Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: Is democracy too early for Kyrgyzstan?

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

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

Jobs for the Boys in Kyrgyzstan

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

President accused of heading for dynastic rule after appointing son to top job. By Yevgenia Kim in Bishkek (RCA No. 594, 06-Nov-09)

Kyrgyz journalist brutally murdered: police

France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The editor of a newspaper that frequently criticised the secret police in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan has died after a savage attack in which he was stabbed more than a dozen times, police said Thursday. The body of Seyitbek Murataliyev, editor of the independent weekly Zhylan, was found by police early Wednesday morning in a communal area of his apartment building in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.

Kyrgyz boy lives in sheep shed for 8 years

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

A 14- year-old boy has spent the last eight years living alone in a ramshackle sheep shed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Vecherny Bishkek newspaper reported on Thursday.

Armenia, Kyrgyzstan develop economic cooperation

Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

Armenian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan handed his credentials to Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Kyrgyzstan: New Prime Minister Discussed by Internet Users

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

One of Kyrgyzstan’s wealthiest men, the prominent government official Daniyar Usenov, was appointed the republic’s Prime Minister. President Kurmanbek Bakiev has already signed the appropriate orders. Daniyar Toktogulovich was among a list of possible candidates. Possible, but, to be honest, undesirable. At least, this is what the overwhelming majority of Kyrgyzstan’s internet users...

• What Internet Users Think of the New Prime Minister - kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net

Kyrgyzstan: US Military Tries to Boost Local Participation in Defense Contracting Process

Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

BY DEIRDRE TYNAN Kyrgyz firms are being invited to take advantage of commercial opportunities connected with the presence of an American transit center outside Bishkek. From the American military perspective, it’s a win-win situation if Kyrgyz companies get more involved in the procurement process: the Defense Department generates local goodwill that can improve the operation of the Northern...

Russia to discuss rent for military facilities in Kyrgyzstan

Global Security (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

Russian PM Putin has instructed the government to conduct negotiations with Kyrgyzstan on rental payment for Russian military facilities.

Russia to discuss rent for military facilities in Kyrgyzstan

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

Ice-skating bear kills trainer in Kyrgyzstan

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

The director of a circus arena says an ice-skating bear turned on its trainers, killing one and seriously wounding another.

Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic Minority Expands Ties to South Korea

Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

BY EVAN SPARLING Sasha, a 17 year-old ethnic Korean student in Bishkek, only knows one word in Korean: hello. She has lived all her life in the former Soviet Union, speaks Russian, and physically resembles a Kyrgyz so much that few can guess her true ethnicity. She does not even know when, exactly, her relatives migrated to the Soviet Union. But none of this stops her from emphatically declaring, "Of...

Russian ice-skating bear kills trainer

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- The director of a circus arena says an ice-skating bear turned on its trainers, killing one and seriously wounding another.

Kyrgyzstan leader names new PM, consolidates power

Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev named long-standing ally Daniyar Usenov Wednesday as prime minister, in a major shake-up of government that cements his grip on power.

Kyrgyzstan: Bakiyev’s Reform Push Strives to Contain Corruption in Bishkek

Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

BY ALISHER KHAMIDOV Kyrgyzstan’s cabinet resigned on October 20 as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced a broad plan to restructure the government. Political experts in Bishkek offered guarded praise for Bakiyev’s reform scheme, with some suggesting that it represented perhaps the last, best hope for his administration to contain corruption in the Central Asian state.

Kyrgyz opposition criticizes reform plans

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyzstan's Cabinet resigned Tuesday as part of a sweeping government reform campaign the president said will save money and make the Central Asian nation's leadership more effective.

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