Tens of thousands displaced as Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan conflict rages on
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Schoolchildren and parents get into massive brawl on Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border
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Deutsche Welle launches Hungarian service: Emerging Europe this week
April 30, 2021
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Bulgaria looks set for a new election after the country’s anti-establishment party, There Is Such A People (ITN), said this week it would not try to form a government despite a surge of support in this month’s parliamentary poll. The populist party – led by singer and TV host Slavi Trifonov – surprisingly finished second in the polls behind only Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party. Popular anger at widespread corruption boosted support for ITN and two smaller anti-graft parties at the April 4 election, but even together the three parties do not have a majority in the fragmented parliament. ITN has ruled out working with Mr Borissov.
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan trade blame for cross-border shelling
April 29, 2021
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FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov holds presidential standard during his inauguration ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have traded blame for cross-border shelling and clashes that killed at least one person and injured dozens in a conflict over water supply, the latest outburst of tensions between the two ex-Soviet Central Asian neighbors.Vladimir Voronin/AP
MOSCOW (AP) Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict over water supply, the latest outburst of tensions between the two ex-Soviet Central Asian neighbors.