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Kumtor gold mine: Kyrgyzstan demands 20% in Centerra Gold or $480 million

Kumtor gold mine: Kyrgyzstan demands 20% in Centerra Gold or $480 million

20.07.2007 13:14 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Negotiations between Centerra Gold and a special group set up by the government of Kyrgyzstan began in Bishkek earlier this week. Official Bishkek insists on a revision of the terms of the agreement (2003) under which Centerra Gold was founded in the first place. The Canadians have been mining Kumto

Kyrgyz farmers are through with cotton and wheat

Kyrgyz farmers are through with cotton and wheat

13.07.2007 14:25 msk Cotton Kyrgyzstan

Hurt by a crash of the world cotton market and exorbitant cost price of raw cotton, Kyrgyz farmers refuse to cultivate this strategic cropper. Shortage of water, a bane of all regions of the Ferghana Valley, does not make the situation any better.

Kyrgyzstan: Will lifers ask for the return of capital punishment?

Kyrgyzstan: Will lifers ask for the return of capital punishment?

11.07.2007 11:05 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Capital punishment in Kyrgyzstan was abolished on June 25, 2007, when President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed the appropriate law. Liberalization of penal legislation seems to be finally under way but some human rights activists who have longed for it remain skeptical while others say that lifers' positi

Gas pipeline from Central Asia to China may be built across Kyrgyzstan

Gas pipeline from Central Asia to China may be built across Kyrgyzstan

09.07.2007 18:35 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Press service of the government of Kyrgyzstan reports that Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev met with foreign minister of China and asked for Beijing's support in mutually beneficial projects like construction of a railroad between China and Uzbekistan via Kyrgyzstan that was to become a part of the

Second Bravo Art Café opened in the Ferghana Valley. This one in the city of Osh

Second Bravo Art Café opened in the Ferghana Valley. This one in the city of Osh

09.07.2007 12:52 msk Arts Kyrgyzstan

Bravo's regularly updated gallery available at Picasaweb.google.com

Protests in Bishkek against the US AF base continue

Protests in Bishkek against the US AF base continue

29.06.2007 13:42 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Anti-American movement intends to stage a picket in front of Manas terminal on July 7. The matter concerns the US AF base in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan: Felix Kulov suggests a confederation with Russia

Kyrgyzstan: Felix Kulov suggests a confederation with Russia

31.05.2007 16:37 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Interviewed by NTB TV network on May 30, Felix Kulov of the oppositionist Front For The Worthy Future did not rule out the possibility of a political alliance between Kyrgyzstan and Russia.

President of Kyrgyzstan signed the new law «On citizenship»

President of Kyrgyzstan signed the new law «On citizenship»

30.05.2007 10:11 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

President of Kyrgyzstan signed the law "On citizenship" adopted by the parliament on May 27. "The law lists the grounds, terms, and procedures of obtaining and voiding the citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic and handles all other related issues including those pertaining dual citizenship," presidenti

Conflict between religious and secular education in southern Kyrgyzstan: artificial problem

Conflict between religious and secular education in southern Kyrgyzstan: artificial problem

22.05.2007 19:50 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life

The forthcoming recess will make students' parents happy. They will be able to forget about the so called religious issue that has been the talk of the day (and subject of heated debates) at secondary schools in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. Officials of the central government accuse of students'

Public council for US AF base withdrawal established in Kyrgyzstan

Public council for US AF base withdrawal established in Kyrgyzstan

21.05.2007 10:26 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Radio Azattyk (RL Kyrgyz Service) reports establishment in Kyrgyzstan of the public council for US AF base withdrawal.

Kyrgyzstan: Recognisance not to leave and remain within reach for Bermet Akayeva

Kyrgyzstan: Recognisance not to leave and remain within reach for Bermet Akayeva

07.05.2007 09:54 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

24.kg news agency quoted Galina Skripkina, the Akayevs' lawyer, that Bermet Akayeva signed recognizance not to leave and remain within reach of law enforcement agencies.

Kyrgyzstan: Role and place of ethnic minorities in conflicts between the opposition and the regime

Kyrgyzstan: Role and place of ethnic minorities in conflicts between the opposition and the regime

02.05.2007 11:36 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

It was mostly Kyrgyzes - and mostly from the northern regions of the country at that - who participated in the opposition rallies in Bishkek between April 11 and 19. Why were representatives of other ethnic groups absent? (Not one report in the media mentioned their presence.) Are they completely in

Democratic opposition of Kazakhstan established Constitutional Initiative

Democratic opposition of Kazakhstan established Constitutional Initiative

02.05.2007 11:16 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Web site of the United Social Democratic Party of Kazakhstan reports that a roundtable conference took place in Strasbourg on April 25. The European Parliament discussed the constitutional reforms in Kazakhstan. Representatives of democratic parties and social action organizations from Kazakhstan, d

The Kyrgyz authorities are fighting «criminal designs» of the opposition and obstinacy of Akayev's daughter

The Kyrgyz authorities are fighting «criminal designs» of the opposition and obstinacy of Akayev's daughter

28.04.2007 10:42 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Tension in Kyrgyzstan, quite considerable to begin with, somewhat abated last night. Former interior minister Omurbek Suvanaliyev and Omurbek Abdrahmanov, prominent members of the opposition United Front headed by ex-premier Felix Kulov, were released from the detention cell of the State Committee o

Citizens of Kyrgyzstan will be permitted to kill in self-defense

Citizens of Kyrgyzstan will be permitted to kill in self-defense

27.04.2007 21:55 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz Justice Ministry drafted a law under whose terms a citizen of Kyrgyzstan whose life or property are in jeopardy may shoot the criminal in self-defense and be assured of his or her immunity even though the assailant died.

Felix Kulov offers his own freedom in return for that of his arrested followers

Felix Kulov offers his own freedom in return for that of his arrested followers

27.04.2007 20:40 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Felix Kulov, leader of the United Front For The Worthy Future, met with journalists on April 27 to discuss the situation that had taken shape after the opposition rally earlier this month.

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