Category: Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Handover of water reservoir to Uzbekistan leads to protests
The Kyrgyz parliament approved the outline for an agreement of a new border between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The outline includes handing over the Kempir-Abad water reservoir to their Uzbek neighbours. … [...]
Kyrgyz doctors’ salaries to be increased
Doctors’ low salaries in Kyrgyzstan have been considered a chronic problem for years and explain certain deficiencies in the health system. Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev seems to have taken a… [...]
A significant power shortage expected for Kyrgyzstan in 2022
A significant power shortage is expected in 2022 for Kyrgyzstan. In order to create power, the country relies on the Toktogul reservoir, which was built on the Naryn river. However,… [...]
The Future of the Past – Urbanity in Central Asia: Tashkent and Bishkek
Around 30 participants gathered on 20 November the year before last to discuss facets of Central Asian urbanity as part of the online event “The Future of the Past –… [...]
In Kyrgyzstan, one in four families lives below the poverty line
Between 2019 and 2020, poverty in Kyrgyzstan increased by 5.2% as more and more Kyrgyz people found themselves in extreme poverty. One of the causes of this rise in poverty… [...]
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Climate change could lead to ever more fluctuated temperatures in Central Asia
DECODING. According to the last report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), Central Asia is one of the rarest regions in the world where both droughts and excessive… [...]
Kyrgyzstan: Journalists complain about attempts to hack their accounts
In Kyrgyzstan, independent journalists have reported that they have been facing attempts to hack their accounts for several months. The media call it “incessant pressure on journalists” but Kyrgyz President… [...]
The EU held its first economic forum with Central Asia
The first economic forum between the European Union and Central Asia was held on November 5 in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. An opportunity for constructive exchanges, but also to… [...]
Coronavirus in Central Asia: An Opportunity for China?
China’s involvement in the race for vaccinations in Central Asia confirms its aim to increase relations with neighbouring countries, primed for over a decade with the New Silk Road project. [...]
“Manastchy”: the Kyrgyz soul in all its poetry
CENTRAL ASIAN CINEMA. Manastchy introduces us to the beauty and poetry of one of the maim Kyrgyz storytellers, Sayakbay Karalayev, and the mythical epic of Manas. This short film is… [...]
Jamila – the “world’s most beautiful love story” on film
CENTRAL ASIAN CINEMA. Jamila (1969) is the most famous film adaptation of Chingiz Aytmatov’s novel of the same name. The love story between Jamila and the injured ex-soldier Daniyar has… [...]
Central Asia and Russia: an ever-changing relationship
In a book focusing on Central Asia’s relationship to Russia, researcher Michaël Levystone provides a careful insight into ties whose nature keep on changing. As they perform a balancing act… [...]