Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Excerpt from report by state-owned Kyrgyz Television 1 on 8 October Medicines produced in Kyrgyzstan will soon appear in chemist's shops. A new pharmaceutical plant has been launched on the territory of the Bishkek free economic zone.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
decided on Friday to join forces in handling the impact of the global financial crisis, Kyrgyzstan’s President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said. “A decision was made today to create a working group of finan...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Heads of state from nations in the Commonwealth of Independent States held their first meeting since Georgia quit the organization over its war with Russia.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
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) | 11/10/2008
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...
Unicef (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
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.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The leaders of the CIS member states decided Friday to establish a working group at the level of finance ministers to fight the current global financial turmoil, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said. "A working group is set up given the situation in the global economy. I mean the financial crisis, which has effected everyone, and if it has not yet, it will certainly do so," Bakiyev was quoted as...
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. ...
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.
gay persons of color (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The message from lesbians, bisexual women, women who have sex with women, and transgender men in Kyrgyzstan is simple - acknowledge that they exist. According to a recent Human Rights Watch report on the former Soviet republic in Central Asia, "Such an acknowledgement means they are bearers of rights, and that their sexual orientation or gender identity cannot be used to deny those rights or subject...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
President Hu on Tuesday sent a message of condolences to his Kyrgyz counterpart Kurmanbek Bakiyev over the deadly earthquake which killed nearly 70 people.
Unicef (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, 7 October 2008 – Hundreds of children and their families have been left homeless and need urgent assistance following the severe earthquake that struck eastern Kyrgyzstan on 5 October.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Rescuers in Kyrgyzstan searched the rubble for signs of life Tuesday after an earthquake flattened a remote mountain village and killed at least 74 people.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- A powerful earthquake struck the mountains of Central Asia, destroying a village in Kyrgyzstan and killing at least 72 people, Kyrgyz officials said Monday.The magnitude 6.6 qua...
