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“I do not believe” campaign to turn into nationwide youth movement

Posted by Asel | in Society, Opinion, Youth, Politics | on January 19th, 2008
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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 […]

Kyrgyzstan as a rehabilitation place for German teenagers

Posted by Asel | in Society, Opinion, Youth | on January 19th, 2008
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Centrasia informs that according to Deutsche Welle, German difficult teenagers are sent to Kyrgyzstan for rehabilitation in the framework of the project that was launched in 1998.
Frank Krenner, leader of the group of German scouts Frank Krenner was rafting along Irtysh river and an excellent idea to send difficult teenagers in remote villages of […]

10 Kyrgyz students to attend SCO youth camp

Posted by Asel | in International Relations, Education, Society, Youth | on January 13th, 2008
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The press-service of Ministry of Education and Science reported to AKIpress correspondent that the Minister of Education and Science of Ishengul Boljurova met with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yannian, during which China has invited 10 students from Kyrgyzstan to attend 10-day Shanghai Cooperation Youth Camp. They have also discussed the possibility to establish Confucius Institute […]

Protest campaign “I do not believe” goes on

Posted by Asel | in Human Rights, Protests, Youth, Politics | on December 21st, 2007
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Following on from Bektour’s recent post on the arrest of protesters against the results of elections, here’s an update on the protest campaign. Yesterday, the participants of the campaign “I do not believe!” were arrested again, since they were holding their campaign outside the Central Election Commission in protest against results of the elections, […]

Kyrgyzstani nominated for Grammy

Posted by Asel | in Music, Jazz, Youth | on December 15th, 2007
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Good news! Eldar Djangirov’s “re-imagination” recieves 2007 Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album! Eldar is a Kyrgyzstani guy who is only 20 years old, but he already achieved lots of success in the world of music.
According to the information from his website, Eldar’s path from Bishkek to the United States is the stuff of […]

Bishkek - is it the real face of Kyrgyzstan???

Posted by Aibeque | in Development, Opinion, Youth | on November 7th, 2007
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The rules of capitalism draw some paths which are followed by developing countries! It is not a secret that our economy tries to reach some higher level, and sure it does. However, unfortunately it involves the mistakes that could be avoided! The so-called mistakes are the problems arising from the steps the people, regardless […]

School Crimes

Posted by Asel | in City life, Crime, Society, Youth | on September 18th, 2007
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The number of video files showing the violence among teenagers in schools is growing. These video clips are recorded on mobile phones in schools and shared among pupils, and some can be watched on www.video.kg website, a YouTube analog in Kyrgyzstan. The school violence among teenagers, including boys and girls, has become a serious […]

What Columbia Pictures Doesn’t Present

Posted by Ivar Dale | in Media, Pop culture, Comment, Opinion, Youth | on August 28th, 2007
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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 […]

Youth protests against militia

Posted by Asel | in Militia, Events, Protests, Youth | on June 25th, 2007
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This is just a short addition to what guys were writing and talking about on Kyrgyz language blog. Indeed, Kyrgyz militia has been a serious issue which needs to be resolved on the state level. On 28th of June the youth of Issyk-Kul region intends to organize a protest against Kyrgyz militia’s actions. The protests […]

Bride kidnapping: old tradition or barbarianism?

Posted by Asel | in Tradition, Society, Opinion, Youth, Culture | on June 17th, 2007
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This is a translated excerpt of Amantur’s post from the Kyrgyz-language NewEurasia
Kyrgyz people have lots of traditions and each of them reflects somehow the life of every citizen. For instance, in childhood everyone celebrates ”beshik-toi” (upon birth), “sunnot-toi”, and then there are so many other occasions and parties to attend. Among these there is […]

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