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Yerevan vaccination

COVID spikes in Armenia even as vaccine mandate goes into effect

Employers are now effectively required to demand proof of vaccinations from their workers. But the country’s health care system is now being pushed to the limit.
Ani Mejlumyan Oct 29, 2021
Afghan Tajik border

Afghan refugees hope Tajikistan is just a pit stop

Middle-class Afghans with the means to navigate Tajikistan’s bureaucracy see the country as a springboard to the West.
Kamila Ibragimova Oct 15, 2021
Berdymukhamedov meeting with Sheikh Mansour

Turkmenistan: YouCensorship

Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing: Berdymukhamedov goes traveling and lectures the WHO, while YouTube bows to Turkmen censors and takes down Eurasianet’s channel.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 12, 2021
Turkmen ambassador to Kabul meets with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi

Turkmenistan: Trading places

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 5, 2021
Man blood pressure

Armenian vaccination mandate faces backlash

The government hopes to boost vaccination rates, but a new anti-vaccine campaign is on the rise.
Karine Ghazaryan Sep 29, 2021
COVID vaccination Armenia

Armenia to effectively require COVID vaccinations for all employees

The new rules come as the country is trying to stave off a third wave of the virus and vaccination numbers remain in the low single digits.
Ani Mejlumyan Sep 8, 2021
woman carrying water

Turkmenistan: Water mess

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 7, 2021
Embassy of Pakistan

Kyrgyzstan: Afghanistan crisis seen stoking xenophobia for Pakistanis

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.
Chris Rickleton Aug 24, 2021
Kazakh lab

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan experiment with vaccines amid lack of public confidence

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?
Aug 16, 2021
vaccination Iranians

Armenia changes vaccination policy as Iranian vaccine tourists flock

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.
Karine Ghazaryan Jul 12, 2021
Beauty is in the eye of the crane operator. (Photo: Uzbekiston24)

Uzbekistan: Container beauty salons bring jobs to the regions

This is all part of Mirziyoyev's plans to promote female employment.
Jun 16, 2021
Sputnik V

Uzbeks weigh vaccines: Russian vs. Chinese

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.
Ezoza Yakvalkhodjieva Jun 2, 2021
Implying that the president is telling an untruth can now land you in prison. (government handout)

Uzbekistan tightens rules for media as president braces for re-election

The timing of the new legislation recalls recent reporting that cast the president in an unfavorable light.
Mar 31, 2021
Not modeling caution: A meeting of the Uzbek and Kyrgyz presidents on March 11 (Uzbek government handout)

As a possible new COVID-19 wave looms, Central Asia is napping

The region appears wholly unprepared for the latest rise in cases.
Mar 17, 2021
Otabek Sattoriy

Uzbekistan and the red lines of free speech: A citizen journalist goes on trial 

As the country opens up, citizen journalism is flourishing. In a place unaccustomed to journalists, and with the ethics of the profession not yet cemented, theirs is a risky business.
Peter Leonard Mar 10, 2021

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