October 2022 - Novastan English

Border Gate in Ischkoschim

A snapshot from inside the car. A Volga is parked directly in front of the locked gate at the Tajik-Afghan border crossing in Ishkoshim. Whether the car and its occupants… [...]

Peaceful protesters on the streets of Almaty

Kazakhstan: The Blurred Record of the January 2022 Unrest

A month after the advent of “Bloody January” in Kazakhstan, a clear report of the protests is yet to be published. Despite this, an official report concerning the death toll… [...]

Kyrgyz doctors’ salaries to be increased

Doctors’ low salaries in Kyrgyzstan have been considered a chronic problem for years and explain certain deficiencies in the health system. Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev seems to have taken a… [...]

Uzbek business provides Bonduelle with beans

At the end of last April, the Uzbek fruit and vegetable exporter Global Export shipped 44 tonnes of beans to the world leader in canned vegetables, French company Bonduelle. As… [...]

Bukharan Mornings

The sun’s morning rays are already glaring in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, before the shadows can begin to fade. A shopkeeper walks to open his shop as a pair of tourists stroll… [...]

A significant power shortage expected for Kyrgyzstan in 2022

A significant power shortage is expected in 2022 for Kyrgyzstan. In order to create power, the country relies on the Toktogul reservoir, which was built on the Naryn river. However,… [...]

Rennes − Almaty by bike, one Breton’s crazy journey

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Laurent Mahé, 44, of France decided to ride by bike from Brittany to Kazakhstan. Right before his departure, on the 4th of May, Novastan got the… [...]

Vintage Car

An old Soviet car slowly comes to an end in front of its owner’s house in Kyzyl Tuu, Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Pierre-Armand Dussex (France) Find… [...]

The Future of the Past – Urbanity in Central Asia: Tashkent and Bishkek

Around 30 participants gathered on 20 November the year before last to discuss facets of Central Asian urbanity as part of the online event “The Future of the Past –… [...]

In Kyrgyzstan, one in four families lives below the poverty line

Between 2019 and 2020, poverty in Kyrgyzstan increased by 5.2% as more and more Kyrgyz people found themselves in extreme poverty. One of the causes of this rise in poverty… [...]

Climate change could lead to ever more fluctuated temperatures in Central Asia

DECODING. According to the last report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), Central Asia is one of the rarest regions in the world where both droughts and excessive… [...]