News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: 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 Bishkek: The Week In Russia: Unity Or Terror? Putin Seeks 'Political Stability' In Moscow And Bishkek
That was Russian President Vladimir Putin's message for Kyrgyzstan -- but he may have had Moscow in ... air base in Kyrgyzstan after weeks holed up at his compound outside Bishkek and was whisked away ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Bishkek’s Bright Bins: Recycling Comes to the Kyrgyz Capital
On July 2, Bishkek’s municipal initiative Tazalyk (“cleanliness” in Kyrgyz) installed 10 sets of recycling bins across Kyrgyzstan’s capital. Almost three weeks later, on July 19, Tazalyk ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Former Kyrgyz President: Time To Mend Fences With Successor Passed
Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev, who faces five counts of criminally abusing his office when he held power from 2011 to 2017, says the time to mend fences with his successor, incumbent So...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Jailed Kyrgyz Rights Activist's Latest Retrial Postponed
BISHKEK -- The second retrial of Kyrgyzstan's jailed ethnic Uzbek human rights activist Azimjan Askarov has been moved from July 16 to July 30, human rights activists told RFE/RL. The retrial at the ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Track trouble for athletes at Bishkek; AFI needs to check injury list
Usha, who was also in Bishkek with quartermiler Jisna Mathew, sent some photos of the track to this correspondent and it clearly appeared worn out and damaged in many places. “This ‘worst condition’ ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan slapping competition sees men attack each other for £1,150 prize money
Shocking footage from one of these competitions in Bishkek shows men struggling to stand up after being struck with open bare palms. Participants cannot dodge or deflect their opponents' violent slaps ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Kyrgyz Ex-President's Supporters Protest As Possible Arrest Pending
BISHKEK -- Some 1,000 supporters of Almazbek Atambaev have gathered in the Kyrgyz capital, demanding the charges against the former president be dropped. Atambaev, who faces arrest and prosecution on ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: The EU must press for an end to repression in Central Asia at its Kyrgyzstan summit ǀ View
On her potentially last foreign trip, Federica Mogherini will present the EU’s new Central Asia strategy at a summit with Central Asia leaders in Kyrgyzstan. But she should convey several things in Bishkek, most notably the abuse and repression of citizens that is ongoing in the region.
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Kyrgyz Ex-President Dismisses Police Summons as 'Circus'
Police investigators summoned former Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev for questioning on Monday, setting the stage for a stand-off between him and his successor, incumbent Sooronbai Jeenbekov, in the volatile Central Asian nation.
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Sitharaman attends SCO conclave in Kyrgyzstan; holds talks with Chinese counterpart
Read more about Sitharaman attends SCO conclave in Kyrgyzstan; holds talks with Chinese counterpart on Business Standard. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday attended a key conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Kyrgyzstan and held bilateral meetings on its sidelines, including with her Chinese counterpart.Sitharaman attended the SCO
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Kyrgyzstan to attend SCO defence ministers’ meet
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman left for Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Sunday on a three-day visit to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Sitharaman will attend the ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Defence ministers of India, China hold bilateral in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], Apr 29 : Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ...
News Kyrgyzstan Bishkek: Nirmala Sitharaman Reaches Kyrgyzstan For Defence Ministers' Meet
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meet in ...
