Recently a 'foreign agent' law was introduced in Kyrgyzstan, until recent years considered the most free and democratic country in Central Asia.

Now, Soros Foundation will close its doors in Kyrgyzstan and comes an end to supporting democracy programs.
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The Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi's story about eating honey in a Circassian village is the most insane thing you'll read today

Washing down Toblerone with a nice single-malt while reading about famines in The Economist.

for every western weeb I feel like there is a japanese guy who is like no I'm gonna be a cowboy now, I love jamaican dancehall more than anything in the world, I am going to go fight in the soviet-afghan war.

Described in Portuguese these G20 meetings sound much more exciting than Coachella

Typical POLOFF lunch meeting in Ottawa, at an excellent restaurant of course

Forget NFL — broadcast this on Sunday nights

Consular section LES trying to snag a CONS FASTO

I don’t care what the #bidEAP recruiters claim from the safety of HST— PORT MORESBY is a punishment post

“Don’t be evil”

haha cough cough

Slap some CD plates on this monster and hit the town

'We just want Johan back'

Johan Floderus, an EU diplomat, has spent two years in an Iranian prison.

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Charlie Duxbury Free Johan Floderus

Billions more in overseas aid needed to avert climate disaster, say economists as World Bank group holds spring meetings theguardian.com/business/2024/…

'That an absolutely terrible idea but let's waste a quarter of an hour discussing it anyway'

Bucket list: acquire a wheel of Parmesan.

An Austrian Jewish tourist was summoned by Kerala Police after a video of her tearing down a pro-Palestinian mural in Fort Kochi in Ernakulam district went viral on social media.

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A diplomat may wear multiple hats in the course of one assignment

.Jeff_Schogol of Task & Purpose - 'There was as a fire at the Army's ammunition plant in Scranton yesterday. At the risk of invoking Billy Joel. do we know who started the fire?'

Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder - 'I'd have to refer you to the Army because we didn't start the fire.'

This monarchy has a questionable future

I'm only 24 pages into Liz Truss's book and I'm already reminded of the quip misattributed to Dorothy Parker: “It is not a book to be lightly thrown aside. It should be thrown with great force.”