Stories about Turkmenistan from October, 2006
Central Asia: Music & Film in Prague
Leila Tanayeva reports on the screening of three documentaries on Central Asian music that recently took place in Prague.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Alpine Pastures – Jailoo (c) Christopher Herwig, www.herwigphotos.com It's time to strike our tents (or Kyrgyz yurts in the Jailoo in this case), the summer is over (although in Kazakhstan's capital Astana there's snow even in August…). Which also means more time for Central Asia buffs to spend in front...
Turkmenistan: The Heart
Peter of neweurasia notes that Turkmenistan's president has publicly admitted that he has health problems and he discusses what this might mean for Turkmen politics.
Turkmenistan: Monument to Irony
Registan.net notes that Turkmenistan's president has unveiled a building shaped like a book that is a gift to the country's media and dedicated to free media. The author notes that this is quite an irony as independent journalists are a rarity in Turkmenistan.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Meat vendor in Osh market, Kyrgyzstan Just returning from a shopping tour on Osh Market, we welcome you to the latest roundup of notable online conversations that took place during the last two weeks, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. Armenia: France's new legislation to make the denial of the...
Caucasus & Central Asia: Press Freedom
At neweurasia, Neil rounds up news on press freedom from all over the Caucasus and Central Asia.
