Unicef (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, USA, 10 October 2008 – Five days after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the town of Nura in the Alai Rayon region of southern Kyrgyzstan, UNICEF, its partners and the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working around the clock to provide relief to quake victims.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A EURASIANET PHOTO ESSAY: TEXT BY DEIRDRE TYNAN; PHOTOS BY DAVID TRILLING Bishkek is transforming itself into summit central. In addition to a gathering of Commonwealth of Independent States leaders, members of Eurasian Economic Community will hold a conclave in the Kyrgyz capital on October 10. And on the same day, the heads of Central Asia’s five states will hold a sit-down.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The Russian president said Thursday that he sees positive dynamics in relations with Kyrgyzstan, including in the energy sector, as bilateral trade between the countries increased by some 60% year on year.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday for talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and to take part in meetings of CIS and Eurasec leaders, the Kremlin said.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday his country has finished implementing its terms of the cease-fire agreement with Georgia. Medvedev said in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, that Russian leaders have done all that was expected of us, we have fulfilled all the commitments we undertook, RIA Novosti reported Friday. Russia told the European Union Thursday that all...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) pose for the family photo in Bishkek yesterday. The leaders of the former Soviet states wrapped up talks hailed by the Kyrgyz hosts as boosting cooperation but...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
MOSCOW -- Russian state-run television is stepping up its presence in the former Soviet republics in Central Asia. News TV channel Vesti has been launched in Kyrgyzstan, which became the first fo...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday
A meeting of ex-Soviet states was finalized in Kyrgyzstan on Friday as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev assailed critics of Russia's pullout from Georgia and endorsed an expanded G8 summit to include developing nations.
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | yesterday
Moscow to adopt softly, softly approach to keeping neighbours on board and allaying their concerns about recent conflict. By Mirgul Akimova in Bishkek (RCA No. 551, 10-Oct-08)
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
BISHKEK, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] has no plans to buy back its stock due to the ongoing global financial crisis, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Thursday. ...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
BISHKEK, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan and Russia need to adopt a common strategy on energy market development, a senior official of the Russian parliament said Wednesday, according news reports from ...
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The death toll following an earthquake that hit southern Kyrgyzstan over the weekend has risen to 75 after a nine-year-old girl died in a local hospital on Wednesday, the country's emergencies minister said.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The leaders of the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec) will gather in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Friday to discuss joint measures to tackle the global financial crisis.
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The Red Crescent Authority of UAE (UAERCA) has started relief operations in Kyrgyzstan, after a massive earthquake hit the central Asian country's southern provinces. RCA volunteers on ground are supplying the quake victims with food, cloth, blan
