http://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:35:00 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Intense discussion of the implications of the anticipated closure of the U.S. air base at Manas continued over the weekend, with most Kyrgyz opposition parties making their objections clear. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Political_Circles_Split_On_Manas_Decision/1467176.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Political_Circles_Split_On_Manas_Decision/1467176.html Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:28:19 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Political_Circles_Split_On_Manas_Decision/1467176.html#relatedInfoContainer The Kyrgyz government's suspension of programming by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service has triggered intense public anger, and Kyrgyzstan risks forfeiting the reputation it enjoyed until very recently as a beacon of liberty and hope in Central Asia, says Kyrgyz Service Director Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Audiences_Demand_End_To_Radio_Silence/1360047.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Audiences_Demand_End_To_Radio_Silence/1360047.html Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:35:25 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Audiences_Demand_End_To_Radio_Silence/1360047.html#relatedInfoContainer This week marks the culmination of a yearlong celebration in Kyrgyzstan of the writer and thinker Chingiz Aitmatov, who died on June 10, a few months short of his 80th birthday. Aitmatov can be compared with Voltaire, the 18th-century French Enlightenment writer who revolted against the old system while enjoying all the benefits it had to offer. The intellectual war against authoritarianism found expression not only in the works of openly dissident writers such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, but in ... http://www.rferl.org/content/Chyngyz_Aitmatovs_Lifelong_Journey_Toward_Eternity/1359041.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Chyngyz_Aitmatovs_Lifelong_Journey_Toward_Eternity/1359041.html Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:19:24 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Chyngyz_Aitmatovs_Lifelong_Journey_Toward_Eternity/1359041.html#relatedInfoContainer Considering all that he accomplished, it is hard to imagine that Saipov would only be 27 if he were alive today. http://www.rferl.org/content/commentary_Saipov_Journalist_Activist_Inspiration/1332659.html http://www.rferl.org/content/commentary_Saipov_Journalist_Activist_Inspiration/1332659.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:15:16 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/commentary_Saipov_Journalist_Activist_Inspiration/1332659.html#relatedInfoContainer