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 […]

Yesterday, one of my friends asked me:”Why do people become more interested in a person after his death???” I did not answer immediately; firstly, I reflected on his question, and many answers penetrated my mind. The only sensible reason was an absence!!! When you are away from someone, you miss him; so simple, but […]

Kyrgyz parliament approved the project of the resolution about an establishment of a Memorial Day for victims of the tragic events of 1916 . It is supposed that the Memorial Day will be held yearly on the first Friday of August.
“This day is necessary to restore historical justice regarding the victims of the […]

A women’s discussion political club is going to submit for
consideration in parliament the question of legalization of commercial
sex.
“We’ve met with the leaders of the parliament factions. The
leader of the Social-democratic party of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Beshimov
told us about his willingness to examine this question”, told Kalicha
Umuralieva, the leader of the women’s club.
Galina Kulikova, a deputy […]

Galina Kulikova, the Vice Chief of the parliamentary committee for education, science, culture and information policy intends to initiate the draft law according to which alcohol and tobacco advertising on television, radio and billboards will be banned, informs AKIpress.
She believes that it is crucial to ban alcohol and tobacco advertising. Teachers and parents are […]

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, […]

Though Christmas celebrations ended more than a month ago worldwide, and Christmas themes are off the season, in Osh oblast of Kyrgyz Republic recently there was an event “Santa-Klaus in Aravan”, informs Ferghana.Akipress.KG. This event was organized by municipal authorities and one of local NGOs with entertainment shows and prize competitions.
It seems that Santa-Klaus […]

Kyrgyz state authorities have decided to set and apply quota for foreign people wishing to apply for residence permit, informs 24.kg. 2000 foreigners may exercise their rights this year, reported the Parliament’s press-office. First of all, the quota will include ethnic Kyrgyz, their relatives, children and spouses. The quota will also include scientific and […]

Tolekan Ismailova, head of the human rights organization “Citizens Against Corruption” states that the number of illegal arrests and detentions have rapidly increased in Bishkek lately. Human rights activists decided to make several visits to the police temporary detention center in Bishkek under the assistance of the Human Rights Commission under Kyrgyz President.
The conditions […]

Young people of “I do not believe” campaign decided to hold a wide-scaled campaign and create a powerful nation-wide youth movement. About 70 university students, ex-Foreing Minister Alikbek Jekshenkulov, ex-MP Temir Sariev, human rights activist Aziza Abdirasulova took part in the meeting during which they discussed the agenda of the campaign, informs AKIpress. They […]