News Kyrgyzstan: Along Kyrgyzstan's Campaign Trail: Issyk-Kul
"There is no way to pass all these cars," my driver, Daniyar, says as we slowly make our way along the southern road of Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan's giant lake in the northeastern corner of the country. I ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Victims Of 2010 Ethnic Clashes Commemorated In Kyrgyzstan
Local residents and officials in Kyrgyzstan's southern Jalal-Abad region have commemorated victims of deadly clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in June 2010. The commemoration event was held on June 13 ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan launches extensive high-voltage power line repairs in Batken
The repair and modernization of high-voltage power lines in Batken aims to enhance energy reliability, reduce technical losses, and support economic stability and growth in Kyrgyzstan. Gain access to ...
News Kyrgyzstan: EU Sanctions Envoy Visits Bishkek Amid Concerns Over Russian Circumvention
European Union sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan arrived in Bishkek for high-level meetings with Kyrgyz officials amid concerns that some financial channels and trade flows in Kyrgyzstan are being used to circumvent sanctions against Russia.
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan's president signs decree to establish embassy in Egypt
Diplomatic mission in Cairo will provide consular services to approximately 3,000 Kyrgyz citizens in Egypt and neighboring North African countries, says Kyrgyz president’s press services - Anadolu Aja ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan: Arrest of Former President Prompts Violent Clashes Near Bishkek
Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev was detained by the government on Aug. 8, leading to clashes between security forces and Atambaev’s supporters in the village of Koi-Tash that left one dead and dozens injured, The Times of Central Asia has reported.
News Kyrgyzstan: Tokayev calls for calm in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan
EPA-EFE/IGOR KOVALENKO Following a second failed attempt by the security services of Kyrgyzstan to arrest former President Almazbek Atambayev ended in a shootout that left one member of a special ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan special forces seize former president after botched raid
Kyrgyzstan's former president was detained in a major security operation Thursday, police said, a day after clashes between his supporters and law enforcement left one dead and dozens injured. The Central Asian state, which has seen two revolutions in less than two decades, is on the brink of crisis
News Kyrgyzstan: Melodies of Kazakh classical music played in large cities of Romania
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The Tattimbet Academic Orchestra of National Instruments from Karaganda city held a concert tour in the major cities of Romania - Bucharest and Constanta, Kazinform has learnt from the Kazakh MFA’s press service.
News Kyrgyzstan: The Enduring Difficulty of Settling the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border
Of the 971 kilometers that make up the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan ... actors can disrupt the delicate balance of social and economic life on the border. Although many initiatives ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Court decision in Kyrgyzstan seizes property of former president's TV channel
The leader of the largest parliamentary party of social democrats in Kyrgyzstan, Atambayev, transferred power to his successor and closest ally Sooronbai Jeenbekov in 2017 as a result of the ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan: Sorting Through the Media Buzz Amid a Crisis
BISHKEK — News of a failed raid on Kyrgyzstan’s former president Almazbek Atambayev’s compound in a village south of Bishkek hit local news late at night on August 7. Many in the country ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan court upholds Uzbek rights activist's life sentence
The Chui regional court in northern Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday agreed with the prosecutors ... "Once again, a Kyrgyz court has blown the opportunity to stop a miscarriage of justice," Rachel Denber, deputy ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan forces capture of former leader signals a bloody problem in post-Soviet democracies
Events in Kyrgyzstan, a poor nation of 6 million on ... power transition isn’t everything. With post-Soviet justice systems largely unreformed and law enforcement agencies serving each master ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan's ex-president calls for his successor's ouster
MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan's ex-president urged his supporters Thursday to push for the ouster of the Central Asian nation's government, following a failed police attempt to arrest him that left one ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Court in Kyrgyzstan orders ex-president to stay in custody
Kyrgyzstan’s first two presidents after independence were ... The tough and determined police action Thursday eased those fears, demonstrating the government’s strength. Shopping malls and other ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Groove Gully: a travelling music museum for children
At one of their music festivals, they created a ‘percussion zone ... Maracas from Peru, Temir Komuz from Kyrgyzstan, Thavil and Kanjiras from Tamil Nadu, Pakhawaj, Tablas, Chimta and Dhol from North ...
News Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan to celebrate Komuz Day
National culture creates conditions for the further consolidation of society and strengthening the unity of the people of Kyrgyzstan, says in the decree. Its impossible to image the traditional music ...