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 […]
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, […]
As regular readers may have noted, posts concerned with matters such as HIV/AIDs, bride kidnapping, polygamy and sexual minorities have often provoked strong views both in support of the authors’ opinions and against them.
For the vast majority of the time I’m of the opinion that debate - even when opposing views cannot be reconciled […]
A post for those who happened to be somewhere in the former Soviet Union in December 2006 - and for those who are easily moved by the Ghost of Pop Hits Past…
If there is one name more often on Kyrgyz lips than the names of former and current presidents Akayev and Bakiyev, it has to […]
Speculation over the state of relations between the Kyrgyz and American governments is nothing new in the media, especially where the US Ganci airbase at Bishkek’s Manas International Airport is concerned.
What is unusual, however, is for one of the more well-known sources of news and analysis, in this case The Jamestown Foundation, to get […]
The blog In From the Cold has a post about Jill Metzger, who was the US Air Force Major who “disappeared” in Bishkek back in September of last year. The incident caused a fair amount of consternation, even more speculation about what exactly happened, and is still formally under investigation. Most recently, Major Metzger’s […]
Last week, information was distributed on the KelKel Yahoo mailing list about the forthcoming continuation of the trial of several of human rights activists including Valentina Gritsenko from the Oblast Human Rights Organisation Spravedlivost (”Justice”).
In light of the fact that the Kyrgyz government under Akaev was quick to use libel laws to silence opposition, […]
RIA Novosti reports that the controversy that has surrounded the Jerooy gold mine for the last year or so following the Kyrgyz government’s decision to recisind Oxus Gold’s licence in January 2006 is far from over.
It is reported that 800 people stormed the mine yesterday (May 16) demanding that it be closed in […]
This is a translation of Mirulzhan’s post from the Russian version of neweurasia.
The day started as usually, though the opposition leaders claimed that there will be the change of the regime, for the second time. A little bit more than 3.000 people, more than I wrote before, came to the protests. The lunch […]
Editor’s Note: What follows is part of a cross-blog survey that sheds light on the rich ethnic tapestry of Central Asia.
Prior to the events of March 2005, Kyrgyzstan was probably best known for the fact that representatives of more than 80 ethnic groups reside within its borders and a key slogan under Akaev was […]
