On 26th July 27, 2007 the fourth Bishkek International Banking Conference in Hyatt Regency Bishkek on “Central Asian financial market in the global economy” was held which united a range of chairmen of the leading world banks, private investors and prominent specialists of the biggest world financial institutions. The purpose of the conference was […]
It looks like those who plan to enter Bishkek from 6th until 19th August will have to change their plans as the government is likely to set limitations upon entering Bishkek during the SCO summit in August. Yes, it sounds ridiculous, but what can one do against such a regulation? Only those who have an […]
Speculation over the state of relations between the Kyrgyz and American governments is nothing new in the media, especially where the US Ganci airbase at Bishkek’s Manas International Airport is concerned.
What is unusual, however, is for one of the more well-known sources of news and analysis, in this case The Jamestown Foundation, to get […]
Just in case any readers have come directly to the Kyrgyzstan blog and missed it, Ben has posted an interview with Bektour Iskender, cofounder of Kloop, a web portal project based in Kyrgyzstan that has a news section and a blog platform. Read the full interview and find out about Iskender’s plans to […]
Eurasianet reports that the Islamic Development Bank and the Kyrgyz government are launching a pilot project with a view to introducing Islamic financing in the Republic.
In recent years the issue of Sharia-compatible financing has attracted an increasing amount of attention from banks. The problem with “traditional” financial products such as loans and mortages is […]
The blog In From the Cold has a post about Jill Metzger, who was the US Air Force Major who “disappeared” in Bishkek back in September of last year. The incident caused a fair amount of consternation, even more speculation about what exactly happened, and is still formally under investigation. Most recently, Major Metzger’s […]
Not only Kazakhstan had a scandal over HIV infection recently, but Kyrgyzstan is also facing the problem of the HIV infection innocent children get. In Kyrgyzstan, two children were already infected with this dangerous virus over the last month during blood transfusion. Today about 1, 193 kyrgyzstani people live with the HIV infection and […]
People contribute to repay the national debt, while parliament deputies are busy to purchase new official cars. It has become pretty usual that our parliament deputies have always come up with pretty awkward ideas and spend their ‘precious’ time on innovating new ways of how to purchase something new for their own usage. This […]
If you’re a frequent visitor to our homebase, you will have seen our intrusive campaign to get people fill in our survey. Now, if you haven’t seen this yet, please consider taking some minutes to tell us what you think about us and what we might do better in the future. For those making […]
There are quite a lot of examples of polygamy in Kyrgyzstan. I know a man who lives in one of the villages nearby Karakol town and has four wives and thirteen children. One can get an impression that they all live happily and treat each other well: children love each other equally and call […]
