Kyrgyzstan

International conference on anti-terrorism, extremism and other modern ways of violence held in Bishkek

People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

&$ &$Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2009 shows delegates pose for group photos during an international conference on anti terrorism, extremism and other modern ways of violence in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan. The two-day conference opened here on Tuesday with delegates from Community of Independent States (CIS), anti-terror institutes from Collective Security Treaty Organization of CIS, Shanghai...

Security experts to discuss anti-terrorism efforts in Kyrgyzstan

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Experts from regional and international security organizations will take part on Tuesday in an international conference on efforts to fight terrorism and extremism due to open in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.

Kyrgyzstan: Prices for utilies are skyrocketing

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Aravanski reports that the Kyrgyz government sharply increased the prices for electricity and heating, making those barely affordable by most citizens.

Kyrgyzstan: A power play beginning?

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Steven_Schwerbel reviews the developments on the opposition side of the Kyrgyzstan's political field, where the major opposition party blamed the president for violation of constitution and unlawful seizure of power through the change of constitution.

Kyrgyzstan: President consolidates his rule

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Kyrgyz President Bakiyev promoted his son to lead the Central Agency on Development, Investment, and Innovation, which controls both all FDIs and major national companies, thus consolidating his patronage network, Elina Galperin writes.

Russian human rights activist dispelled from Kyrgyzstan

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Kyrgyzstan: Release Rights Activists

Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

(New York) - The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately release the human rights activists Bakhrom Hamroev and Izzatilla Rakhmatillaev and allow them to continue their fact-finding work without further interference, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

Turkmenistan: Students Slapped with Five-Year Travel Ban

Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Students prevented from studying at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and later prohibited from traveling to the American University of Bulgaria, reportedly have been placed on a five-year travel blacklist, an opposition news site is reporting.

Kyrgyz president abolishes National Guard

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a decree to abolish the National Guard, established by his predecessor Askar Akayev to provide security to a state leader, the Kyrgyz 24.kg news agency said.

Return to Death Penalty Floated in Kyrgyzstan

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Parliament’s refusal to sign international ban on executions seen as a bad sign. By Anara Yusupova in Bishkek (RCA No. 595, 13-Nov-09)

Stronger Top-Down Rule in Kyrgyzstan

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Reforms contain many retrograde steps and look very like an attempt to bolster President Bakiev. By Pavel Diatlenko in Bishkek (RCA No. 594, 12-Nov-09)

Kyrgyzstan Reports More Swine Flu Infections But No Deaths

Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

The number of swine flu patients in Kyrgyzstan has reached 27, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports

Kyrgyzstan: The Sprawling Dordoi Market Now Struggling to Stay Open

Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

For traders at the Dordoi Bazaar, a sprawling hub of wholesalers and retailers near Bishkek, the global financial crisis is taking a severe toll.

Kyrgyzstan: Satanized

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Shairbek Zhusuev, leader of political party ErK (Erkin Kyrgyzstan - transl. Free Kyrgyzstan), shocked many Kyrgyzstanis stating that the capital of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek city has been satanized for many years, as it has a big sign symbolizing demonolatry. Zhusuev says that he found out about it while surfing Google Earths and learning Bishkek from high [...]

Kyrgyzstan: Is democracy too early for Kyrgyzstan?

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Ahad Abdurahmon reflects on the issue why democracy is failing in Kyrgyzstan, a country which was so promising?

Parliament of Kazakhstan ratified Agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on mutual recognition of tourism visas

gumir | 06/04/2008

Yesterday at the plenary session the deputies of the senate adopted a law "On ratification of the agreement between the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan on mutual recognition within the territories within the areas, bordering with the Republic of Kazakhstan, regions of Issyk Kul, Talass and Chu oblasts of the Kyrgyz Republic and bordering with