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«Unfinished construction site» of the Kyrgyz revolution

«Unfinished construction site» of the Kyrgyz revolution

28.03.2007 10:54 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

The second anniversary of the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan was fouled up - at least in its cradle, the city of Jalalabad. It had been in Jalalabad, a city in the Kyrgyz part of the Ferghana Valley, that the chain of events started to eventually topple Askar Akayev's regime.

Kyrgyzstan: Ferghana.Ru publication: a follow-up

Kyrgyzstan: Ferghana.Ru publication: a follow-up

21.03.2007 12:00 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Osh city administration ordered insulting anti-Uzbek graffiti (at the intersection of Alisher Navoi Street and Aitiyev Street) painted over. City fathers believe that the perpetrators must have aimed at staging a provocation.

Insulting graffiti in Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Insulting graffiti in Osh, Kyrgyzstan

19.03.2007 12:11 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Graffiti in Osh streets. Photo by Ferghana.Ru news agency "Sarts, Get Out" (see photo) graffiti appealed at the intersections of Alisher Navoi and Aitiyev streets in the city of Osh. Who sprayed it on the walls of the building of the former municipal truck fleet or why is anybody's guess for the tim

Religious zest interferes with education

Religious zest interferes with education

16.03.2007 13:31 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Jangi Asr or New Age, Uzbek society in the city of Jalalabad in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan, appeals to imam of the city mosques to try and impart to the youth importance of secular education.

Cable-way on Suleiman Mountain: business or sacrilege?

Cable-way on Suleiman Mountain: business or sacrilege?

27.02.2007 16:29 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Construction of a cable-way on the sacred Suleiman-too Mountain in the center of Osh may spoil and ruin the most sacral site in the Ferghana Valley. Non-governmental organizations are screaming bloody murder but the local authorities only see the holy place as a source of income - or so it certainly

Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan appeal to the president concerning assassination of their leader

Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan appeal to the president concerning assassination of their leader

04.12.2006 13:33 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Expanded meeting of the Council of the Uzbek Center of National Culture of Kyrgyzstan in Osh on December 2 voted to make another appeal to President Kurmanbek Bakiyev concerning Oibek Alimjanov's assassination.

Delimitation of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz state border is questionable

Delimitation of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz state border is questionable

29.11.2006 11:28 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

Uzbek and Kyrgyz topographers demarcating the state border between the two countries met in Andijan.

Uzbekistan parliamentary commission completed investigation of the events in Andijan

Uzbekistan parliamentary commission completed investigation of the events in Andijan

30.10.2006 16:07 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

Unofficial sources imply that the parliamentary commission completed investigation of the events in Andijan in May 2005 and forwarded its findings and conclusions to the parliament. All of that was done in absolute secrecy. Not a single state official, lawmaker, or media outlet so much as mentioned

Kyrgyzstan: The head of the Osh Center of Uzbek Culture assassinated

Kyrgyzstan: The head of the Osh Center of Uzbek Culture assassinated

16.10.2006 10:19 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Aibek Alimjanov, deputy of the municipal Kenesh [Council] and the head of the Center of Uzbek Culture, was assassinated in Osh, the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan, on October 15.

Uzbekistan: ex-hokim of the Andijan region blamed for the events of May 13, 2005

Uzbekistan: ex-hokim of the Andijan region blamed for the events of May 13, 2005

10.10.2006 12:10 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

Relatives of Kobiljon Obidov, former hokim (the head of administration) of the Andijan region, say that he is accused of organization of the events of May 13, 2005. Obidov is in a jail in Tashkent now.

Kyrgyzstan: Ferghana.Ru news agency opened an office in Osh (photo)

Kyrgyzstan: Ferghana.Ru news agency opened an office in Osh (photo)

05.10.2006 14:01 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Ferghana.Ru news agency and Central Asian Information Center opened their office at 44, Kurmanjan Datka Street, Osh, Kyrgyzstan on September 28.

Kyrgyzstan: Gunmen who attacked border guards stand trial in Osh

Kyrgyzstan: Gunmen who attacked border guards stand trial in Osh

28.08.2006 14:02 msk Ferghana Valley

Four gunmen stand trial in Osh. They attacked Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards on May 12, 2006. The trial began at 3 p.m. local time.

Readiness status of Uzbek security structures upped

Readiness status of Uzbek security structures upped

02.08.2006 10:46 msk Ferghana Valley

Uzbekistan will be celebrating another anniversary of independence a month from now, on September 1. Uzbek secret services are already tightening security in the country.

Uzbek women account for one third of all hookers in the Kyrgyz city of Osh

Uzbek women account for one third of all hookers in the Kyrgyz city of Osh

24.07.2006 14:17 msk Ferghana Valley

Slave-trade. The term is usually associated with some distant exotic country where people are sold to plantations, construction sites, or bordellos. In the meantime, some countries of the Commonwealth are not exactly unacquainted with this phenomenon nowadays, and Kyrgyzstan is one of them.

Underground organizations in Kyrgyzstan left without leaders

Underground organizations in Kyrgyzstan left without leaders

17.07.2006 15:32 msk Ferghana Valley

Unit Alpha of the National Security Service ran a special operation in Jalalabad, a city in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. Five armed extremists were killed in the operation. Interim reports indicate that some of them were ringleaders of extremist organizations secret services of Kyrgyzstan and Uz

Uzbekistan is trying to dam the flood of Chinese commodities from Kyrgyzstan. Smugglers would not give in

Uzbekistan is trying to dam the flood of Chinese commodities from Kyrgyzstan. Smugglers would not give in

16.03.2006 17:09 msk Ferghana Valley

Control on the state border was tightened in the Qorasuv and Khanabad districts of the Andijan region. The bridge across the Shakhrikhansai, the river between two namesake cities in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, can only be negotiated on foot. Just a narrow strip, barely sufficient for a pedestrian, wa

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