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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
Zarif Tbilisi

Iranians report arbitrary ban at Georgian border

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 24, 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
Will they return? (Education Ministry)

COVID deepens digital divide in Georgian schools

Poor and rural families are not equipped to handle online school. Now they fear another academic year is going to start with schools still closed.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 19, 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
Critical condition: Doctors in Kazakhstan work in high-stress, low-pay conditions. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan suffers from acute shortage of doctors

The COVID-19 outbreak has compounded a problem caused by low salaries.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 9, 2021
The Huns ethnographic recreation park

Kazakhstan: COVID gives domestic tourism a fillip

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.
Almaz Kumenov Jul 19, 2021
A vial of Sinopharm (photos by the Georgian Health Ministry)

Georgia: The discreet inevitability of Chinese vaccines

A few months ago, the thought of taking a Chinese COVID vaccine was unthinkable to Georgians. Now it’s the norm.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 8, 2021
Development of the local QazVac vaccine has not precipitated a patriotic rush for jabs. (Photo: Kazakhstan government)

Kazakhstan: Black market in fake coronavirus passports booms

Conspiracy theories have fueled the low update for vaccination.
Joanna Lillis Jul 2, 2021
Countries these days need to defend themselves from more than just invading armies. (Photo: Kazakhstan Defense Ministry)

Kazakhstan draws on current crises in designing national security strategy

The documents focuses on viruses, droughts, water shortages and food deficits as potential crisis flashpoints.
Almaz Kumenov Jun 23, 2021
Gamboling zone: A baby saiga seen in the wild during a recent Eurasianet field trip. (Photo: Erlan Omar)

Kazakhstan: Endangered antelope bounces back

The saiga population has rocketed by 150 percent in the last two years.
Joanna Lillis May 28, 2021
boy in Georgia

Georgia: Brunch in a time of plague

After some early success in fighting COVID, Georgia let down its guard. Then I did, too.
Giorgi Lomsadze May 26, 2021
The Ashyq app allows users to enter bars and fitness clubs unhindered if they've been vaccinated.

Kazakhstan: Vaccine app offers hope of reopening, but there are hiccups

Critics are concerned over potential privacy issues.
Almaz Kumenov May 13, 2021
Despite the online registration and appointment system, patients had to fill out application forms at check-in. (Almaz Kumenov)

Kazakhstan: A diary from a vaccination

Our Kazakhstan correspondent describes the waiting, the bureaucracy, and the anticlimax of getting his Sputnik V jab in Almaty.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 22, 2021

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