Kyrgyzstan: Police and Protestors Clash over Gold Exploration
Protestors in Kyrgyzstan’s northwest have clashed with police and blocked a major road, alleging a Kazakh project to survey for gold is polluting the local environment. It’s the latest in a string of...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Ponders the Impact of Russia’s Citizenship Law Amendments
Copyright show: No Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation recently offering fast-track citizenship to Russian speakers anywhere within the former Soviet Union. Analysts believe the law is...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Re-Criminalizes Libel with Vague New Law
Activists in Kyrgyzstan say they lost another battle against creeping authoritarianism this weekend when President Almazbek Atambayev signed a so-called “False Accusation Law.” The US Embassy says the...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Doctors Alarmed as Parents Shun Vaccination
Copyright show: No Aisha, a mother of five, takes her seven-month-old son Ismail with her when she’s out and about in Bishkek. They often travel by crowded minibus.read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Nationalists Again Pushing “Foreign Agents” Bill
Nationalists are renewing efforts in Kyrgyzstan to secure vague legislation to require non-profit organizations that receive money from abroad to register as foreign agents.MP Tursunbai Bakir uulu, one...
View ArticleChina Asks Kyrgyzstan to End 23-Day Roadblock
The Chinese Embassy in Bishkek has called on the Kyrgyz government to end a weeks-old protest that has blocked a strategic road and stranded over 300 trucks near Kyrgyzstan’s border with China....
View ArticleRussia Holds Kyrgyzstan's Hydropower Dreams Hostage
Copyright show: No Summer is supposed to be the one season when people in Kyrgyzstan can forget about electricity shortages. But this year, it seems, summer will bring no respite, as the government...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Yurt Preschools Reach Nomadic Children
Copyright show: No At first glance, it looks like another iconic felt yurt in a remote pasture high in Kyrgyzstan’s mountains. But step through the door and a visitor can quickly see it is no ordinary...
View ArticleBishkek Journal: I Want an Interview, Not a Date
When I knock on the door of yet another Kyrgyz politician, civil servant or businessman, I have many questions. That’s my job as a journalist. But the most nerve-racking question is not in my notebook:...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Weighs Uncertainties of Feeding Russia
Not long ago, Russia was one of the primary markets for Kyrgyzstan’s agricultural goods. Then came the Eurasian Customs Union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, which removed customs checkpoints...
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