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October 18, 2021

Should COVID-19 vaccines be mandatory?

Experts say vaccines mandates are ‘100 percent a human rights issue’ but also about keeping society safe. […]
October 18, 2021

China economy slows as power cuts, property woes and Covid take toll

GDP grew 4.9% in the quarter to September, the lowest for a year, as the post-pandemic recovery loses steam and Evergrande problems persist […]
October 14, 2021

On October 14, 2021, Dr Albina Muratbekova conducted a seminar titled “Central Asia in South Korea’s foreign policy”

Dr. Albina Muratbekova looked at South Korea’s foreign policy with the countries of Central Asia through the lens of South Korea’s middle power diplomacy, which is widely used to describe the contemporary role of South Korea in world affairs. The approach aspires to transform Seoul’s traditional reliance on its alliance […]
October 13, 2021

Afghanistan crisis: G20 leaders pledge to avert economic catastrophe

Members of the G20 group of major economies have pledged to avert an economic catastrophe in Afghanistan. […]
October 12, 2021

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov signs decree on resignation of Cabinet

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov signed a decree on the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country, the press service of the head of state reported. […]
October 10, 2021

Angela Merkel leaves lasting legacy in Israel

Angela Merkel is headed to Israel for a last official visit. With the shared history of the Holocaust ever present, the German chancellor deepened the firm alliance between the countries during her time in office. […]
October 10, 2021

China’s Xi calls for peaceful reunification with Taiwan

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Saturday reunification with Taiwan must happen and will happen peacefully, despite a ratcheting-up of China’s threats to attack the island. […]
October 7, 2021

On October 7, 2021, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Social Sciences Senior Research Assistant Dr. Istvan Santha gave an online seminar titled “Hungarian orientalism as seen through the photographs of György Almásy’s second expedition to the Kazakh and Kyrgyz territories in 1906”

Dr. Istvan Santha conducted a seminar on Hungarian orientalism through the photographs of Gyorgy Almasy’s second expedition to the Kazakh and Kyrgyz territories in 1906. He presented a biography of Gyorgy Almasy. Dr. Santha described his early experience and focused on his Central Asian expeditions. Almasy in his monograph, which […]
October 5, 2021

Uzbekistan seeks to rent land in Russia for cultivation of grain

Russia and Uzbekistan may sign an agreement allowing Uzbek farmers to grow wheat, soya, sunflower and other crops on Russian soil, the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan said […]
October 4, 2021

Two Koreas reopen hotlines as North urges South to mend ties

The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards over weapons development. […]