September 2020 - Novastan English

Waiting for the Sea Documentary Uzbekistan Poster Music Stihia Festival

Finding links between electronic...

21 September 2020

George Itzhak's award-winning short documentary “Waiting

Kyrgyzstan elects Sadyr Japarov and opts for presidential government

10 January 2021

Kyrgyzstan's snap presidential election resulted in a landslide victory for Sadyr Japarov. The vote came at the same time as a referendum on the population's preferred form of government, with over 80% choosing a presidential rather than parliamentary system. The referendum result paves the way

Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan

Flags of Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Central Asia in 2020: the year in review

13 January 2021

Coronavirus, border clashes, a political crisis in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: voters face choice of 18 candidates in January election

20 December 2020

Kyrgyzstan is holding a snap presidential election on 10 January. Candidates include well-known politicians, businessmen and even a self-proclaimed god. The country will also be voting on a constitutional reform the same day. This article was originally published on Novastan’s German website. There are 18 people running