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Kyrgyz Sportsmen Arrived in Beijing

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in Sport | on July 31st, 2008
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First Kyrgyzstan delegation arrived in Beijing (China) last night, press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
The Kyrgyz swimming champions Yury Zakharov and Vasily Danilov are among the first delegates. The swimmers are going to try luck in the 200/400m complex style and 50m freestyle.
Members of the Beijing Olympics Organizational Committee met […]

Bakiev Met the Chinese Mass Media

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in Sport | on July 29th, 2008
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On the eve of opening the Olympic Games in Beijing and the SCO Summit in Dushanbe, President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev received mass media representatives of the People’s Republic of China, the presidential press service reported.
K.Bakiev answered journalists’ questions regarding the XXIX Summer Olympic Games, which will take place in Beijing, and the participation […]

Russia Will Invest in the Development of Central Asian Railways

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in International Relations, Development, Economics | on July 28th, 2008
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Russian Railways OJSC will invest 112 billion roubles (more than 4 billion USD) in the development of infrastructure to increase the volume of transportation with Central Asian countries. According to the news agency “Kabar”, Russian Railways OJSC President Vladimir Yakunin told this at a meeting of heads of railways of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, […]

AUCA SRC: Modernization of Islamic Education Institutions in Kyrgyzstan

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in Education, Society, Research, Announcements | on July 24th, 2008
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AUCA’s Social Research Center (SRC) presented the results of the two-month research project entitled “Modernization of Islamic Education Institutions in Kyrgyzstan”. According to the press-release of AUCA, this research project that was initiated and financed by the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia in Bishkekfocused on exploring attitudes among Bishkek residents toward Islamic education institutions. […]

Farewell to the Famous Kyrgyz Composer Took Place in Bishkek

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in City life, Events, Culture | on July 23rd, 2008
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The civic funeral rites of prominent composer and band-master of Kyrgyzstan Asanhan Dzhumahmatov took place in Bishkek. It was attended by members of the government, deputies of Jogorku Kenesh (parliament), minister of culture and information Sultan Raev, minister of education and science Ishengul Boldzhurova, first deputy prime minister Iskenderbl Aidaraliev, and art workers.
Asanhan Dzhumahmatov […]

III International Festival OIMO-2008 Will Start Soon

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in Art, Announcements | on July 22nd, 2008
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III International Festival OIMO-2008 will start in Bishkek on July 26, reports Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
The program on supporting art and culture of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation supports the festival for the third year, financing expenditures on cultural program. The festival’s goal is to promote Kyrgyzstan as regional area […]

Bakiev Wants to Help the Kyrgyz Olympians

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in Sport | on July 22nd, 2008
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On Monday president of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev held a traditional work meeting with the heads of administration’s departments of his administration led by its chief Medet Sadyrkylov, reports news agency “Kabar”.
Bakiev said that he was going to meet with sportsmen, who would represent Kyrgyzstan at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Lately, much attention has […]

Kyrgyz Pupils Took Part in Festival of National Cultures in Moscow

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in International Relations, Events, Conferences, seminars | on July 19th, 2008
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The Kyrgyz Embassy in Russia took part in the festival of national cultures with the participation of pupils-winners of school olympiads from CIS countries. Representatives of Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Egypt, India, Italia, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, USA, Syria, Turkey, Finland, France, Czechia and Sweden also took part in the festival.
After the end of the solemn […]

Bakiev Met Medvedev

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in International Relations, Politics | on July 18th, 2008
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Presidents of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev discussed preparations for the upcoming CIS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits at their meeting in Moscow on Wednesday.
Dmitriy Medvedev stressed that he meets the Kyrgyz counterpart fairly often, and “this is a sign of high interaction between the two countries”.
He said the meeting was connected […]

Social Fund Needs to Increase Pensions Minimum

Posted by Elena Skochilo | in Economics | on July 15th, 2008
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President Kurmanbek Bakiev received chairman of the country’s social fund Marat Sultanov, the presidential press service reported.
Marat Sultanov informed Bakiev about the social fund’s accepting measures in order to implement tasks that set by the country’s president. He said that it is started preparations to switch to cumulative pension system.
Pensions have increased by 11.4% […]

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