Mobile technologies and services said to have generated 7.7%, or $220bn, of GDP across region last year.
Dushanbe has slowest Internet in Eurasia.
Fuelled by a 35% rise in exports. Gold shipments up 60%.
Uzbekistan and Belarus new, hot destinations.
China expanding share of global EV market.
The country’s registered parties bicker, or pretend to bicker, but they’re all loyal to the president.
Small and Beautiful marks next phase of Belt & Road Initiative.
Knock-on effects could leave country facing crisis, Astana conference hears.
Public perceptions toward Washington rapidly swing from positive to negative.
Non-tariff barriers have taken a big toll.
Russia and Turkmenistan are primary offenders.
As the global Democracy Index recorded a historic low in 2024, institutions tasked with upholding democratic values are under increasing pressure to adapt.
Almost all US assistance terminated.
A German court has banned Mediahuis Luxembourg S.A., the most important media holding in Luxembourg, from referring to Uzbek-born Russian metals and media tycoon Alisher Usmanov as the owner of the luxury superyacht Dilbar.
Development bank lowers forecasts for Emerging Europe, Central Asia and North Africa as slowdowns in Germany and China take their toll.
I have just been watching the Victory Day parade on Red Square. A few observations.
It’s a pitiful sight in the beautiful Ferghana Valley, where, in thousands of years of habitation, a formal frontier never existed.
Renewables are up, fossil fuels down.
Growing concerns over risks posed by rapid digitalisation of society.
Eurasia “at forefront” of assault on individual freedoms.