This weekend, Kyrgyzstan’s voters filed into polling stations to vote simultaneously for local legislatures and in a referendum on proposed changes to the constitution. Despite an incredibly low …
Kyrgyzstan approves constitution boosting president’s power
MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan’s national elections commission says voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that substantially increases the president’s powers. The commission said results …
Kyrgyzstan likely to support switch to presidential rule in referendum
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Voters in Kyrgyzstan are likely to support handing greater powers to the presidency in a referendum on Sunday, given high public trust in President Sadyr Japarov, a populist …
Kyrgyzstan votes on constitution boosting president’s powers
Voters in Kyrgyzstan will be casting ballots on whether to approve a new constitution that would substantially increase the president’s powers …
‘Bride kidnapping’ victim, 27, is dragged into a car so she could be forcibly married in Kyrgyzstan – and ends up murdered after trying to fight free
This is the horrifying moment a young woman was ambushed by three men on her way home from work and shoved into a car in Kyrgyzstan – hours before she was found murdered in a case of ‘bride kidnapping …
Settling Central Asia’s Borders Is No Easy Task
Shortly after declaring that the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border issues were resolved “100 percent,” the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiev changed his tune, underscoring …
Improving the Legal Environment for Business in Central Asia
the legal and regulatory frameworks for business and investment in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The project report, discussed at a ministerial meeting in September …
Improving the Legal Environment for Business in Central Asia
the legal and regulatory frameworks for business and investment in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The project report, discussed at a ministerial meeting in September …
Kyrgyzstan: Fury over death of ‘bride kidnapping’ victim
Angry protests have broken out in Kyrgyzstan after a woman was abducted and killed in a case of “bride kidnapping”. Aizada Kanatbekova, 27, was snatched on Monday by three men who pushed her into a …
Protests break out after murder of kidnapped woman in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Hundreds of people rallied in front of Kyrgyzstan’s interior ministry on Thursday to demand the resignation of its leadership for what they called police inaction over the murder …