Two Kyrgyz officials have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the illegal export of gasoline to Tajikistan.
Kyrgyz presidential candidates must pay a 100,000 som ($2,200) registration fee before taking a mandatory Kyrgyz-language test that all candidates must pass.
This week marked a number of memorable events in Kyrgyzstan, in which people celebrated Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the 20th anniversary of the nation's independence and, of course, the beginning of the new school year.
Four police officers in southern Kyrgyzstan have been charged in connection with the death of a Russian citizen who was allegedly severely beaten while in police custody.
As the new school year kicked off on September 1, some 35 ethnic Uzbek children attending the Cholpon school in the district of Kara-Suu in southern Kyrgyzstan began their studies in a whole new language -- Kyrgyz.
Shared between Southern Kazakhstan and Northern Kyrgyzstan, Chu Valley has been one of the most infamous sources of marijuana in the former Soviet Union for as long as anyone can remember.
The Kyrgyz government has promised a thorough investigation after three Chinese workers were beaten during a recent protest against a Chinese gold-mining project in the north of the country.
Moscow police say a Kyrgyz citizen shot and wounded four fellow Kyrgyz in a cafe in the Russian capital.
A Kyrgyz nationalist leader jailed for trying to overthrow the government has been released just four months into a four-year prison term.
Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbaeva has said that presidential elections scheduled for October 30 will not divide her country.
Some 20 people picketed the Kyrgyz government building today to demand infrastructure for a settlement near Bishkek where they live and for their formal registration as residents.
A senior Kyrgyz security official has stepped down in protest at what he says is his agency's transformation into a "tool" to protect top officials' interests.
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