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Kyrgyzstani nominated for Grammy
Saturday, 15 Dec, 2007 – 7:31 | 2 Comments

[inspic=62,left,fullscreen,thumb]Good news! Eldar Djangirov’s “re-imagination” recieves 2007 Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album! Eldar is a Kyrgyzstani guy who is only 20 years old, but he already achieved lots of success in the world …

Telecom development in Kyrgyzstan
Friday, 14 Dec, 2007 – 22:52 | No Comment

The number of mobile phone users was about 1,68 million announced the deputy minister of transport and telecommunications Suyumbaeva Chinara during annual ICT conference. There are 4 mobile operators in Kyrgyzstan and their earnings …

2008- Santa’s year…
Friday, 14 Dec, 2007 – 11:15 | One Comment

Following on from CXW’s article on Santa-tracking competition in Kyrgyzstan, I am now referring to AKIpress news agency that informs readers about the next crazy plans of the state tourism agency on further developing the …

Click on Pic: Ala-Too movie theater
Wednesday, 12 Dec, 2007 – 19:04 | No Comment

  The newly rebuilt Ala-Too movie theater on Bishkek’s central square.
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Link to that photo
Thursday, 6 Dec, 2007 – 18:30 | No Comment

This is just to give an interesting link. Gazeta.kg reports that it discovered the copy of the photo of the voting ballot posted by Edil Baisalov. You can view it here.

Scandal over ballots
Tuesday, 4 Dec, 2007 – 21:10 | 3 Comments

Today the scandal over voting ballots has occurred in the Central Election Committee. Kokumbai Turusbekov, a member of the CEC has informed that the photo of the voting ballot appeared online. Apparently, it was posted …

Kyrgyzstan: Political season gets hot
Sunday, 2 Dec, 2007 – 19:51 | One Comment

Bloggers in Kyrgyzstan discuss the changes that the government is undergoing after the President Bakiev’s sudden dismissals and appointments of a whole bunch of key state figures. Newly appointed and recently dismissed officials have always …

Cheap labour…
Sunday, 2 Dec, 2007 – 14:47 | 3 Comments

This is a translation of Mirsulzhan’s post.
According to the report of the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), Kyrgyz school pupils have demonstrated the lowest level of knowledge. AKIpress refers to the Russian newspaper …

Back to the USSR, or forward to the past.
Saturday, 1 Dec, 2007 – 16:19 | 2 Comments

This is a translation of the Russian post.
Recently there have been quite a few articles on online news agencies about usage of old Soviet terminology for the trademarks and sale of goods that are …

Future of Internet in Kyrgyzstan
Saturday, 1 Dec, 2007 – 11:37 | 2 Comments

Today I’ve read an article by Dina Tokbaeva published on the Bishkek Press Club’s official website about present and possible future Internet regulations in Kyrgyzstan. During the interview to BPC, Bolot Malabaev, a member of …