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plague tombstone

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities bristle at Black Death research

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 17, 2022
Beishenaliyev talking to reporters while hearing the charges against him in court. (Photo: Screenshot of a Facebook Live broadcast)

Kyrgyzstan: Controversy-mongering health minister ends up behind bars

Beishenaliyev says he has been set up by vindictive prosecutors.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 6, 2022
Beishenaliyev

The rough-tongued poison-prescriber overhauling Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare system

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Apr 11, 2022
Georgia vaccination

Amid spike in COVID, Georgia drops passport system

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.
Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 8, 2022
Almaty mayor protest

Kazakhstan: Almaty protest calling for mayoral elections draws small crowd

The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.
Joanna Lillis Feb 5, 2022
Uzbekistan jab

Uzbekistan: Get a jab, win a car

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.
Feb 2, 2022
(photo: Bassiani)

A belated return to Georgia’s dance floors

Tbilisi’s world-famous nightclubs were the country’s last businesses to reopen following the COVID lockdown. But it took a confrontation with the authorities to make it happen.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 14, 2022
And have you paid your taxes?: Data on the Ashyq app is not as secure as was promised. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazakhstan: Taxmen slammed for unlawfully using COVID app data

The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 24, 2021
Georgia vaccination

Georgia introduces COVID passports amid record high numbers

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.
Tornike Mandaria Nov 30, 2021
Askhat Zheksebaev, Abai Begimbetov, and Diana Baimagambetova

Kazakhstan jails political dissidents in fresh crackdown

All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.
Joanna Lillis Oct 11, 2021
Gene Bunin. (Courtesy photo)

Kazakhstan bars entry to Xinjiang repression researcher

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.
Sep 6, 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
Garibashvili

Coronavirus in Georgia ‘five times worse than India’

Georgia’s mortality rate is among the world’s highest, and just under 6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 13, 2021
Bromide bros (Tajikistan presidential administration)

Turkmenistan: Trading places

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 10, 2021

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