http://www.rferl.org/archive/Kyrgyzstan/latest/663/663.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Kyrgyzstan http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Kyrgyzstan/latest/663/663.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:02:15 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Local police chief Malik Nurdinov told RFE/RL the clashes took place in the village of Safid-Bulan late on May 16. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-ethnic-clash/24988986.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-ethnic-clash/24988986.html Fri, 17 May 2013 10:31:07 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service The suspected leader of an underground cell of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic group has been arrested in Bishkek. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-alleged-leader-hizb-ut-tahrir-banned-islamic-group-arrested/24988072.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-alleged-leader-hizb-ut-tahrir-banned-islamic-group-arrested/24988072.html Thu, 16 May 2013 13:02:35 +0000 Kyrgyzstan Operations by the Chinese gold mining company Kaidi have been blocked by hundreds of protesters in Kyrgyzstan's southern Chon-Alai district. http://www.rferl.org/content/chinese-mining-company-operations-kyrgyzstan-blocked-protesters/24987866.html http://www.rferl.org/content/chinese-mining-company-operations-kyrgyzstan-blocked-protesters/24987866.html Thu, 16 May 2013 10:26:53 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has declared Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky persona non grata and banned him from entering the country. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgystan-zhironovsky-banned/24987523.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgystan-zhironovsky-banned/24987523.html Thu, 16 May 2013 05:36:03 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service The U.S. ambassador to Bishkek, Pamela Spratlen, says her country is proud of its partnership with Kyrgyzstan. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-us-ambassador-partnership/24985779.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-us-ambassador-partnership/24985779.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:40:54 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service U.S. prosecutors say a financial fraud case against Maksim Bakiev, son of former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev, has been dropped, but gave no explanation. http://www.rferl.org/content/us-kyrgyzstan-maksim-bakiev/24982686.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us-kyrgyzstan-maksim-bakiev/24982686.html Fri, 10 May 2013 17:44:55 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL In recent years, the countries of Central Asia have experienced some of the fastest growing rates of HIV infection in the world. One of the key populations at risk is men who have sex with men. http://www.rferl.org/content/hiv-central-asia-msm-/24977075.html http://www.rferl.org/content/hiv-central-asia-msm-/24977075.html Sun, 05 May 2013 08:42:08 +0000 Tajikistan Internet penetration is expanding into new markets in Kyrgyzstan, where farmers are using the new tool to sell their fruits and vegetables. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-ecommerce-fresh-produce/24976706.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-ecommerce-fresh-produce/24976706.html Sat, 04 May 2013 12:11:37 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service In parts of Central Asia, obsolete farm machinery keeps agricultural production low. A look at Kyrgyzstan shows how much. http://www.rferl.org/content/central-asia-aging-farms/24976547.html http://www.rferl.org/content/central-asia-aging-farms/24976547.html Sat, 04 May 2013 09:36:57 +0000 Kyrgyzstan Charles Recknagel While Freedom House classifies 13 of RFE/RL's broadcast countries as "not free," and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) puts three of RFE/RL’s broadcast countries squarely in the worst category, RFE/RL journalists are still on the ground, determined to report the news. http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html Fri, 03 May 2013 13:26:04 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html#relatedInfoContainer Search teams in Kyrgyzstan are continuing to look for three crew members of a U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed near the border with Kazakhstan. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-kazakhstan-us-crash/24975731.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-kazakhstan-us-crash/24975731.html Fri, 03 May 2013 11:04:22 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service A Kyrgyz government commission is looking into potential problems that could be caused by moving waste heaps at the country's biggest gold mine. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-kumtor/24975722.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-kumtor/24975722.html Fri, 03 May 2013 10:42:05 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service The Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security (UKMK) is trying to find out who distributed posters expressing support for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-pro-tsarnaev-posters/24975657.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-pro-tsarnaev-posters/24975657.html Fri, 03 May 2013 10:14:15 +0000 Kyrgyzstan A well-known Central Asia expert from Russia's Oriental Studies Institute, Aleksandr Knyazev, has been banned from reentering Kyrgyzstan. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-russia-analyst-barred/24974620.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-russia-analyst-barred/24974620.html Thu, 02 May 2013 09:51:44 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service Media freedom throughout the world declined last year to its lowest point in almost a decade, according to a new report from Freedom House, a U.S.-based democracy-monitoring organization. http://www.rferl.org/content/freedom-house-media-freedom-low-point/24974229.html http://www.rferl.org/content/freedom-house-media-freedom-low-point/24974229.html Wed, 01 May 2013 18:16:04 +0000 News RFE/RL Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev says a clash over the weekend demonstrates the importance of cooperation in dealing with border issues. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-atambaev-tajiks-clashes-border-issues/24971741.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-atambaev-tajiks-clashes-border-issues/24971741.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:42:33 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service Kyrgyz authorities say they are investigating concerns expressed by a number of families that their sons may have traveled to Turkey with the intention of joining the rebellion in Syria. http://www.rferl.org/content/syria-kyrgyzstan-fighters/24968466.html http://www.rferl.org/content/syria-kyrgyzstan-fighters/24968466.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:56:29 +0000 Features Antoine Blua, Gulaiym Ashakeeva A delegation from Kyrgyzstan's Prosecutor-General's Office and Interior Ministry are in Belarus for talks on the possible extradition of ousted former President Kurmanbek Bakiev and his associates. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-belarus-bakiev-extradition/24968300.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-belarus-bakiev-extradition/24968300.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:33:40 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service Hundreds of supporters of the opposition El Unu (People's Voice) movement have held a demonstration in Bishkek to demand the nationalization of Kyrgyzstan's Kumtor gold mine. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-kumtor/24966987.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-kumtor/24966987.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:46:32 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Russia fully supports Kyrgyzstan's efforts to join the Eurasian Customs Union. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-kyrgyzstan-customs-union/24966325.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-kyrgyzstan-customs-union/24966325.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:23:12 +0000 Kyrgyzstan Two ministers have left Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev's cabinet under unclear circumstances. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyz-ministers-leave-cabinet/24964830.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyz-ministers-leave-cabinet/24964830.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:18:24 +0000 Afghanistan Two Kazakh students with possible links to the suspected Boston Marathon bombers have been detained in that city for allegedly violating U.S. immigration regulations. http://www.rferl.org/content/boston-bombing-kazakh-students-tsanaev-detained/24964601.html http://www.rferl.org/content/boston-bombing-kazakh-students-tsanaev-detained/24964601.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:32:30 +0000 Kazakhstan Following the death of one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and the capture of the other, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service visited the ethnic Chechen family's former hometown to unravel their peripatetic background. http://www.rferl.org/content/tsarnaev-childhood-family-kyrgyzstan-chechnya-daghestan/24963691.html http://www.rferl.org/content/tsarnaev-childhood-family-kyrgyzstan-chechnya-daghestan/24963691.html Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:51:50 +0000 Features Bruce Jacobs