Central Asia

Kyrgyz Speaker Resigns in Row with President

A personal conflict between president and parliamentary chairman mirrors the chasm between the institutions they represent.

20 Feb 06

Tragic fire at special needs school raises wider concerns about lack of resources for disabled children.

14 Feb 06

An official alleges senior officials were involved in an embezzlement scheme, but no important figure has yet been charged.

13 Feb 06

Deputies stunned as President Bakiev tells them to stop obstructing his policymaking, and to clean up their own act at the same time.

11 Feb 06

Prime minister steps in after two days of ethnic violence caused by schoolboy scuffle.

10 Feb 06

Has the Kyrgyz president gone too far by summarily sacking powerful southern governors?

8 Feb 06

Will the ambitious plans of a Georgian aviation factory take to the skies or crash?

7 Feb 06

Latest additions to the political scene dismissed as instruments of the Rahmonov government.

6 Feb 06

The arrest of a senior security officer in Bishkek has sparked a major row between two powerful law-enforcement agencies.

5 Feb 06

Farmers say a switch to a new more commercial system leaves them burdened with debt and tied up in Soviet-style regulations.

4 Feb 06

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