Kyrgyzstan News News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyzstan Government Advances Bill Calling for State Cryptocurrency Reserve
Deputies of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan have advanced a bill that, if signed into law by President Sadyr Japarov, would establish the foundations for developing a state cryptocurrency reserve, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Both sides in Kyrgyzstan fault government for failing to prevent violence
JALAL-ABAD, KYRGYZSTAN -- A month before the deadly ethnic clashes that devastated southern Kyrgyzstan last week, a mob loyal to the recently deposed president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, seized the ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyzstan: Reject Proposed Law on 'Extremist' Materials
(Berlin, October 2, 2024) – Kyrgyzstan's government has proposed problematic amendments to the criminal code and other legislative acts that would restore criminal charges for the mere possession of ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyz Media Under Increasing Pressure, But ‘Kloop Will Continue Its Work’
Last month, over the course of two days Kyrgyz authorities carried out raids on the homes and offices of more than dozen journalists in Bishkek, ultimately detaining 11 journalists associated with ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan set $200m trade target, sign major accords to deepen strategic ties
Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to raise bilateral trade from $16 million to $200 million within two years. PM Shehbaz Sharif and President Sadyr Japarov vowed to turn longstanding friendship into a ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyzstan: UNHCR thanks government for commitment to Uzbek asylum seekers
UNHCR is pleased that the Government of Kyrgyzstan has reiterated its commitment to honour its international agreement that bans the forcible return of asylum seekers who fled violence in neighbouring ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyzstan faces difficulties enforcing West's Russia sanctions
Experts say Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to enforce Western sanctions against companies supplying dual-use goods and equipment to Russia are constrained by opposition from business, limited bureaucratic ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Debt to China fuels anxiety in Kyrgyzstan
Previously deferred debt repayments to China are coming due in Kyrgyzstan, raising public concerns in the Central Asian country about deepening financial dependence on its powerful eastern neighbor.
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyzstan: Did Moscow Subvert a U.S. Ally?
Members of the besieged government of Kyrgyzstan suspect that Moscow precipitated the violent upheaval that has swept the former Soviet republic in Central Asia. Already scores of people have been ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyzstan: Forcible return of four Uzbeks violates government agreement
We have been shocked to discover that four men who fled Uzbekistan in the wake of the explosion of violence in Andijan on 13 May were returned against their will yesterday, Thursday, from Kyrgyzstan.
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: Kyrgyzstan detains Russian government agency worker accused of recruiting fighters for Ukraine war
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz security services have detained four people, including an employee of a Russian government agency, on suspicion of recruiting Kyrgyz citizens to fight in the Russian army, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Government: As the World Nomad Games Come Home, Japarov Expands Kyrgyzstan’s National Story
The opening of the games coincided with Kyrgyzstan’s 35th independence anniversary and a major Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.