Last week of June was a busy one for the law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan. The special force neutralized two armed criminal groups and lost one force officer in an exchange of fire with the IMU in Jalal-Abad.
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One of the peak of the Sulaiman-Too. Photo by Elena Skochilo.
Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain of Kyrgyzstan has become [en] the country’s first site to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
On 26 June, during the 33-rd session of UNESCO in Spain the members of the Committee passed by a solid vote to include the Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain of Kyrgyzstan in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
100 countries and 1400 culture-historical objects were also participated in the “Sacred Mountain” nomination.
Culture minister of Kyrgyzstan Sultan Raev told that it wasn’t easy to receive the approval of all members of the Committee from different countries. Kyrgyzstan tried to nominate Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain 10 years ago, but only this year became successful.
So, what next?
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Editor’s note: Written by Uzbekistan contributor Akmal. Yet another barcamp was recently organized in a post-Soviet region, to be exact in St Petersburg of Russia, and was entitled NevaCamp, after the famous Neva river that flows through the Russian “cultural capital”. Though it was the first barcamp in St Petersburg, the organizers did enormous job in making this event happen.
Sponsored by Opera and many other organizations, the agenda of the NevaCamp’s did not differ from traditional barcamp agendas. It included opening ceremony, presentations and StartUp project competitions. And traditionally, the event gathered different people with different backgrounds from different countries, but, united by the same idea of exchanging ideas and experiences and creating a network. Read the full story »
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Today’s roundup of blogs from Kazakhstan is dedicated to culture and media and how they come across each other. Of course, it did not go without politics being involved in it, …
There is a new source of ideas for reform in Central Asia. On June 23, 2009 the Central Asian Free Market Institute opened the doors to its new office in Bishkek for a party …
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From June 01 to June 10 school graduates in Kazakhstan were undergoing Unified National Test (UNT) - the first and one of the most important tests in their lives. As Zara, …
On June 23 President Karimov signed the decree on introduction of biometric data passports in the country as of January 1, 2010.
The biometric data passports are introduced with the purpose of raising their security level, …
Tukmen president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov has ordered to intensify control over А/Н1N1 prevention. Country’s sanitary and epidemiologic agency possesses every means to do it, state media reported.
Berdimuhammedov stressed importance of cooperation with international organization including World …
Released on June 3 2009, the “Worst of the Worst. The World’s Most Repressive Societies 2009″ report by Freedom House lists two Central Asian states - Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - as worst of the worst. What does this mean? The worst out of how many countries? Why again Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and why not Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan? Let’s try to find answers to these questions.
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Yesterday, June 24, journalists of independent newspapers, media organizations and politicians from the “Azat” party held a silent actions of protest in the downtown of Almaty. They put on scarves on their …
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Democratic community of Kazakhstan disseminated a statement in support of Mukhtar Jakishev. The open letter, signed by two dozens of journalists, rights advocates and opposition leaders, expressed concern that “Kazakhstan returns to …
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Bloggers keep on commenting political situation in Kazakhstan. megakhuimyak reports that according to the new presidential decree, the Financial Police has got extra authority, informers against corrupt officials will be awarded, …
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Despite official denials that civil war-era opposition leaders still pose a national security threat, a rash of arrests of both alleged Islamist militants and former opposition figures in Tajikistan suggests …
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