CIS leaders at a summit in Minsk in 2006 (ITAR-TASS) April 11, 2007 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the 12 former Soviet countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have some of the world's fastest-growing economies.
The studios of a Kabul radio station specializing in programming for women (AFP) WASHINGTON, April 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The U.S. State Department has just released a report detailing what the United States did in 2006 to promote democracy and human rights in nearly 100 countries. RFE/RL correspondent Heather Maher spoke with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles about what the United States has been doing specifically in Central Asia and Afghanistan.
More than 10,000 people gathered on Bishkek's central Alatoo Square to demand the resignation of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
BISHKEK, April 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiev today accused opposition groups of wanting to stage a "coup d'etat" by rejecting his offer of talks and pressing ahead with plans to hold protests, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
April 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Constitutional crises seem to crop up in the former Soviet Union with alarming frequency. RFE/RL correspondent Jeremy Bransten interviewed Thomas Markert, deputy secretary of the European Commission for Democracy Through Law, about what safeguards can be built up to prevent them from leading to systemic breakdown. Also known as the Venice Commission, the European Commission for Democracy Through Law is the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters.
Ahead of a planned demonstration in Bishkek and other cities, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev has rejected opposition calls to step down.
BISHKEK, April 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Minor protest rallies are being held in Kyrgyzstan today in support of opposition demands for political reform.
April 8, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyz lawmaker Isa Omurkulov said today that the country's prime minister hinted he would step down once the current political standoff ends if it helped the country.
BISHKEK, April 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Activists and supporters of the United Front for a Worthy Future for Kyrgyzstan continued their hunger strike in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek today, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported today.
(RFE/RL) DUSHANBE, April 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Norouz 2007 Central Asian theater festival opened today in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
BISHKEK, April 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambaev met today with hunger striking opposition activists in an attempt to defuse an ongoing standoff.
Almaz Atambaev (file photo) (AFP) BISHKEK, April 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambaev today signed an order to establish a working group that will prepare proposals for improving the workings of the governmental system, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
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