Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Phantom border ignites war! Nations clash over invisible line
TWO COUNTRIES FOUGHT OVER A LINE NOBODY HAD EVER FINISHED DRAWING. THEN THEY QUIETLY FINISHED IT. Most of us carry around a quiet assumption about borders, which is that somebody, at some point, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Agreement Hoped for in ‘Nearest Future’
Officials on both sides say they’ve agreed to 94 percent of the border and hope for an agreement soon. Kyrgyz and Tajik officials are hopeful of completing border negotiations in the next two to three ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: 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 » Government: 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 » Government: Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan's Border Agreement: Deal Of The Century?
While the world has been watching talks aimed at ending Russia’s three-year full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two Central Asian countries have been quietly working to consign a long and sometimes bloody ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Kyrgyz Authorities Shut Down 32 Mosques, 5 Religious Schools In Southern Batken Region
Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security (UKMK) said on October 10 that it had closed 32 mosques and five religious schools in the southern region of Batken as a result of a special ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Japan allocates USD 1 million to support vulnerable people in Batken and Osh following the border clashes
Bishkek – The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Kyrgyz Republic will receive USD 1 million from the Government of Japan to support ...