Yurts provide cheap escape for Hungarians fleeing cost of living crisis
Budakeszi, Hungary Reuters David Zih, who works in Hungary’s film industry, never thought he would end up living in a yurt to escape the surging costs of living. He was planning a house with a terrace and a view on his plot of land near Budapest. But mounting construction and energy prices have forced him […]
Explainer: From stability to turmoil – what’s going on in Kazakhstan?
Reuters Dozens of people have died and thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan over the past week during the worst violence seen in the Central Asian nation since it became independent in the early 1990s. Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of the country’s main city on Friday, a day after Russian paratroopers […]
Uzbekistan ends plight of thousands of stateless people with landmark law
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Uzbekistan is to allow tens of thousands of stateless people to become citizens under a new law hailed by the United Nations, which urged other countries to follow suit in ending the plight of some of the world’s most invisible people. “This is a huge development and we hope it will […]
South Asian herders fight for right to roam as pressure to settle grows
Udaipur, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation South Asian pastoralists facing shrinking rangelands and a rise in conflicts over the right to roam must be allowed greater involvement in managing lands to help secure their survival, land experts said on Thursday. Herders around the world are coming under pressure from governments to settle down and stop their livestock […]
Kyrgyzstan makes history as it ends plight of last “legal ghosts”
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Kyrgyzstan handed citizenship to the last stateless people on its territory on Thursday in what UN officials hailed as a breakthrough in the global fight to end the plight of millions of “legal ghosts” who lack any nationality. An estimated 10 to 15 million people worldwide are not recognised as nationals by […]
POSTCARDS: KYRGYZSTAN’S KIDNAPPED BRIDES USE FASHION AND FLAGS TO END MARRIAGE TABOO
ADELA SULIMAN reports from Central Asia…
Seven killed in Orthodox church attack in Chechnya
World Watch Monitor Seven people were killed in an attack on a church in Chechnya on Saturday that was claimed by Islamic State, local sources told World Watch Monitor. The victims included two police officers who were guarding the church, all four militants and one churchgoer, World Watch Monitor was told. Two more security officers […]
URBAN NOMADS: MONGOLIAN HERDERS BATTLE A NEW FUTURE AS THEY LEAVE LAND FOR THE CITY
MAX BARING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the changing climate is affecting Mongolian herders…
More than 80 countries ‘favour’ one religion over others, says Pew report
World Watch Monitor More than 80 countries favour a specific religion, either officially as a state religion or tacitly through special treatment, according to a new report by the US-based Pew Research Center. Islam is the most common state religion – 27 countries have it as their official religion, including 16 of the 20 countries in the […]
LIFESTORY: IN THE MORGUE, SHE RISES FROM THE DEAD TO TELL HER FAMILY AND OTHER MUSLIMS ABOUT JESUS
STEVE REES, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, tells the remarkable story of Sabina…