstan
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September 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The convictions mark another severe blow to press freedom amid an ongoing campaign by President Sadyr Japarov’s administration to tighten control over the flow of information in the country. #Kyrgyzstan
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“I can easily relate to how all those who have been refused entry feel. I gained first-hand experience about arbitrary denials on the last day of 2024, when I was refused entry to Georgia,” writes Diego Benning Wang, historian of Eurasia and Eastern Europe.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“I can easily relate to how all those who have been refused entry feel. I gained first-hand experience about arbitrary denials on the last day of 2024, when I was refused entry to Georgia,” writes Diego Benning Wang, historian of Eurasia and Eastern Europe.
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#TRIPP is projected to traverse 42 kilometers of #Armenian territory to connect #Azerbaijan proper to its #Nakhchivan exclave, marking the final piece of what is projected to become the central trade route in the emerging Middle Corridor trade network.
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September 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#TRIPP is projected to traverse 42 kilometers of #Armenian territory to connect #Azerbaijan proper to its #Nakhchivan exclave, marking the final piece of what is projected to become the central trade route in the emerging Middle Corridor trade network.
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On February 8, a construction worker in his early forties fell to his death from the eighth story of a building on #Bishkek’s southeast side just a week after another worker in his early fifties fell from a construction site and died in the same district.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
On February 8, a construction worker in his early forties fell to his death from the eighth story of a building on #Bishkek’s southeast side just a week after another worker in his early fifties fell from a construction site and died in the same district.
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