Welcome to the first of what will hopefully be a series of New Eurasia country blogs universal posts. The idea is that all of the individual blogs will post on a particular topic – in this case on the HIV/AIDS situation – on the same day, collectively providing an overview of the given issue […]
Unlike the United States, where wolves are considered an endangered species and protected, Kyrgyzstan faces an exploding population of wolves that are becoming a menace.
Experts suggest the wolf population has multiplied three- or fourfold in recent years [in Kyrgyzstan].
Attacks would normally be rare, restricted only to instances when a wolf is suffering from extreme […]
The Kyrygyzstan soap opera has reached a new pitch in recent weeks. President Bakiyev recently addressed the parliament to denounce their squabbling and corruption, saying that the parliament is, “turning into an arena for political squabbles, and becoming the source of an atmosphere of instability in the country.”
“Quit your vodka-selling businesses — by […]
While it can’t really be described as an exodus, more and more ethnic Russians want to leave Kyrgyzstan for Russia. The surge in the numbers of those seeking the necessary permits can be explained by the March events and the continuously shaky situation in Kyrgyzstan, both economically and politically. IRIN carried a story in […]
Marcus Bensmann in yesterday’s TAZ writes about thousands of Kyrgyz pilgrims that are stuck in Iran because of the poor state of the busses they’re travelling with, bird-flu, and a corrupt institution that is meant to support those willing to undertake one of the five pillars of Islam.
The Kyrgyz muftiate was allocated with 4,500 […]
Soviet satirists Ilf and Petrov would be in seventh heaven with politicians saying things like this… An article in the Vechernii Bishkek reporting on the linguistic elegance demonstrated by certain politicians had me smiling wryly a couple of days ago and my inner philologist giggling wildly. Despite the fact that inevitably something is lost […]
