Tajiks, Kyrgyz Contend With Frontier Issues
Region: TajikistanRecent clash shows how niggling resentments can suddenly explode. By Altynai Myrzabekova, Nargis Hamrabaeva - Central Asia ... more
Views: 164Kyrgyzstan's Chechens Express Dismay and Disbelief
Region: KyrgyzstanResidents of Tsarnaev family’s home town say it’s wrong to hang blame on entire ethnic group. By Altynai Myrzabekova Zina Abdullaeva is a talkative, e... more
Views: 669Disenfranchised Youth Exploited By Kyrgyz Elites
Region: Kyrgyzstan
Political classes mobilize young people for their own ends. By Pavel Dyatlenko The weakness of central government in Kyrgyzstan has encouraged the growth of amorphous youth movements which ar... more
Views: 849Kyrgyzstan Government Authority Undermined By Opposition
Region: KyrgyzstanCentral authorities weak, vulnerable and barely able to manage provincial politics. By Timur Toktonaliev Kyrgyzstan’s recent history of springtime revolts, which... more
Views: 1002Kyrgyz Women Take to Hijab
Region: KazakhstanIslamic dress becomes more popular in previously secular urban communities. By Asyl Osmonalieva For the last six months, 17 year-old Zarina Barinova has worn a Muslim-... more
Views: 1169Remaking Life in South Kyrgyzstan
Region: Kyrgyzstan
Eight months after their lives were torn apart by ethnic violence, people in and around Osh and Jalalabad in southern Kyrgyzstan are still struggling with the practicalities of rebuilding their homes as well as with the ps... more
Views: 1212Cumpulsory Anthem Law Hits Wrong Note in Kyrgyzstan
Region: KyrgyzstanBy Anara Yusupova in Bishkek (RCA No. 592, 16-Oct-09) New legislation initiative making it compulsory for Kyrgyz citizens to stand and sing the national anthem whenever it is played has received an unenthusiastic resp... more
Views: 1482Ambassadors of Tajikistan,Kyrgyzstan dwelt on historic & close ties between India & Central Asia
Region: India
Srinagar, August 17 (Vijay Kumar) - The Ambassadors of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in India, Saidbeg Saidbov and Ms. Irina Orolbaeva, called on the Governor, N. N. Vohra, in Srinagar the summer cap... more
Views: 1190Kyrgyz Clean Water Project Under Scrutiny
Region: Kyrgyzstan
Critics highlight flaws in major project to provide drinking water in rural areas, but public reluctance to pay for upkeep is part of the problem. By Elina Karakulova in Bishkek A shortage of clean drinking water in Kyrg... more
Views: 1570Kyrgyzstan: Fed Up With Protests?
Region: Kyrgyzstan
by Asel Kyrgyz bloggers have been actively elaborating on the Kyrgyz government's initiative to make March 24 - the day of popular uprising in 2005 - a national holiday. The amendment was made to the Kyrgyz Labor Code, ac... more
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