Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Life: 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, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Life: Kyrgyzstan builds drinking water system in Batken region
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. Kyrgyzstan is constructing a drinking water supply system in Sabyrov village of the Leilek district in the Batken region. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Life: EBRD helps Kyrgyz city Batken make water and wastewater services safer
The FINANCIAL — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and international donors are continuing to upgrade water and wastewater services in the Kyrgyz Republic, thus improving ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Life: South Korean KOICA supports new fruit and vegetable logistics center in Batken, Kyrgyzstan
On August 29, a new cold storage and logistics center for fruits and vegetables opened in the village of Tort-Gul, Batken region, ahead of Kyrgyzstan's Independence Day. The event was attended online ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Life: 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 » Life: Batken region in Kyrgyzstan expands processing capacity with new facilities in 2025
In 2025, the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan expanded its processing capacity by launching new agri-food facilities, including processing units and cold storage sites. These projects aim to enhance ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Life: Labor Ministry proposes increasing benefits for victims of Aksy, 2010 and Batken events
The Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration of Kyrgyzstan has submitted for public discussion a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers to increase monthly benefits, compensations instea ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Life: 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 ...