Once sold as a way to promote economic growth and reverse social inequalities, microcredit in Central Asia increasingly looks more like a way to rebrand marginalised...
Tag - Kyrgyzstan
Cinema in Central Asia arrived with the Bolsheviks. Propaganda documentaries by the likes of Dziga Vertov, made in the early years of the Soviet era, travelled...
Central Europe Poland’s Łódź region has announced that the European Union’s most polluting coal plant, Bełchatów, will close by 2036 and its mines by 2038. The news is...
Central Europe The CEO of Hungarian airline Wizz Air criticised European governments on Wednesday for barring flights over Belarus in response to the forced landing of a...
Central Europe In a preview of the priorities of Slovenia’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU, which begins on July 1, Prime Minister Janez Janša on Wednesday...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Central Europe Poland said on Thursday that the waiver of US sanctions on the company behind Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was a threat to energy security in...
Canada-based mining company Centerra Gold has announced that it will initiate arbitration proceedings against the government of Kyrgyzstan following the latter’s moves...
A fine of 3.1 billion US dollars imposed by a court in Kyrgyzstan on the operator of the country’s largest gold mine has raised alarm among those who fear it will...
Innovation and digitalisation mean open, transparent and convenient opportunities for citizens and business. While 59.5 per cent of the global population are active...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Two days of intense fighting on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan last week killed at least 55 people, and injured many more. A ceasefire, in place since...
