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Nooruz as a National holiday

Posted by Asel | in Tradition, Society | on March 21st, 2008
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Like all other Central Asian cultures, Kyrgyz culture is also known for such holiday like Nooruz. It means new year and it is one of the most spitired and important Kyrgyz holiday. It unites people at the central Square of capital Bishkek where people walk, eat, play, talk and enjoy their time. They can also […]

Click on Pic: Sary-Chelek and Ala-Kul

Posted by Asel | in Click on Pic | on March 20th, 2008
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One of the most beautiful places of Kyrgyzstan.

Sary-Chelek

Ala-Kul

Cost of Kyrgyz traditional rituals

Posted by Asel | in Tradition, Society, Culture | on March 20th, 2008
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Kyrgyz people are known for their strong cultural attachment for holding feasts, celebrations, weddings, anniversaries and so on. Usually hundreds of people are invited to this kind of celebrations and these massive gatherings have become a part of cultural tradition of Kyrgyz people.
An interesting study called “Cost of Traditions” has been conducted by the Institute […]

Click on Pic: Hotel “Kyrgyzstan”

Posted by Asel | in Click on Pic | on March 16th, 2008
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Some of you know the five-star hotel Hyatt Regency Hotel located on the main central street of Bishkek. During Soviet times, it used to be hotel “Kyrgyzstan”, one of the biggest and best hotels of that time. The first bar of Kyrgyzstan was opened at “Kyrgyzstan”.
Photo is taken from diesel.elcat.kg

Kyrgyzstan has become an MCC client

Posted by Asel | in Law and justice, Civil society, NGOs | on March 15th, 2008
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There was a lot of talking about Kyrgyzstan entering the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program, and finally, USA and Kyrgyzstan signed the agreement on Millennium Challenge Threshold Program. The document was signed between at the White House in Bishkek, informs the official website of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. This program with $16 million budget […]

Ban on alcohol and tobacco advertising

Posted by Ayan Dane | in Parliament, Society, Opinion | on March 14th, 2008
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Galina Kulikova, the Vice Chief of the parliamentary committee for education, science, culture and information policy intends to initiate the draft law according to which alcohol and tobacco advertising on television, radio and billboards will be banned, informs AKIpress.
She believes that it is crucial to ban alcohol and tobacco advertising. Teachers and parents are […]

Kyrgyzstan ignores Taiwan

Posted by Akbalta | in International Relations, Comment, Politics | on March 9th, 2008
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Since Taiwan plans to hold referendum on entering the United Nations Organization, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyz Republic informs that it does not recognize Taiwan as independent country, only as a part of China, informs KABAR. It seems that the MFA of Kyrgyzstan is too quick and clumsy in showing its support […]

New collection from Dilbar

Posted by Asel | in Click on Pic | on March 6th, 2008
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A new collection from Dilbar, which was recognized as the most elegant on Kazakhstan Fashion Week (Photos by Akipress).

From Kant to Manchester

Posted by Asel | in Sport | on March 5th, 2008
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SPORT.KG informs that Manchester Futsal Club is interested in transferring a young player from Kyrgyzstan. His name is Azat Sakebaev, former player of “Abdysh-Ata” and son of the owner of this club. Azat played several seasons in Kyrgyzstan and now studies in UK. However, according to Wikipedia article on Manchester Futsal Club, he is already […]

Kyrgyzstan, commodities market and WTO

Posted by Asel | in Economics | on March 2nd, 2008
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Kyrgyzstan became a member of World Trade Organization in December 1998, almost ten years ago, and since then the country did not get any visible benefits from it. Moreover, WTO membership can negatively impact the economic situation in Kyrgyzstan. Neighbor country, Kazakhstan, had decided to impose export tariffs for grain, which caused the substantial […]

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