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Evolving as a minority – Russians in Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, 29 Mar, 2007 – 13:26 | 8 Comments

Editor’s Note: What follows is part of a cross-blog survey that sheds light on the rich ethnic tapestry of Central Asia.
A few years ago the issue of Russians living in Kyrgyzstan has become a real …

Kyrgyzstan in March
Monday, 19 Mar, 2007 – 19:11 | No Comment

Kyrgyzstan is commemorating the anniversary of the tragic events in Aksy, when 5 people were shot dead by security forces in the south of Kyrgyzstan. 5 years is not such a big term in the …

Kyrgyzstan is awaiting for another revolution?
Thursday, 1 Mar, 2007 – 10:04 | 3 Comments

This is a translation of the article that Mirsulzhan Namazaliev wrote for the Russian version of neweurasia.
Someone recently told me: “I hope that this spring Kyrgyzstan will not be on front pages of world newspapers …

Kyrgyz media enjoy most of the freedoms in Central Asia?
Wednesday, 21 Feb, 2007 – 22:38 | 3 Comments

IFEX has announced that news media in Kyrgyzstan enjoy more freedoms comparing to their colleagues in other Central Asian countries.
The question is, though, whether we have many reasons to rejoice this fact. Every time the …

Voices from Kyrgyzstan
Tuesday, 30 Jan, 2007 – 12:10 | 2 Comments

This is a roundup of blogging activity in Kyrgyzstan during the last two weeks.

It was not particularly surprising that bloggers, writing from and about Kyrgyzstan , were paying lots of attention to the fuss …

Heart- breaking nominations
Saturday, 27 Jan, 2007 – 18:13 | 3 Comments

The news of the last two days in Kyrgyzstan -a certain Isabekov was nominated to become the next prime-minister of the country. Almost noone knows who Isabekov is – he is certainly a dark horse …

New ways of fighting corruption
Monday, 22 Jan, 2007 – 21:04 | One Comment

I don’t know how I could possibly live without our members of parliament, their refreshing ideas and initiatives. If they were a bit calmer, less inventive or,probably, more concerned about serious stuff, I would have …

Terra Politica rediscovered
Monday, 22 Jan, 2007 – 10:45 | One Comment

This is a translation of the article that Inga posted on the Russian version of neweurasia.
It’s been all about the new constitution fuss lately. We became so preoccupied, that almost missed the fact, that …

Do you feel like becoming a terrorist? Come and join us!
Wednesday, 17 Jan, 2007 – 20:52 | One Comment

This is a translation of the post by Inga, that originally appeared on the russian version of neweurasia.
“In order to make a bomb at home, you’ll need some acetone, sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. Acetone …

Voices from Kyrgyzstan
Tuesday, 16 Jan, 2007 – 20:39 | No Comment

According to Naryn Ayip in 2006 Kyrgyz diplomacy proved to be ineffecient and idle. For the whole year there have been no high ranking diplomatic delegations willing to attend Kyrgyzstan. Naryn Ayip in his livejournal …