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Kazkahstan: Astana Cycling Team Is Back to Life

KZBlog's post is about some good news about the cycling team Astana after losing two premier cyclists and a long period of doubt over funding. All comments are moderated. Do not submit your comment more than once or it may be identified as spam. ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Kyrgyzstan: Prices for utilies are skyrocketing

Has Turkmenistan come down with a bad case of the swine flu? Annasoltan investigates that in a series of post on Turkmen healthcare. Musafirbek writes about a charity gala-concert, held with the support of UNICEF, attended not only by singer Cesaria ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF

Uzbekistan: Presidential daughter's self-promotion

Musafirbek writes about a charity gala-concert, held with the support of UNICEF, attended not only by singer Cesaria Evora and soccer player Samuel Eto’o, but also by some bloggers, who were hired by an American PR firm to cover the event. All ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF

Afghanistan: Counting the cost of war

Nick Fielding reviews “The Cost of War: Afghan Experiences of Conflict 1978-2009″, a report by nine NGOs working in Afghanistan analyzing 30 years of war and a devastating impact they had. All comments are moderated. Do not submit your comment more ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Kyrgyzstan: A power play beginning?

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. ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Afghanistan: UK tends to quit

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 ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Uzbekistan: Authorities Free Sanjar Umarov

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. All comments are moderated. ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Kyrgyzstan: President consolidates his rule

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. Peter Marton ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Afghanistan: Corruption, corruption

Peter Marton reacts to the news that the US could start holding Afghanistan’s government accountable for corruption by withholding money for projects, and says that corruption in this country often is a consequence of the US policies. All comments ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  23 Nov 2009

Uzbekistan: Thank you, cotton-growers!

Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in ...

From ADIL NURMAKOV, Global Voices Online,  8 Nov 2009

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