Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: Kyrgyz Ministry of Culture seeks closure of independent Radio Azattyk
The ministry is seeking to shut down 'Radio Azattyk' because of a 2022 video report about clashes on the Kyrgyz/Tajik border in the Batken region. The media outlet's websites have been blocked since ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: Debate Over Kyrgyzstan’s New Flag Overshadows Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Negotiations
Kyrgyzstan is considering changing its more than 30-year-old flag. “I support the idea,” said President Sadyr Japarov. “Our flag looks likes a sunflower; with this the country cannot rise from its ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic Tajiks uneasy after border conflict
On a typical Friday afternoon, worshippers flock to the central mosque in Uch-Korgon, in south Kyrgyzstan, to listen to Junaidillo hajji, a lean and soft-spoken 57-year-old carpenter-turned-imam whose ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: IDA Helps the Kyrgyz Republic’s Batken Rebuild after Conflict
Following conflict along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in September 2022, the World Bank's IDA has helped rebuild and repair schools, kindergartens, and healthcare facilities that were damaged or destroyed ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: A Precarious Mountain Pass Is Bringing New Life To A Kyrgyz Village
In Kyrgyzstan's remote Batken region, locals say people and horses have fallen to their deaths while traversing the only road to the village of Zardaly. Now that road is being expanded and reinforced, ...