What do Brazil, Morocco, a TV show (allegedly) about cloning, and veiling in a Kyrgyz village have in common? Quite a lot, apparently.
Julie McBrien recently wrote a very interesting article in the ISIM Review making such a connection. She argues that a Brazilian soap opera (”El Clon”) about a love affair between […]

Sad news. Alisher Saipov, a famous journalist based in Osh city, southern Kyrgyzstan, is killed! He was shot three times from a gun, either a pistol or submachine gun. According to Ferghana.ru News Agency, where Alisher Saipov had worked for many year, the murder happened today, October 24, at about 19:30 next to the […]

The official Kyrgyzstan Football Federation website announced that the Kyrgyzstan national football team had no sufficient financial recourses and could not afford going overseas to play in qualifying games for the World Cup 2010. The financial help is wanted the bank account number is published, where money can be transferred. These news were […]

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 […]

Do we have a public television in Kyrgyzstan? This question was the main in the agenda during the media forum named “Reforming the sector of mass media in Kyrgyzstan”.( more information in the event and organizations involved is here).
This forum that was staged in the Ak Keme hotel on June 6th gathered media professionals […]