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: Century-old watermill still operates in southern Kyrgyzstan
Tash village, Kadamjay district, Batken region, is still operating and has helped thousands of local residents produce flour over the years, Turmush reports ...
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: 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 ...