Today, early in the morning at about 2:00, I was suddenly awakened by the noise of falling CD cases from the shelf. My bed shook, the roof and windows were clattering. It lasted only for couple of seconds. It was over so fast that I couldn’t realize what was happening and went on […]
This is a translation of the article that Inga posted on Russian neweurasia.
Do you think that it is easy to be a woman in Kyrgyzstan? Apparently it is not. ‘An island of democracy’ also has certain problems when it comes to gender equity. As it was discovered during the special campaign ‘Against gender violence’ every […]
It is not that we didn’t expect another big shake in the country. But we didn’t expect it so soon. The news about the resignation of the Kyrgyz government followed shortly after the newly amended Constitution was adopted amidst street rallies in Bishkek last month.
It was predictable that certain tensions between the government […]
The whole day I have been thinking about our tradition called “Ala Kachuu” (Bride Kidnapping). The reason is that in the morning I was told about two cases of kidnapping the bride. First case happened with eldest sister of my close friend, while she was in Bishkek with her mother. Second case – with […]
Editor’s Note: What follows is part of a cross-blog survey that explores what Central Eurasia might look like fifteen years from now.
Let us try to imagine what is gonna happen in Kyrgyzstan in 15 years. Considering the dynamics of events we’ve been recently facing in the country, it has to be emphasized that any […]
Kyrgyz government has just announced about its resignation. Kyrgyz president is currently holding an emergency meeting with the head of the government Felix Kulov.
The reaction on the resignation is mixed. According to the governor of the Osh district Jantoro Satybaldiev: ”This decision is a brave step of decent people.’’
Satybaldiev has also emphasized that […]
One more reason to start rejoicing at the end of the year. Kyrgyz members of parliament were allowed to possess and carry guns. To be precise, MPs allowed this to themselves – the veto of the president on possessing guns was bypassed in the Kyrgyz parliament as the law ‘On the status of parliament […]
According to www.akipress.kg, at about 15:00 on December 06, 2006, an American soldier shot with pistol a civilian of Kyrgyzstan citizenship at checkpoint at Ganci aviabase, “Manas” airport, Kyrgyzstan. “The civilian was given an emergency treatment by the doctors of US Air Force at the place where incident occurred and on the way to […]
This is a translation of a feature article that Alieva posted on the Russian version of neweurasia.
It is an early morning and it’s still dark outside. Artem has not been sleeping for a whole night. He is not sick, just can not fall asleep. Calling a nanny doesn’t make sense; she will probably curse him […]
This is a translation of the post that Inga wrote for neweurasia on the opening ceremony of Asian Games.
Kyrgyzstan got quite tonight. Local fans got glued to their television screens as they were watching live broadcasts of the opening ceremony of 25th Asian Games. State Television that night became the most popular one among local […]
