The United States and European Union have expressed their deep concern about recent actions against independent media in Kyrgyzstan. This comes after 11 journalists were arrested earlier this week in a move international media watchdogs said was aimed at “intimidating and harassing” journalists to keep them from carrying out their work. On January 16, Kyrgyz
Eight international human rights groups have called on the Kyrgyz government to stop its crackdown on independent media after 11 journalists were detained in a move the watchdogs said was aimed at “intimidating and harassing” journalists to keep them from carrying out their work, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported. In a statement dated January 16, Civil Rights Defenders,
A day after searching the offices of the news website 24.kg, law enforcement officers in the Kyrgyz capital detained for questioning eight current and former members of the Temirov Live investigative group and the Ait Ait Dese project, as the government continues to pressure independent media, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported. Temirov Live’s founder, prominent investigative
On January 15, seven U.S. Peace Corps Response Eco-Tourism Volunteers arrived in Bishkek to help promote sustainable tourism in partnership with local non-profit Kyrgyz Community Based Tourism Association (KCBTA). After completing training, Response Volunteers will work with CBT partners to develop nature-based tours, assist in creating effective marketing strategies to attract domestic and international tourists,
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on January 12 approved $7 million in additional financing to the ongoing Digital Central Asia South Asia (Digital CASA) project for the Kyrgyz Republic. This additional financing complements the original $50 million Digital CASA–Kyrgyz Republic Project approved in March 2018 to support Kyrgyzstan’s digital transformation through increasing access to more
The “Work in the EAEU” mobile app, developed by the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Fund for Digital Initiatives, has incorporated public and commercial services for labour migrants in the Kyrgyz Republic. This development enables citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Tajikistan moving to work in the Kyrgyz Republic to access the services necessary for
In 2024, Kyrgyzstan must create at least 250 thousand jobs. This is one of the most important tasks of the Cabinet of Ministers for 2024, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic – Head of the Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Akylbek Japarov said at the Cabinet meeting
A delegation of the Bishkek municipality, led by Deputy Mayor Jyrgalbek Shamyraliev, visited the city of Changsha in China to get acquainted with the work of Hunan Junxin Environmental Protection Co Ltd, which built a large environmentally friendly waste incineration plant in this city, the press service of the Bishkek municipality said. In November 2023,
The European Union has transferred to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic EUR 3 million as the budget support in the field of digital transformation, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on January 11. The grant funds were allocated to promote the work of the Innovation Center of
An event in Bishkek marked the conclusion of the biodiversity conservation project in Western Tian Shan and launched a new initiative for integrated management of the valuable mountain ecosystems of Pamir-Alai. The event brought together representatives from Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Academy of Sciences,
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Kyrgyzstan from January-September 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 decreased by 31.7% and amounted to 654.6 million US dollars. At the same time, the inflow exceeded the outflow level by $404.4 million, according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Committee of Kyrgyzstan. From
Eccentric Kyrgyz opposition politician Arstanbek Abdyldaev has died while in a pretrial detention facility. Abdyldaev’s lawyer announced the news on January 5, after which prison authorities said Abdyldaev was found hanged in a jail cell. The State Penitentiary Service later said that Arstanbek Abdyldaev committed suicide. Abdyldaev was detained on December 15 on suspicion of
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will launch joint manufacturing of 12 models of motor vehicles in 2024, the Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic, Daniyar Amangeldiev told a news conference in Bishkek late in December. The Minister said that a joint car assembly plant is being prepared for commissioning, adding that the joint project
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov on December 30 signed the Decree “On recognizing the snow leopard as a national symbol of the Kyrgyz Republic,” the presidential press service said. The snow leopard has the status of a rare or endangered species in 12 countries. This animal is an indicator of the stability and health of the
As of the end of October 2023, the public debt of Kyrgyzstan (external and internal) amounted to $6.590 billion or 57.82 percent of the country’s GDP, said the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance, providing the latest statistics on the country’s debt. The amount includes $4.482 billion of external debt and $1.518 billion of internal debt. More than half (52.4 percent) of the
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov signed a bill amending the national flag on December 22, two days after lawmakers approved it in a final reading. The lawmakers have said the wavy yellow rays of a sun on a red field of the old flag resembled a sunflower. The Kyrgyz word for sunflower is “kunkarama,” but it
On December 19, Akylbek Japarov, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and Head of the Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, received representatives of the Russian company Unigreen Energy. The parties discussed the implementation of a project for the construction of a solar power plant with a capacity
Two dozen Kyrgyz politicians, journalists, and activists on trial over protests against a Kyrgyz-Uzbek border deal have rejected President Sadyr Japarov’s allegation that an organizer of the protests “received money from the ambassador” of an unnamed country, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported. The activists said in a December 19 statement on Facebook that they demanded evidence proving that
