Kyrgyzstan hosted First Winter International Santa-Claus festival from February 23 to 25, 2008.

Photos by Akipress.

Interfax Information Services reports that Igor Trofimov, the head of the Sergius of Radonezh and Manas Generous public organization announced that the competition for the best song against the presence of the U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan has started. Trofimov told journalists:
The final of the contest will take place at a rally in protest […]

There is a gallery of photos made in Kyrgyzstan on one of the most popular forums diesel.elcat.kg. Here are some photos dedicated to mountains.

I have come across a video and comment on it by gojazz321 on www.uk.youtube.com:
The best jazz band in Central Asia. I walked into a restaurant in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and was blown away by these guys. The band leader is drummer Bakyt Kydykbaev, and his sons Erkin (bass) and Kuban (saxophone) play in the band […]

AKIPress refers to Russian news agency RIA Novosti that informs that the President Bakiev has made a statement that Kyrgyzstan will eventually insist that the United States removes its military airbase from the country.  American airbase at Manas airport is located about 30 kilometers east of the capital and has about 1000 American troops.  […]

Really sad to inform, but during the last month five Kyrgyzstani were murdered in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation. As Jamiyat notes in his post “Uzbeks most attacked in Russia”, Moscow and Saint-Petersburg do remain the major hotspots for hate crime. In the official note of the Kyrgyz Embassy in Russia to Russian Ministry of […]

Kyrgyzstan has stopped supplying electricity to Tajikistan, said Kyrgyz Minister of Energy and Industry Saparbek Balkibekov. During the meeting in Moscow in January 24, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Akil Akilov asked Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov to increase capacity of electricity supply to Tajikistan, informs CA-News Service.
Currently Tajikistan is in extremely critical situation with […]

BPC asked Tashboo Jumagulov, the chairman of the National Commission of state language, and the parliamentarian Zainidin Kurmanov to give their comments about the discussions in the parliament about switching the Kyrgyz alphabet from Cyrillic to Roman. The chairman of the national commission says that sooner or later Kyrgyzstan should be using Roman letters, […]

Happily, it came to my attention that a new blog about Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia more generally, Nomadistan, came online last week.
The Nomads (as I’m christening them) include locals and foreigners, who are united by their aim of providing
insightful, sometimes humorous, sometimes serious commentary on the past, present, and future of this fascinating country […]

Though Christmas celebrations ended more than a month ago worldwide, and Christmas themes are off the season, in Osh oblast of Kyrgyz Republic recently there was an event “Santa-Klaus in Aravan”, informs Ferghana.Akipress.KG. This event was organized by municipal authorities and one of local NGOs with entertainment shows and prize competitions.
It seems that Santa-Klaus […]