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The lower house of the parliament of Kazakhstan approved in two readings a new bill on the procedure for organizing and conducting peaceful assemblies in the Republic of Kazakhstan. (more…)
Since March 25, Kyrgyzstan is under the state of emergency; curfew is in place in a number of cities and regions. As a result, hundreds of families are now on the verge of panic: there is no income, no products are left, there is no state support. People do not know what to live on. (more…)
Restrictions on free movement due to the coronavirus’s spread in Central Asia have affected the media sphere. The media are adjusting to the remote work and are facing obstacles in reporting. (more…)
Not everyone managed to receive the assistance from the governments of Central Asian countries in due time. At the moment, many cannot return home, since the borders are closed.
The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan recommended commercial banks and microfinance companies to introduce three-month repayment holidays without fines for Kyrgyz citizens with loans. However, loan recipients and experts consider such measures insufficient to support citizens.
Officials are claiming that the message about detection of the coronavirus on the North of the country, which alarmed the country, is not true.
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There are only few Orthodox Christians in Tajikistan , but they live in peace and harmony. (more…)
Over the past few years, officials from the each state of the region have repeatedly mentioned the staged implementation of the distance education. The coronavirus emergency provided an opportunity to discover which country was the most prepared, or, to be precise, unprepared.
The coronavirus pandemic will negatively affect the economy of Central Asian countries. The current crisis response measures will define the seriousness of the consequences, experts say.
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causing SARS COVID-19 pneumonia, has led to appearance of a lot of fake, that is, deliberately misleading, information. During an all-out panic, it causes significant damage.