Tajikistan
CENTRAL ASIA: Migrant labourers face bleak prospects
Tajik Minister of Labour and Social Security Shukurjon Zuhurov announced yesterday that the...
Central AsiaTAJIKISTAN: President is in control despite discontent
President Imomali Rahmon yesterday concluded a three-day working visit to the troubled autonomous...
TajikistanRUSSIA/CENTRAL ASIA: Increased trade portends growth
The proposed 'green corridor' for the trade of vegetables and fruit among Eurasec's member states...
Central AsiaCENTRAL ASIA: Regimes face water distribution dilemma
Extreme weather conditions have brought renewed urgency to efforts to normalise water...
Central AsiaEASTERN EUROPE: Smoking remains socially acceptable
While levels of tobacco addiction have declined in Western Europe in recent years, the problem...
Eastern EuropeKAZAKHSTAN: Wheat export ban harms poorer neighbours
The recently announced ban aims to preserve more of the crop for Kazakhstan's domestic market,...
KazakhstanINTERNATIONAL: Hizb ut-Tahrir channels disaffection
Hizb ut-Tahrir appears to be a rising force. In some quarters, there is growing alarm at its...
BALKANS/CIS: Russian FDI inflow belies its potential
In 2006, FDI flowed fastest into South-eastern Europe and the CIS, inflows that are expected to...
Balkans
