Whilst political events in Kyrgyzstan have understandably being getting a fair amount of coverage recently, there is still life away from politics, especially where entertainment is concerned. Trawling around the 24.kg site the other day, I came upon this intriguing headline: “Kyrgyzstan to host horseball games”.
Now I don’t know about you, but I’d never heard […]
There is a heavy criticism going on in the country among local NGOs, representatives of the civil society and opposition members over the referendum on 21 October. International bodies also express their opinions regarding the referendum. They are voicing concern over the violations and irregularities of the recent referendum on new Constitution. For example, […]
This week has been very rich for political news in Kyrgyzstan. The new Constitution of Kyrgyz Republic was adopted on the referendum, which took place on October 21 and then later signed by the president Bakiev.. Shortly after that the president signed the decree on the dissolution of the Kyrgyz Parliament and the resignation […]
Sad news. Alisher Saipov, a famous journalist based in Osh city, southern Kyrgyzstan, is killed! He was shot three times from a gun, either a pistol or submachine gun. According to Ferghana.ru News Agency, where Alisher Saipov had worked for many year, the murder happened today, October 24, at about 19:30 next to the […]
Our partner, Transitions Online, has published an article by Genderstan blogger Anna Kirey on the situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people in Kyrgyzstan entitled “Dangerous Attraction”.
Whilst there are glimmers of hope that the situation for LGBT people is gradually improving in the country, not least thanks to the activities of activists […]
This is just an update to one of my previous posts about the Green Party that was going to hold a rally on the central square Alatoo in Bishkek city and the newly appointed Acting mayor Daniar Usenov did not allow the rally saying that there is another event planned for this day. The […]
Sergey Bodrov Senior, a famous Russian film director, visited Kyrgyzstan for the presentation of his movie “Mongol”, which took place in newly restored movie theatre “Ala-Too” on October 19, says 24.kg. Bodrov said that he was happy to visit Kyrgyzstan again, and he would love to make joint projects with Kyrgyz movie makers in […]
This Wednesday was the opening day of Kyrgyzstan Fashion week in Bishkek. The photo exhibition of French photographer Jerome Fievet was also opened that day in the Russian Drama Theater as part of the fashion week. Anna Veron, the designer from Paris was invited as a guest of the fashion week among other famous foreign […]
This is a translated excerpt of Misulzhan’s post from the Kyrgyz-language NewEurasia
Let me name five points:
1. Freedom of speech
2. Alternative power to mass media
3. Development of political culture/democratic values
4. Social network
5. Fast internetization process
1. Freedom of speech. Because of rapid development of Internet, the states now do not know how to resist to the users […]
So-called elite houses appear on the streets of Bishkek like mushrooms after the rain. They are being built in a very short period of time and it is said that the quality of these houses is not good. However, the prices are tremendously high, just as an example the penthouse of one of these […]
