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Kazakhstan discusses a possible blocking of TikTok or restriction of access to the platform. What is the motivation behind it and whether it is possible to apply existing laws to counter unlawful content is discussed here, in the story of CABAR.asia. (more…)
According to experts, Kyrgyzstan has a great potential in development of renewable energy sources. However, many issues need to be solved to have this sector function in full. (more…)
The residents of the Jizzakh region complain that due to a lack of irrigation water, they have to use drinking water to irrigate their lands. However, the traditions of saving water are forgotten. (more…)
Ecoactivists upholding their ideas sometimes counter the society, state and business. How should eco community protect its interests in an eco-friendly way? Let’s figure it out based on a conflict that happened in Almaty because of a 7-metre-high balloon cat. (more…)
Over the past 10 years in Tajikistan, the amount of harmful emissions has almost doubled. Transport is the main source of pollution. The experts believe it is necessary to develop a ‘green’ public transportation system. (more…)
Ex-minister of national economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbaev is charged of brutal killing and torture of his common-law wife Saltanat Nukenova. The case is decided by the jury. The process is live-streamed and all those wishing can watch it freely. (more…)
Over six thousand flooded houses, over 117 thousand evacuated residents, the emergency regime in ten regions of the country, seven deaths – these are the results of the unprecedented flood in Kazakhstan. Ecologists and climatologists relate it to the global climate change and warn that floods, droughts, and other natural disasters could become permanent in Kazakhstan. (more…)
Hundreds of households in southern Tajikistan suffer from black and fetid smoke from lime kilns. Environmental experts state that the harm from these emissions is evident even outside the area. (more…)
There is an ancient tradition in the East: searching for happiness or trying to solve some problems, people tie knots with ribbons on trees and fences near famous “holy” places. Recently, such knots tied with napkins, candy wrappers, masks, and plastic bags are gradually becoming an environmental problem in public recreation places in Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan is planning to build a road across the Besh-Aral Reserve in Chatlak district, Dzhalal-Abad region, and then to build an HPP and mine gold. To do so, the Cabinet of Ministers passed a decree in 2023 on the transformation of 200 hectares of the reserve area.