There is a book by Mark Twain, “What is a man.” Also the book,” It is hard to find the man,” by some other author, but I haven’t yet encountered a book saying, ‘what is a woman’ or something with similar idea. But I would like to make […]
Director of TENGRI, the first French feature film made in Kyrgyzstan, talks about Tengirism, complex gender relationships, and the Mongolian coat of arm of her grandfather.
Q: Why TENGRI?
A: TENGRI, because this is the divinity of the nomads and close to what I feel concerning the religions in general. I’m not a religious person […]
Kyrgyz parliament approved the new edition of orthography on 26th June, and Kyrgyzstan, starting from today, begins to work on new rules of spelling.
The Kyrgyz language’s orthography was changed in 2002 for the last time, when it was decided to write the names of regions in one word – Issykkul, Jalalabad, Karakol.
Specially set up […]
Every fifth resident of Kyrgyzstan wants to change the place of residence, Washington Profile cited survey outcomes held by Gallup sociological service.
Gallup conducted the survey in 82 states worldwide to estimate the actual number of people ready to immigrate abroad. Among the post-Soviet countries, the most active immigrants live in Moldova (34 percent of […]
Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha told reporters about his working visit to Kyrgyzstan at a press conference at the “Kabar” News Agency
N.Bordyuzha, within the framework of his visit, met with Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev and chiefs of the country’s security agencies, telling about the organization’s works and […]
A meeting of SCO Culture Ministers will be held on June 24-25 and SCO Culture Ministers will discuss the condition and perspectives of cultural exchanges and other issues of mutual interest, news agency Kabar reported.
“One of the important tasks of this meeting is development of multilateral and bilateral cultural relations in frames of the […]
Degradation of Academic Degrees in the former Soviet Republics
The situation with granting the graduate degrees of Kandidat nauk/Doctor Nauk has approached a critical moment all over the former Soviet Republics, especcially in Russa, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
While the content and style are still the same as it was […]
The embassies of Germany and France in Bishkek jointly with Kyrgyzstan’s cinematographers’ union will organize a joint film festival between June 23 and 29 in Bishkek, news agency “Kabar” reported.
Residents and guests of the city could watch the latest German and French films and new Kyrgyz short-length film free of charge during the week.
The […]
George Krol, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia and Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs told in Bishkek that he hopes for fruitful and useful meetings with Kyrgyzstan’s leadership, news agency “Kabar” reported.
According to the information of the US Embassy in Bishkek, he refuted rumours of some mass media […]
Kyrgyzstan will be represented by 20 sportsmen at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Director of the state agency on physical training and sport, youth affairs and protection of children Alexander Voinov told reporters at a press conference at the “Kabar” News Agency.
Kyrgyz sportsmen had won 11 gold, 17 silver and 22 bronze medals at various […]
