This is just a short addition to what guys were writing and talking about on Kyrgyz language blog. Indeed, Kyrgyz militia has been a serious issue which needs to be resolved on the state level. On 28th of June the youth of Issyk-Kul region intends to organize a protest against Kyrgyz militia’s actions. The protests […]
Worshipping at sacred sites is a well-known cultural behavior all over the world and in Kyrgyzstan, worshipping at sacred sites is a wide spread phenomenon as well. In the Kyrgyz language sacred sites are called ‘mazars.’ ‘Mazar’ is a word from the Arabic language it means “a place which is visited.” It […]
Kyrgyz parliament’s press service worker was detained two days ago in Bishkek while handing over secret information. Jyparkul Arykova, a senior consultant of parliament’s press service, is believed to be spying, but according to some officials in the parliament, the information that press service receives is checked very thoroughly by a large number of […]
A new national air company called “Kyrgyzstan” was recently established in the country. The president of the air company E. Myrzabekov said that the company is established on the basis of already existing two companies Altyn Air and Kyrgyzstan Aba Joldoru. It has two airplanes “TU-154” which, according to the president’s statement, are able […]
An independent research organization, Fund for Peace, annually publishes an index called Failed States Index that also gets published in US magazine Foreign Policy. It conducts a global ranking of weak and failed nations on the basis of 12 economic, political, social and military indicators. Such 12 determining factors include movement of refugees, environmental […]
In Kyrgyzstan it is becoming very popular to host different movie festivals dedicated to certain culturally important dates. This year already several weeks of various movie festivals were organized, for example, a week of Japanese movie, a week of Turkish movie, and Russian as well. This week also Kyrgyzstan is hosting its first French, […]
This is a translated excerpt of Amantur’s post from the Kyrgyz-language NewEurasia
Kyrgyz people have lots of traditions and each of them reflects somehow the life of every citizen. For instance, in childhood everyone celebrates ”beshik-toi” (upon birth), “sunnot-toi”, and then there are so many other occasions and parties to attend. Among these there is […]
This is a translated excerpt of Nurbek’s post from the Kyrgyz-language NewEurasia.
It is true that bride kidnapping is a very problematic issue nowadays. I believe that bride kidnapping is the worst and unfair tradition of all that we have.
In most cases I heard of bride kidnapping from my friends. Sometimes it happens so that […]
Every year more than 80 million units of blood are donated, but only 38% are collected in developing countries where 82% of the global population live. Few days ago Kyrgyzstan with the rest of the world marked the World Blood Donor Day. The event took place in front of the Opera and Ballet Theatre […]
This is a translated excerpt of Misulzhan’s post from the Russian-language NewEurasia
So, the “hamburger” outlet with a constant huge line of people is removed. People used to line up there from 9 a.m. till 11.00 p.m. everyday. But now when it is removed, people have to seek for another place where they can get […]
