Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: Kyrgyzstan: Batken’s entrepreneurs struggle while officials weave lofty dreams
Adilet Adbuvaliyev’s industrial henhouse is perched on a scree-filled ledge above Kyrgyzstan’s most volatile spot. In the valley below, in a usually dormant corner of the Batken region, fighting ...
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: 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: Kyrgyzstan: A diary from Batken at a time of violence
Although Batken is a city on paper, you can count the number of streets on your fingers. In the past 20 years, only one new school has been built here, locals say. It is a small and sleepy corner of ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Region bordering Tajikistan to receive special status
The draft law on the status of the Batken Region says that the local government bodies will be given special powers to coordinate the activity of local institutions and cooperate with the law ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Culture: Nasvay Chewing Tobacco Poisons Kyrgyzstan
"We sow tobacco to make extra money" says Askarbek Duisheyev, a farmer in Kyrgyzstan's impoverished Batken province whose crops are used to produce nasvay chewing tobacco. The substance is cheaper ...