Kyrgyzstan

Big Party for Kyrgyz Government

Four small parties team up to form loyalist bloc, offering a possible vehicle for presidential succession.

21 Feb 05

Sufferers fear they will be denied live-saving insulin as suppliers lose patience with government’s failure to pay its bills.

21 Feb 05

As the authorities prepare for crucial elections in 2005, the limits on media freedom have already been set.

21 Feb 05

Officials in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan say they’ve been kept in the dark about an Uzbek mine clearance operation.

21 Feb 05

Territorial dispute threatening to aggravate Kyrgyz-Uzbek relations.

21 Feb 05

The independence of the Kyrgyz legal system is called into question following the dubious conviction of an opposition leader

21 Feb 05

A stupendous birthday party for the city of Osh does little to cheer its long-suffering residents

21 Feb 05

A powerful public relations campaign is underway to persuade Kyrgyzstan's Russian minority to vote for President Askar Akaev

21 Feb 05

Kyrgyz wonder who they're fighting in the war-torn Batken region of the country

21 Feb 05

Islamists in Kyrgyzstan say they have nothing in common with the men behind the New York and Washington terror attacks.

21 Feb 05

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