People: Stateless No More: Kyrgyzstan Shows Central Asia the Path to Citizenship A practical approach to the problem of statelessness, pioneered in Kyrgyzstan, offers hope across Central Asia. 15 August 2019 News: Around the Bloc – 15 August Today’s highlights: Russian doping; brain drain in North Macedonia; a new Albanian media law; and a Ukrainian bribery scandal. 15 August 2019 Society: Banned From the Beach: Excluding Syrians from Public Spaces A clash over access to public beaches has become the latest battle this summer, in ongoing tensions between the Turkish public and Syrian refugees. 14 August 2019 News: Around the Bloc – 14 August In the news today: Azerbaijan and U.S. arms; Slovak castles; a Hungarian-Finnish spat; a kindergarten in Serbia; and Moscow city elections. 14 August 2019 Economy & Business: Russia Intensifies De-Dollarization Drive Buying gold, dumping U.S. assets – many countries are doing it, but Moscow’s reasons are as much political as financial. News: Around the Bloc – 13 August Today’s highlights: a Tajik IS 13 August 2019 FROM THE TOL ARCHIVE – EDITORS’ PICK Syrian Refugees Search for New Homes in Turkey Turkey has taken in 3.5 million refugees from the Syrian conflict. After an often perilous journey, the newcomers must still find a place to live – sometimes in the face of hostility. 16 November 2018 For Estonia’s Russian Speakers, Two Decades with a Gray Passport The fall of the Soviet Union meant that some who had been citizens of the largest country on earth were now citizens of nowhere. 5 August 2011 13 August 2019 |
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