News about Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan declares emergency after bloody gold mine clashes
Parts of Kyrgyzstan were under curfew Saturday after clashes between security forces and protesters who want a Canadian-owned gold mine nationalised led the president to declare a state of emergency.
01 June 2013
Nazarbayev to meet with Putin and Lukashenko
Presidents of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan will arrive to Astana on May 29.
28 May 2013
10 documents signed at CSTO meeting in Bishkek
10 documents were signed after the joint meeting of the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs and secretaries of the Security Councils of CSTO member-countries in Bishkek.
27 May 2013
Radioactive cars from Japan seized at Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border
Kyrgyzstan state customs service seized a batch of cars from Japan with high radiation background at Alamedin station in Chu oblast,.
17 May 2013
Bodies of two US pilots found after Kyrgyzstan crash
Rescuers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two US pilots whose refuelling plane crashed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan shortly after taking off from a base that serves as a hub for military operations in Afghanistan.
04 May 2013
Plane from US airbase crashes in Kyrgyzstan: ministry
A refuelling plane from the US Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan crashed after taking off.
03 May 2013
Kyrgyzstan searching for funds to protect itself from Kazakhstan company's $400 million claim
Kazakhstan company Visor Holding filed a $400 million claim against Kyrgyzstan government to the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
17 April 2013
Rock Climbing: Kazakhstan climbers win nine medals in Kyrgyzstan
17 athletes represented Kazakhstan at the tournament as part of the Kazakhstan youth national rock climbing team.
15 April 2013
Kyrgyzstan to cut down on electric power exports to Kazakhstan in 2013
The major reason for reducing the power exports is the currently lower level of water in the Toktogul water reservoir.
05 April 2013
U.S. Secretary of State discovers new country... Kyrzakhstan
Speaking of the new directions of American foreign policy, new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry read Kyrgyzstan as Kyrzakhstan in his speech.
22 February 2013
Kyrgyzstan citizen was among victims of plane crash near Almaty
Earlier еру media reported that one of the victims, Akram Nizamov, was a citizen of Azerbaijan. However, this information has been refuted.
30 January 2013
Illegal oil pipeline discovered at Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border
Diesel fuel oil was pumped through the pipeline that began in Kazakhstan and then run to the territory of Kyrgyzstan.
23 January 2013
Kazakhstan not signing gas supply contract with Kyrgyzstan because of debts
Kazakhstan is not signing gas supply contract with Kyrgyzstan because of its gas debts to Kazakhstan.
21 January 2013
Accident at Zhambyl-Shymkent line causes power supply limitation in north Kyrgyzstan
Emergency at Zhambyl-Shymkent power line of Central-Asian 'power ring' weakened reliability of the joint power system of Central Asia.
15 January 2013
Gazprom requests KazTransGas to lower gas prices for Kyrgyzstan
Gazprom is requesting that KazTransGas lowers gas prices from $224 to $200 for 500 million cubic meters to be supplied to Kyrgyzstan.
26 December 2012
Kyrgyzstan President passed condolences to Nazarbayev over AN-72 crash
Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev expressed condolences to Nursultan Nazarbayev over the plane crash in South-Kazakhstan oblast.
26 December 2012
Gazprom to pay Kyrgyzstan's gas debts to Kazakhstan
Russian Gazprom, the new owner of KyrgyzGas, will pay Kyrgyzstan’s gas debts to Kazakhstan.
24 December 2012
Gazprom to buy Kyrgyz gas operator for $1: Kyrgyzgaz
Russia's gas giant Gazprom is taking a controlling stake in Kyrgyzstan's debt-ridden state gas company for one dollar.
21 December 2012
Kyrgyzstan Prime-Minister offered Gazprom to buy KyrgyzGas for $1
Let them buy KyrgyzGas, even for just $1, but only if they solve all the problems, renew the gas pipelines and ensure uninterrupted gas supplies to people: MP.
20 December 2012
Kyrgyzstan threatens Kazakhstan with claims for gas deficit
Legal and financial claims could be filed against Kazakhstan's KazTransGas for limitation of gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan.
19 December 2012