Photo by Patty Brito on Unsplash The Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers has filed a report taking stock about what it says is the “deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia from the territories occupied since the beginning of the war.” According to the Adviser-Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights and Children’s Rehabilitation Daria Gerasymchuk, the Ukrainian authorities…
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Hong Kong In Steady Decline
Photo by sarah richer on Unsplash The European Commission and the High Representative have adopted their latest annual reports on political and economic developments in Hong Kong and Macao. The annual report on political and economic developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region illustrates what the EC calls “the continued erosion of Hong Kong’s high degree of…
Doing Business in Uzbekistan Becoming Easier
Photo by AXP Photography on Unsplash Over the past seven years, entrepreneurship has become a priority direction in Uzbekistan’s policy. It is evident how much attention the government dedicates to this area. Incentives are being introduced, credits are being allocated, and comprehensive support is being provided to all categories of businesses, from small to large. It is no…
The Challenge of BRICS’ Development to the EU
Photo by Sangga Rima Roman Selia on Unsplash Senior MEP Reinhard Butikofer, foreign policy coordinator of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, says last week’s BRICS summit has “set historical facts.” He was commenting on the BRICS summit in South Africa. Under China’s leadership, a decision was made to admit another six countries as BRICS members in the coming…
32nd Economic Forum in Karpacz
Photo by Kyrylo Kholopkin on Unsplash On September 5th, the 32nd edition of the Economic Forum, the largest and most important conference in Central and Eastern Europe, will begin at the Gołębiewski Hotel in Karpacz. The Eastern Studies Institute Foundation, in cooperation with the City of Karpacz and the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, is once again organizing this exceptional…
Independent Judiciary in Uzbekistan
Photo by AXP Photography on Unsplash In the functioning of the Judiciary as a separate independent branch of power, it is important that the guarantees of its independence are established at the level of law. Consequently, the main purpose of enshrining in the Constitution the norms ensuring the independence of the Judiciary is to practically guarantee the right…
Expertise for Sale: How to Invent Genocide
Photo by Orkhan Farmanli on Unsplash On August 7th, the ex-prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo published a “report” with the bombastic headline: “Armenian Genocide in 2023”. His “expert Opinion” was cooked in just nine days, without even visiting the place where this “genocide” is allegedly taking place. The document, his “Opinion”, due to the…
The Challenge of China
Photo by Sam Balye on Unsplash The USA and China have agreed to set up working groups to discuss specific issues, with at the same time President Biden issuing carefully targeted curbs on US firms investing in Chinese tech companies. This twin-track approach should be seen as a sensible and practical development. Western nations have struggled to establish…
15 August 1975: Murder of Bangladesh’s Founding Father – An evil attempt to murder Bangladesh
48 years ago on 15 August 1975, Bangladesh witnessed the darkest dawn in the history since its independence in 1971. The Father of the Nation of Bangladesh and then President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as “Bangabandhu” (Friend of Bengal) along with most of the members of his family including his ten-year old son was…
Bilateral Relations Between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
Photo by Qasim Mirzaie on Unsplash The sustainable development of Afghanistan is a guarantee of stability and prosperity for the entire Central Asian region, writes Axmad Mamasadikov, The geostrategic position of Uzbekistan determines its role in the development of the logistics potential of the region, together with the countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan. Currently, Afghanistan is gradually…










