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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 […]

GPS for refuse trucks

Posted by Akbalta | in ICT, City life | on February 8th, 2008
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Bishkek city authorities have decided to install GPS navigation systems on refuse trucks in one of the districts of the capital. As 24.kg informs, this pilot project is being implemented for controlling the routes of refuse trucks and their schedules, and preventing the theft of gasoline by drivers. A representative of the city administration […]

Macs in Bishkek

Posted by Akbalta | in ICT, Business | on January 29th, 2008
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Cnews.KZ reports with a reference to ITDay, a new MacCentre will be opened in Bishkek in February 2008. In this centre visitors will be able to learn and use Apple products before they buy. The centre staff, who will be trained in Apple in Russia, will be helping customers in choosing Appple products. Goods […]

Road accident with shooting in Bishkek

Posted by Akbalta | in City life, Crime | on January 24th, 2008
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Almost all people in former soviet cities know and use the services of public transportation of minibuses known as “marshrutka”. In Bishkek it has become a big headache for everyone, including other drivers, traffic inspection, urban authorities, and etc. In Internet, especially in RU-zone, one can find quite a few jokes about marshrutka. Nevertheless, […]

Sergey Bodrov visit to Bishkek

Posted by Akbalta | in Pop culture, City life, Culture | on October 20th, 2007
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Sergey Bodrov Senior, a famous Russian film director, visited Kyrgyzstan for the presentation of his movie “Mongol”, which took place in newly restored movie theatre “Ala-Too” on October 19, says 24.kg. Bodrov said that he was happy to visit Kyrgyzstan again, and he would love to make joint projects with Kyrgyz movie makers in […]

Celtic Tiger model for Kyrgyzstan?

Posted by Akbalta | in Opinion, Economics, Politics | on September 9th, 2007
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Ireland was one of the poorest countries in Western Europe, a small country with scarce natural resources and with a lot of economic problems. The government regulation of economy was very tight, one seventh of its population left the country. It seems like it was experiencing the same problems which now Kyrgyzstan is facing. […]

A chance to our kids

Posted by Akbalta | in Education, Society, Opinion | on August 21st, 2007

Adults are too busy with everyday life to spend more attention to the education of their children. Some of parents do care, they spend good amount of money for private schools and teachers. The government employees are lack of motivation to make changes in school education. With small salaries, bureaucratic way of doing business, […]

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