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Kyrgyzstan: Nine Medics Found Guilty for Infecting Children with HIV

Kyrgyzstan: Nine Medics Found Guilty for Infecting Children with HIV

07.08.2008 20:13 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

A court sentenced nine medics to jail for infecting 24 children with HIV through negligence and ordered to pay compensation to victim’s families.

Director of Cement Plant Pursues Libel Charges, Denies Wrongdoing

Director of Cement Plant Pursues Libel Charges, Denies Wrongdoing

07.08.2008 02:39 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

One of the major recent libel cases against the Kyrgyz Justice for All monthly legal bulletin will be heard on August 7 in Jalalabad city court in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan: Energy Crisis Hits Hard Small Businesses

Kyrgyzstan: Energy Crisis Hits Hard Small Businesses

02.08.2008 04:21 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz small businesses will be affected severely by the looming energy crisis. This will inevitably result in the significant economic slowdown, observers say.

Another Libel Suit Against Press Brought in Kyrgyzstan

Another Libel Suit Against Press Brought in Kyrgyzstan

28.07.2008 20:22 msk Kyrgyzstan Media Review

Editors and journalists from the Justice for All monthly legal bulletin face charges under criminal defamation laws and, if found guilty, might see their publication closed.

Ministry of Agriculture: Kyrgyzstan is Out of Danger From Food Crisis

Ministry of Agriculture: Kyrgyzstan is Out of Danger From Food Crisis

18.07.2008 21:13 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Despite rising food prices, Kyrgyzstan is able to feed itself and avoid a crisis, Arstanbek Nogoyev, Kyrgyz Minister of Agriculture, said in a recent interview with the Reporter-Bishkek newspaper.

Kyrgyzstan: People to Pay for Energy Crisis

Kyrgyzstan: People to Pay for Energy Crisis

14.07.2008 18:31 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

As a severe energy crisis is looming in the near future, it appears Kyrgyzstan’s impoverished population face the brunt of its effects.

New chairman of the Kyrgyz parliament: defector, smuggler, or "terrorist"?

New chairman of the Kyrgyz parliament: defector, smuggler, or "terrorist"?

03.07.2008 22:29 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

Aitibai Tagayev, until recently a wholly obscure lawmaker, succeeded Adakhan Madumarov as chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh , the national parliament of Kyrgyzstan, when the latter resigned in what was considered a thoroughly scandalous manner. Quite a bit of interest in the new Jogorku Kenesh chairman

Kyrgyz nationals cannot afford meat or milk available at a prohibitively high price

Kyrgyz nationals cannot afford meat or milk available at a prohibitively high price

25.06.2008 18:44 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

A review of food supplies in Kyrgyzstan paints a troubled picture. Kyrgyz farmers have repeatedly been unable to sow wheat in the quantities the country needs. Sources in the Ministry of Agriculture told Ferghana.Ru that the program to assure the security of the nation’s food supplies has not been s

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities strive to ensure food security

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities strive to ensure food security

16.06.2008 23:30 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan has introduced export duties on wheat, flour, vegetable oil and some seeds. Additionally, measures to soon restrict sugar and rice exports are being considered. These export duties are being implemented to alleviate the effect of the general price-rise and ensure the country’s food securi

Kyrgyzstan: What enemies will the brother protect the president from?

Kyrgyzstan: What enemies will the brother protect the president from?

04.06.2008 21:53 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Janybek Bakiyev. Photo from Gazeta.Kg web-site

Kyrgyzstan: President K.Bakiyev takes control of the parliament

Kyrgyzstan: President K.Bakiyev takes control of the parliament

31.05.2008 12:04 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

The events that transpired in Kyrgyzstan defy imagination. One Aitibai Tagayev, a thoroughly obscure lawmaker, became the second highest-ranking official in the state pecking order. Barely 50, Tagayev became chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh, or parliament.

Kyrgyzstan: Alisher Saipov Awards go to gallant journalists

Kyrgyzstan: Alisher Saipov Awards go to gallant journalists

05.05.2008 09:29 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Alisher Saipov Award ceremony took place in Osh, the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan, on the International Day of Free Media on May 3. The award bears the name of Saipov, Sijesat [Politics] editor assassinated in Osh on October 24, 2007.

Officer of the Kyrgyz traffic police shot Russian serviceman from the Kant AF Base

Officer of the Kyrgyz traffic police shot Russian serviceman from the Kant AF Base

22.04.2008 08:55 msk Kyrgyzstan

An incident involving an officer of the Russian Kant AF Base and Kyrgyz traffic police patrol resulted in hospitalization of the former on Sunday night. Rushed to the intensive care unit with a gunshot wound, the Russian officer was urgently operated on (doctors had to amputate the spleen and a rib)

Elmira Ibraimova: Borders оf Kyrgyzstan comply with national interests

Elmira Ibraimova: Borders оf Kyrgyzstan comply with national interests

21.04.2008 15:50 msk Kyrgyzstan

On April 11, the Jogorku Kenesh or national parliament of Kyrgyzstan ratified the draft Kyrgyz-Kazakh border treaty signed by the heads of states in Astana in 2001. The state border itself had been drawn along the administrative borders in 1999. The parliament of Kazakhstan had ratified the document

Kyrgyzstan: Attempt to have children cured resulted in contamination and loss of family

Kyrgyzstan: Attempt to have children cured resulted in contamination and loss of family

07.04.2008 20:57 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

At the press conference. Photo by Ferghana.Ru news agency. Faces are concealed for ethical considerations

Kyrgyzstan: National Security Committee chose Russian journalists for scapegoats

Kyrgyzstan: National Security Committee chose Russian journalists for scapegoats

02.04.2008 20:00 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

Sultan Kanazarov, Reporter-Bishkek founder and representative of Ferghana.Ru news agency in Kyrgyzstan, is regularly summoned to the National Security Committee for interrogation. Ferghana.Ru asked Kanazarov to say exactly what the summons to the National Security Committee are about and what Kyrgyz

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