With many loyalists of former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev falling by the wayside, the latest Majlis podcast looks at the changes that the new president, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, has been making to the country's government.
Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sapar Isakov has been elected as a deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party (KSDP) led by ex-President Almazbek Atambaev.
Kyrgyz former Prime Minister Sapar Isakov says he has been questioned by investigators over an incident that left parts of the capital without heating last winter.
A new Kyrgyz government has been sworn in in parliament less than a week after the previous government was dismissed.
The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is warning that violations of press freedom are no longer the practice of authoritarian regimes and dictatorships.
The Kyrgyz parliament has confirmed Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev as the Central Asian country’s new prime minister, a day after an ally of former President Almazbek Atambaev was sacked.
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has dismissed the government, hours after lawmakers passed a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Sapar Isakov, amid an apparent power struggle between Jeenbekov and his predecessor, Almazbek Atambaev.
Iraq has sentenced two women from Russia to life in prison after convicting them of belonging to the extremist Islamic State group.
Authorities in the Jalal-Abad region in southern Kyrgyzstan say 15 people have been arrested over a protest at a gold-mining site that turned violent.
In a remote corner of Kyrgyzstan's Naryn region, a devoted medic travels more than 20 kilometers a day making house calls on horseback.
The latest Majlis podcast looks at new Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeyenbekov’s removal of a series of officials left over from his predecessor’s administration.
Kyrgyzstan has a long history of a troubled mining industry which is at the center of another debacle this week after violence erupted at the Chinese investor funded gold-plant facility in the Toguz-Toro district of southeastern Kyrgyzstan. (The views expressed in this blog post are those of the author and do not necessarily express the opinions or views of RFE/RL.)
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