Kyrgyzstan News

Scoop >> World >> Background Notes: Kyrgyzstan Friday, 06 November 2009, 9:26 am Press Release: US Department of State - Background Notes PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Kyrgyz Republic Geography Area: 77,181 sq.

A violent incident in early November brings to eight the number of journalists attacked in Kyrgyzstan so far this year.

Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyz, Igor Chudinov, was appointed as the Kyrgyzstan Development Fund's chief executive officer, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Parliament of Kyrgyzstan has ratified its new structure. The decision was made by the deputies at the parliamentary session this Friday, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Kyrgyz hajj pilgrims have received all necessary vaccines, including seasonal flu and meningitis before heading out to Mecca, Mambetasan Ibraev, the chief organizer told the news agency 24.kg.

New members of the Kyrgyz ministers' cabinet administered oath of office in the Parliament house this Friday, news agency "24.kg" reported.

"New government of Kyrgyzstan is more mobile," Kurmanbek Bakiev, the President of Kyrgyzstan said Friday at the parliamentary session, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Kyrgyzstan is one of the eight countries in the world which was offered a swine flu vaccination, Sabirjan Abdikarimov, the Assistant Health Care Minister told reporters in Bishkek Thursday, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Editor of the Kyrgyz-langue newspaper "Jylan" Seyitbek Murataliev was murdered in Bishkek this week, the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry informed the news agency 24.kg.

Number of А/H1N1 infected reached 11 persons in Kyrgyzstan, Tolon Isakov, director general of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Department under the Kyrgyz Health Care Ministry told the news agency 24.kg.

Brides kidnapping is on the rise in Kyrgyzstan, especially in the rural areas, Synara Alymkulova, head of the history and social-economical research department of the Kyrgyz state university of Arabaev told reporters on Wednesday, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Kyrgyz delegation will visit days of Commonwealth of Independent States' (CIS) youth in Azerbaijan, the youth department under the Kyrgyz Labor, Employment and Migration Ministry reported, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Delegation of the World Bank outlined high level of private industry and infrastructure development in Kyrgyzstan, Giovanni Majnoni the World Bank representative from Italy, chairman of the committee on effective development said meeting with Kurmanbek Bakiev on Tuesday, news agency "24.kg" reported.

A science teacher from Kyrgyzstan was held at the Yekaterinburg (Russia) train station while carrying 3 kilograms of pure heroin through the border, the Russian media reported.

"I would like to see Bishkek as a financial centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)," the Kyrgyz leader, Kurmanbek Bakiev, said at the Tuesday's session of the Bishkek City Council, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Kyrgyzstan plans to strengthen its ties with Russian within the intergovernmental commission, Valentin Vlasov, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Russia to Kyrgyzstan told mass media on Monday, news agency "24.kg" reported.

Ethnic Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan are grappling with a language quandary. Uzbek-language grammar and secondary schools in the region are under-funded and staffed with a high number of unqualified teachers.

Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK, Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Daniyar Usenov upon his appointment as prime minister of Kyrgyzstan.

Democracy in Kyrgyzstan a ' did it come too early and is it too expensive to afford? Since the ousting of Askar Akayev, one of the most democracy-friendly authoritarian rulers in Central Asia in so-called a Tulip Revolutiona TM, the hope for democracy has been steadily declining despite all the initial euphoria.

Delegation of the World Bank directors' board will visit Kyrgyzstan, the bank's office in Kyrgyzstan reported.