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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 15, 2018
Some in the Kyrgyz parliament called for swift punishment of the instigators who were orchestrating the protests against G.L. Makmal Developing. Lawmaker Aitmamat Nazarov from the Kyrgyzstan faction in parliament criticized the central government's inaction regarding the "needs of the people" duringÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 15, 2018
From Bishkek, well-known political activist and former government official Edil Baisalov took part. From the United States, we were joined by Erica Marat, associate professor and director of the Homeland Defense Fellowship Program at the College of International Security Affairs at the National DefenseÃâà...
Cointelegraph
April 14, 2018
The Russian National Intellectual Property Transactions Coordination Center (IPChain) will digitize patent records and create a Blockchain-based database for the State Patent Office of Kyrgyzstan (KyrgyzPatent), news outlet TASS reported April 12. Andrey Krichevsky, president of the IPChain association,Ãâà...
ETHNews
April 14, 2018
A Russian non-profit has signed an agreement stating that it will build a blockchain database to house the “patent archives” of Kyrgyzstan's patent office. Russia's IPChain Association has signed an agreement with representatives of the Kyrgyz government to digitize the archives of Kyrgyzstan's patent officeÃâà...
EURACTIV
April 13, 2018
Freedom House is a US-based government-sponsored NGO which evaluates the quality of democracy in the countries of Eastern Europe,. The country report on Kyrgyzstan says that the peaceful transition of power through elections could not disguise serious problems in the quality of political competition,Ãâà...
BTCMANAGER
April 13, 2018
The government could also move to digitize its records using the ledger and make use of the technology to improve transparency in public tenders. The study observed that the government wants to make Kyrgyzstan a hub for offering investment services related to cryptocurrencies simply by providing aÃâà...
bne IntelliNews
April 9, 2018
Kyrgyzstan's government has decided to privatise the Fund for State Property Management-owned Air Kyrgyzstan. The authorities hope to sell a 51% stake in the flag carrier to a private investor. This is not the first time the Kyrgyz government has planned to offer a stake in Air Kyrgyzstan. In June 2016, theÃâà...
Times of Central Asia
March 31, 2018
BISHKEK (TCA) — In Kyrgyzstan, the Parliament, media and the public are increasingly discussing the possible resignation of the Government of Prime Minister Sapar Isakov. Attempts to change the cabinet are usually strengthened in the spring, political analysts say. At the parliamentary session on MarchÃâà...
TASS
March 30, 2018
MOSCOW, March 30. /TASS/. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed the decree to approve a draft program for economic cooperation between the governments of the Russian Federation and Kyrgyzstan in 2018-2021, a respective document was released on the government's website on Friday.
Reliefweb
March 29, 2018
A programme that helps rural women in Kyrgyzstan gain access to new economic opportunities has received significant financial support from the Swedish government. The USD 5 million contribution from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will help expand the the JointÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 29, 2018
Babanov left Kyrgyzstan soon after the election as it became evident that the government intended to penalize him for his political activity. The businessmen insisted though that his departure was motivated by his need for medical treatment. While appearing to play down the prospect of a showdown withÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 16, 2018
Four Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – have argued over their water resources since the collapse of the Soviet ... Kyrgyzstan especially stands to benefit, as cross-border conflict with Uzbekistan has in the past undermined the credibility of the central government.
EurasiaNet
March 16, 2018
“The Kyrgyz Republic has increasingly aligned its interests with Russia and China,” Votel testified, citing the closure of the US air force base in Manas in 2014 and the subsequent breakdown of US-Kyrgyzstan military ties. Votel laid the blame with Kyrgyzstan's government: “Despite the Kyrgyz armed forces'Ãâà...
Times of Central Asia
March 15, 2018
BISHKEK (TCA) — Supporting the Kyrgyzstan government's pursuit to unleash the country's export potential, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conducted a one-day workshop on March 14 in Bishkek to discuss with participants how to diversify agrifood exports and to enter the European andÃâà...
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
March 15, 2018
Freelance journalist Elnura Alkanova, who published an investigative report into alleged government corruption, is also under a travel ban after a court charged her last month with seeking and disclosing confidential commercial information, according to CPJ. Other journalists, including freelance reporterÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 15, 2018
"While Kyrgyzstan has generally been a rare positive example in a region where autocracy has been the rule, recent developments threaten to send the ... commercial information following the publication late last year of an investigative report about the sale of government property in the capital, Bishkek.
IFEX
March 14, 2018
While Kyrgyzstan has generally been a rare positive example in a region where autocracy has been the rule, recent developments threaten to send the country down a similarly repressive path. When small media outlets are forced to shut down due to lawsuits by government officials, this significantlyÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 8, 2018
Karimov strongly supported the Tajik government in its fight against opposition forces dominated by the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). In September 1992, Karimov sent a message to a World Forum of Tajiks meeting in Dushanbe asserting that "close ties between Uzbeks and Tajiks basedÃâà...
Modern Diplomacy
March 8, 2018
The visit served to strengthen consultations with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in the context of the Programme for Country Partnership (PCP) for Kyrgyzstan. The PCP is a multi-stakeholder partnership model developed by UNIDO to underpin national industrial development strategies.
The Diplomat
March 8, 2018
“The IBAHRI calls on the government of Kyrgyzstan to take all possible measures to ensure that lawyers can carry out their legitimate professional activities without fear of intimidation, harassment or interference, in accordance with international human rights standards,” said IBAHRI Co-Chair AmbassadorÃâà...
SAMAA TV News Pakistan
March 7, 2018
The minister also thanked government of Kyrgyzstan for the provision of secretariat for snow leopard protection and hosting meetings several times. Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change Ms. Romina Khursheed Alam emphasized the rapid progress of wildlife conservation policy, strengthening ofÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 7, 2018
Several top positions in government are still held by Atambayev loyalists. There is Prime Minister Sapar Isakov, whom Atambayev considered his right-hand man, General Prosecutor Indira Djoldubayeva and the head of the State Committee for National Security, Adil Segizbayev. Kyrgyzstan's most recentÃâà...
Telecompaper
March 7, 2018
The Kyrgyzstan Presidency has dismissed Nurbek Abaskanov from the position of chairman of the State ICT Committee, reports Tazabek. Kyrgyzstan President Soorbonay Zheenbekov took the decision on the basis of a recommendation from the government. The dismissal followed the investigation ofÃâà...
Times of Central Asia
March 7, 2018
The Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has allocated more than CHF 4.3 million (about 300 million ... The first phase of the project, which will last until 2022, will be implemented in the Chui, Issyk-Kul, Naryn and Talas provinces of Kyrgyzstan.
EurasiaNet
March 7, 2018
When Sattylyk first arrived in Boz Beshik, a little village poised scenically on the southern shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, the residents were delighted. .... Dinara Nazarkulova, a rights activist, said that the government needs to pay closer attention to the registration of these companies.
HelpAge International (blog)
March 7, 2018
We have raised the issues of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) at the grassroots level and the development of programmes that benefit older people. As a result, the Kyrgyzstan Government adopted a joint course of action on MIPAA in cooperation with AgeNetÃâà...
AzerNews
March 6, 2018
Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov discussed the situation on the state border, as well as the work done on improvement of the border checkpoints, with Chairman of the Kyrgyz State Border Service Ularbek Sharsheyev and special envoy of government on border delimitation issues KurbanbayÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 6, 2018
Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov discussed the situation on the state border, as well as the work done on improvement of the border checkpoints, with Chairman of the Kyrgyz State Border Service Ularbek Sharsheyev and special envoy of government on border delimitation issues KurbanbayÃâà...
Times of Central Asia
March 1, 2018
BISHKEK (TCA) — There are signs that Kyrgyzstan's president has begun to get rid of the political legacy of his predecessor, with the strained relations with neighboring Kazakhstan being a difficult issue on Bishkek's foreign-policy agenda. We are republishing this article on the issue by Farkhad Sharip,Ãâà...
AroundtheO
February 27, 2018
Using their expertise in archaeology and forensics, they're about to launch a new field school program in the high steppes of Kyrgyzstan that will help the local government piece together the ancestral origins of the country and its people. McLaughlin and O'Grady, who both are affiliated with the Museum ofÃâà...
AzerNews
February 23, 2018
The main goal of the Government of Kyrgyzstan for 2018 will be to maintain macroeconomic stability, this was stated by Prime Minister Sapar Isakov at Governmental meeting, Kabar reports. He stressed that another important goal for 2018 is competitiveness. "The priority task is the implementation of FortyÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 14, 2018
However, BTA Bank complained to EKKKMK that bank documents containing "commercial secrets" were used in Alkanova's report, and the journalist was ordered not to leave Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz government then asked Alkanova's employer, Moscow-based online news agency Fergana.ru, to publiclyÃâà...
AzerNews
December 31, 1999
In particular, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey and the Investment Promotion and Protection Agency of Kyrgyzstan, the Agreement on Cooperation in Physical Culture and Sport between the Government of Kyrgyzstan and theÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
December 31, 1999
The security forces of Kazakhstan carried out a special operation on February 16, and detained 29 members of a criminal gang, which included customs officials as well as law enforcement officers. Among those arrested was Damirbek Asylbek ulu, a deputy of the parliament of neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
