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Caucasus glaciers could start disappearing by 2050 | Eurasianet
Nov 15, 2024 · (Photo: gov.ge) Timed to coincide with the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, the United Nations Environmental Programme issued a report on major environmental challenges in the Caucasus, outlining the ramifications of global warming for public health, food security and economic development in the region. Among the key issues examined are air pollution and the melting of glaciers.
Nobel laureate on Kazakhstan’s net-zero goal: We need a “me first ...
Dec 6, 2024 · A melting glacier in Kazakhstan. (Photo: Ekaterina Venkina) Kazakhstan needs a “me first” campaign to achieve its net-zero goal, Raekwon Chung told Eurasianet. The South Korean Nobel laureate believes action should start at the grassroots.
Georgia: Government using “excessive force” against protesters
Dec 5, 2024 · (Photo: newsgeorgia.ge) Georgia appears caught in a vicious cycle in which intensifying anti-government protests prompt authorities to respond with the escalating use of force and repression.
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Dec 11, 2024 · Seven independent journalists and one politician receive four months of pre-trial detention.
One island, two countries: A look at how Chinese-Russian
Jun 14, 2024 · The bridge from mainland China to the half of the Bolshoy Ussuriysky island controlled by Beijing. (Photo: Akihiro Iwashita) Not too long ago, tension over possession of islands in the rivers that form the Russian-Chinese frontier led to armed confrontation.
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan reach 90 percent agreement on border
Feb 6, 2024 · Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have inched further forward to a final settlement to end decades of acrimonious disputes by agreeing on the delimitation of 90 percent of previously contested territory.
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Dec 13, 2024 · News and analysis from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Purge underway inside power ministries
Nov 27, 2024 · Uzbekistan: Purge underway inside power ministries Apparent infighting prompts president to make changes. Nov 27, 2024
Georgia: Government struggles to contain protests | Eurasianet
Dec 3, 2024 · Leadership facing dissent from within. Georgia: Government struggles to contain protests Leadership facing dissent from within.