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Bride kidnapping: old tradition or barbarianism?
Sunday, 17 Jun, 2007 – 19:46 | No Comment

This is a translated excerpt of Amantur’s post from the Kyrgyz-language NewEurasia
Kyrgyz people have lots of traditions and each of them reflects somehow the life of every citizen. For instance, in childhood everyone celebrates ”beshik-toi” …

Bride kidnapping: not for real djigits
Sunday, 17 Jun, 2007 – 19:36 | 2 Comments

This is a translated excerpt of Nurbek’s post from the Kyrgyz-language NewEurasia.
It is true that bride kidnapping is a very problematic issue nowadays. I believe that bride kidnapping is the worst and unfair tradition of …

Kyrgyz hospitals need more blood donors
Saturday, 16 Jun, 2007 – 21:13 | No Comment

Every year more than 80 million units of blood are donated, but only 38% are collected in developing countries where 82% of the global population live. Few days ago Kyrgyzstan with the rest of the …

SCO summit problems in Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, 14 Jun, 2007 – 15:04 | 3 Comments

This is a translated excerpt of Misulzhan’s post from the Russian-language NewEurasia

So, the “hamburger” outlet with a constant huge line of people is removed. People used to line up there from 9 a.m. till 11.00 …

New president-new type of relationship?
Thursday, 7 Jun, 2007 – 20:38 | No Comment

Presidents have always played a significant role in determining country’s domestic and foreign policy, and its relations with other countries, especially neighboring ones. Change of president can lead to a change of relationship. This might …

Kyrgyz state adopts new strategic plan of development for 2007-2010
Thursday, 7 Jun, 2007 – 13:01 | No Comment

Today I’ve read an interview in “De-Facto” with former Chairman of Security Council Miroslav Niyazov. In his opinion, Kyrgyzstan cannot avoid second revolution, which will happen soon. As he says, the people of Kyrgyzstan have …

Kyrgyzstan: More uprisings and protests
Tuesday, 5 Jun, 2007 – 22:52 | No Comment

The Kyrgyzstan blog in Kyrgyz language was launched last week with its first welcoming Kyrgyz language post. Please, visit the blog and join interesting discussions on various issues. For instance, there is a discussion of …

Protesters in front of U.S. Embassy in Bishkek
Saturday, 2 Jun, 2007 – 22:29 | 4 Comments

I remember the day when I was watching news programme on one of the local TV channels and heard that a Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivanov who worked as a local driver was killed by U.S. …

Issyk-Kul: Chasing short-term profit
Wednesday, 30 May, 2007 – 7:20 | 12 Comments

There are many ways for a developing country to make its economy work and improve. Since Kyrgyzstan, like its neighboring countries does not have reliable natural resources such as gas, cotton fields or oil, it …