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Admission Parameters for Uzbek Universities Approved for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
UzDaily
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Uzbekistan 26/07/2025 Admission Parameters for Uzbek Universities Approved for the 2025/2026 Academic Year Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Uzbekistan has officially approved the admission parameters for state higher education institutions for...
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ICESCO's Regional Office explores strengthening ties [PHOTOS]
AzerNews
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July 18, 2025
The first seminar dedicated to cooperation in the fields of culture, education, and science has been organised at the Regional Office of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) in Baku, Azernews reports. The...
Russia Is Losing Its Near Abroad
Foreign Affairs
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July 24, 2025
Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine is one piece of a broader campaign to restore a sphere of influence in post-Soviet Eurasia. The 2022 invasion came as a shock to many of Russia’s neighbors in eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia,...
‘Daughter Diplomacy’ On Rise In Central Asia As Leaders Seek To Preserve Dynasties
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 25, 2025
Call it sister power. In a region where sons have routinely been groomed for succession in the upper echelons of power, there is a new trend in Central Asia: Daughters are emerging as significant political players. The latest example of dynastic...
Russia’s politics of writing off African debts, Putin’s strategy of economic cooperation
Business and Financial Times
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July 25, 2025
By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂH During the International Parliamentary conference Russia-Africa, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a speech at the plenary session, reminded African parliamentarians that the partnership between Russia and African...
Experts blame economic strain and social pressures for growing mental health crisis in Uzbekistan.
Kun.uz
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July 26, 2025
According to the Mental State of the World international study, the population of Central Asian countries is not faring well in terms of mental health. All republics of the region ranked in the bottom ten of the global list, while residents of the...
Making a Felt Rug in Kyrgyzstan
Cosmonaut Magazine
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When making a felt rug in Kyrgyzstan, you don’t begin with sheep. You start with sedge grass. Women venture into the fields and pluck the reeds while around them goats and horses browse the fields and snowy mountains sprawl toward the sky. Learned...
Iranian students garner silver medals at IPhO 2025
Tehran Times
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July 26, 2025
TEHRAN – Five Iranian students secured silver medals at the 55th International Physics Olympiad, ranking 11th globally. Held from July 18 to 24 in Paris, the IPhO 2025 brought together 440 candidates from over 90 countries. Mohammad-Hassan...
Halyk Bank Buys 49% Stake in Uzbekistan’s Click in Landmark Fintech Deal
Times of Central Asia
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July 23, 2025
Almaty – Kazakhstan’s Halyk Bank has announced it will acquire a 49% stake in Uzbek digital payments company Click for $176.4 million, marking one of the largest cross-border banking investments in Central Asia to date. The deal values Click at...
Chinese diplomacy: Some countries wage war, others promote peace
Friends of Socialist China
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July 25, 2025
In the following article, Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein – former director of international relations in Venezuela’s presidential office and former ambassador to Nicaragua – contrasts China’s global diplomacy with the United States’ aggressive...
BRI promotes supply chain cooperation; companies make use of CISCE to expand, deepen partnerships
Global Times
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Visitors try pizza at the "Thailand Day" event held by Pizza Hut during the third China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on July 18, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of Yum China The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched to...
Better Results, Less Stress: How to Get the Insights You Need Without a Costly ERP
CFO Dive
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The Week in Women's Football: Asian Cup qualifying; recruiting for national teams
Tribal Football
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This week, we review the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifying, which essentially doubles as early round 2027 Women’s World Cup Qualifying, with WWC veteran side Thailand losing out to India at home and Uzbekistan pipping enterprising Nepal on...
Caucaso e Asia centrale: torna il “Grande Gioco”
Strategic Culture
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July 24, 2025
Che cosa vuole ottenere il presidente azero Ilham Aliyev e nell’interesse di chi agisce questo Paese? Segue nostro Telegram. Nel marzo 2023, il ministro degli Esteri iraniano Hossein Amir Abdollahian si recò in Turchia per esprimere solidarietà al...
Pashinyan Says Armenia Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change
Hetq
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July 25, 2025
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, during an environmental conference in Altai, Russia, said Armenia is extremely vulnerable to the threats posed by climate change. “The consequences of climate change are expressed in the accelerated melting of...
Environment Minister: Armenia`s mountain ecosystems are most vulnerable to climate changes
Arminfo
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ArmInfo. Armenia's mountain ecosystems are among the most vulnerable, as stated by Environment Minister Hambardzum Matevosyan during an expert session on "How to Conserve the Global Water Balance, " held in Altai as part of the international...
Regional Portal for Knowledge Management Launched in Central Asia: Focus on RESILAND CA+ and Regional Sustainable Development
The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
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Publication date: 25 July 2025 The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) has launched a digital platform to facilitate the exchange of analytical data, practical solutions, and strategies for sustainable development in Central...
“Children of the CIS” in Belarus: A Kaleidoscope of Central Asian Cultures
News Central Asia
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July 15, 2025
The Republic of Belarus is hosting the “Children of the Commonwealth of Independent States” forum, bringing together young delegates from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Organized by the...
These are the 26 new Unesco World Heritage sites for 2025
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Pashinyan backs EAEU climate cooperation, invites to COP-17
PanARMENIAN.Net
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July 25, 2025 - 12:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took part in an international environmental forum held in Russia’s Altai region, focusing on nature protection and climate challenges. In his speech, he welcomed...