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According to the final results of the parliamentary elections that the Central Election Committe has revealed, Ak Zhol, Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan and Communists’ party have cleared 0.5% threshold. As AKIpress informs, the seats in Parliament have been distributed in the following way: Ak Zhol will have 71 seats, Social Democratic Party of […]

Following on from Bektour’s recent post on the arrest of protesters against the results of elections, here’s an update on the protest campaign. Yesterday, the participants of the campaign “I do not believe!” were arrested again, since they were holding their campaign outside the Central Election Commission in protest against results of the elections, […]

This is a translation of a Russian language news report on Kloop.kg written by Timur Rayimkulov.
The youth protest named “I don’t believe” was held on the 18th of December near the Central Election Committee building. It ended with all 20 participants being arrested by the police. Participants explained their protest as their will to “express […]

Parliamentary elections’ preliminary results have been today revealed, and everyone is concerned now over the legitimacy and openness of the voting. Some are satisfied, others are very critical over the way it was conducted. International organizations and local himan rights and democarcy coalitions that observed the process, believe that it was did not meet […]

The results of the parliamentary elections were revealed today. According to the Central Election Committee, informs AKIpress, 1,650,698 people or 71.93% of voters took part and voted in the election process, which is equivalent to turnout of 83.27%. According to the preliminary voting results, the presidential party Ak-Zhol takes the lead followed by the […]

Central Asia and hydrocarbons, that is usually a story limited to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, the oil and gas rich countries of the region. Fair enough, Uzbekistan also has some considerable gas deposits, yet it remains a net importer of energy.

Despite some old rusty derricks in the Ferghana Valley, oil and gas in Kyrgyzstan […]

Good news! Eldar Djangirov’s “re-imagination” recieves 2007 Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album! Eldar is a Kyrgyzstani guy who is only 20 years old, but he already achieved lots of success in the world of music.
According to the information from his website, Eldar’s path from Bishkek to the United States is the stuff of […]

The number of mobile phone users was about 1,68 million announced the deputy minister of transport and telecommunications Suyumbaeva Chinara during annual ICT conference. There are 4 mobile operators in Kyrgyzstan and their earnings exceeded $70 million and it is significantly growing each year. Also, there are 7 operators of fixed line […]