Not criticizing the Kazakh Presidential Elections does not mean that observers were bought (Interview in Russian)

Известный европейский эксперт Михаэль Лаубш рассказал о своей позиции по поводу досрочных выборов президента КазахстанаMore ...

Protecting human rights is a prerequisite for closer ties with the EU

Turkmenistan's human rights record is "abysmal", and the EU should engage with it only if it makes concrete progress in protecting them, said Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Wednesday, ahead of an EP delegation visit there next week to ascertain whether Parliament should give its consent, in June, to an EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA).More ...

Kyrgyzstan Nationalists Lay Minefield for International Investigation | EurasiaNet.org

What do you call suspiciously timed information that undercuts an anticipated event? Could it be propaganda?

In Kyrgyzstan's parliament, a deputy from the nationalist Ata-Jurt faction alleges that a new book – that only she has seen – claims Kyrgyz massacred Uzbeks in last summer’s ethnic violence. Her story, as these things generally are, is hard to follow. In widely reported comments from April 19,Jyldyz Joldosheva rants against the publication of The Hour of the Jackal, by “rich Uzbek nationalists.”More ...

Additional compensation fee paid by Germn Government to Uzbekistan

After some parliamentary pressure, the German Defense Ministry released an information this month, that the Government in Berlin payed between 2002 and 2010 €88 million to the Uzbek side for using Termez Air Base as a transport hub for its engagement in Northern Afghanistan.More ...