Articles
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.
On March 25, the Kyrgyz government imposed mandatory curfew restrictions from 8 PM to 7 AM in a number of cities and regions. Thus, it strengthened the emergency and quarantine related to the coronavirus epidemic. These three situations (emergency, quarantine and curfew – Ed.) were supposed to contain the spread of infection and organize the citizens’ lives. However, just one incomplete week of restrictions turned communications into complete chaos.
The quarantine and economic recession in Russia can become a time bomb for Central Asia, according to experts.
Authorities claim that diagnostic testing of the citizens arriving in the country have not yet revealed the infection cases.
(more…)
Delimitation and demarcation of borders should remove 30-year tension at the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Despite the officials’ statements, there are problems with availability of certain items and price gouging in each of the countries of the region.
(more…)
Today the world speaks about negative, already felt and expected, consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the situation has positive sides, yet incommensurable. (more…)