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EU Reporter Published 2 mins ago The Arctic World Archive (AWA) has welcomed the constitution of Kazakhstan to its growing repository of world memory. In a ceremony, attended by the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Norway Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Minister-Counsellor and Deputy head of Mission Talgat Zhumagulov, Counsellor Ilyas Omarov, and First Secretary Azat Matenov from the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Norway, the piqlFilm reel holding the constitution, other important information and historical images ...

ЛУКОЙЛ проведет "День поставщика" в рамках TNF 2021

Release / Harassment February 19, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Kazakhstan. The Observatory has been informed about the release and continuing judicial harassment of Max Bokayev, head of the NGO “Arlan”[1] and a human rights defender working for the protection of the environment, freed...

Ski Touring off the Beaten Track in Kyrgyzstan Pete Coombs goes off-piste – very off-piste – touring from a yurt in the remote mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Written by: Pete Coombs As I sip my soup in the warmly lit yurt I confidently describe our group of keen skiers as ‘experts’ to Pasha, our Russian ski guide. I am supremely unaware that I’ll soon be eating my words. It’s not without reason that I lay claim to our competence: between us, my skiing companions and I...

Armenians Displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh Fear Their Medieval Churches Will Be Destroyed (THE CONVERSATION) — A six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region in the South Caucasus, ended on Nov. 9 after Russia brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Under the deal, several ethnically Armenian provinces in Nagorno-Karabakh, which Armenians call Artsakh, were surrendered to Azerbaijan in November and December. This is the latest chapter in a conflict that dates back at ...

Now that Azerbaijan Controls Nagorno-Karabakh, Are Medieval Churches in the Crosshairs? Obliterating cultural heritage might weaken Armenias claims to the region, but it would be an absolute tragedy. A six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region in the South Caucasus, ended on Nov. 9 after Russia brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Under the deal, several ethnically Armenian provinces in Nagorno-Karabakh, which Armenians call Artsakh, were surrendered to Azerbaijan ...