News: Kyrgyzstan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Kyrgyzstan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Kyrgyzstan – overview

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• October 7th 2020 – January 16th 2017
• January 4th 2017 – January 30th 2014
• November 7th 2013 – December 1st 2011
• October 31st 2011 – November 24th 2010
• November 17th 2010 – June 28th 2010
• June 28th 2010 – June 16th 2010
• June 15th 2010 – June 7th 2010
• May 19th 2010 – April 14th 2010
• April 13th 2010 – April 6th 2010
• April 3rd 2010 – July 15th 2009
• June 25th 2009 – February 6th 2009
• February 5th 2009 – October 25th 2007
• October 23rd 2007 – November 2nd 2006
• August 10th 2006 – February 1st 2006

Kyrgyzstan: news

Kyrgyzstan election: PM quits as protesters take control in Kyrgyzstan

Wednesday, October 7th 2020, 14:36
related countries: China

Russia and China say they are concerned about the crisis gripping the Central Asian state.
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Kyrgyzstan election: Protesters storm parliament over vote-rigging claims

Tuesday, October 6th 2020, 6:38
related places: Bishkek

Footage shows people throwing papers from windows and entering President Sooronbai Jeenbekov's office.
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Coronavirus: The strangers reaching out to Kyrgyzstan's lonely teenagers

Monday, May 25th 2020, 23:52

Worried by teens' mental health struggles during Kyrgyzstan's coronavirus lockdown, one group acted.
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Kyrgyzstan's ex-president arrested after raids on home

Thursday, August 8th 2019, 17:20

After an earlier botched raid, former President Almazbek Atambayev is reportedly in custody.
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The women launching Kyrgyzstan's first satellite

Tuesday, November 27th 2018, 8:52

A female-only team from Kyrgyzstan are working to launch the country’s first satellite by 2020.
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Kyrgyz artist receives death threats for singing in her bra

Sunday, September 30th 2018, 23:52

Kyrgyz singer Zere has received death threats in response to a music video in the patriarchal state.
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Kyrgyz mayor dons fake beard to tour city in disguise

Friday, April 20th 2018, 14:01
related places: Bishkek

Bishkek's first citizen says he wears a fake beard so that he can see the city's problems first-hand.
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Kyrgyz citizens laugh off film's 'Kyrgyz' alien bad guys

Thursday, October 26th 2017, 8:16
related countries: Japan

Citizens of Kyrgyzstan are laughing off a Japanese sci-fi movie in which the 'Kyrgyz' are the bad guys.
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'Functional, not vulgar'

Saturday, July 29th 2017, 23:42

How a photo of the president's daughter led to a breastfeeding debate in Kyrgyzstan.
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St Petersburg metro bombing a possible suicide attack

Tuesday, April 4th 2017, 18:39

The St Petersburg metro explosion may have been caused by a man whose body was found at the scene.
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Kyrgyzstan plane crash: It crashed 'on top of the village'

Monday, January 16th 2017, 20:33
related countries: Hong Kong, Turkey

A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people, most of them on the ground, say officials.
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Eyewitness describes Kyrgyzstan plane crash

Monday, January 16th 2017, 18:02

Local eyewitness Uson describes the moment a plane crashed in a Kyrgyzstan village.
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Kyrgyzstan plane crash: Dozens die as Turkish cargo jet hits homes

Monday, January 16th 2017, 15:30
related countries: Turkey
related places: Bishkek

Entire families are killed, witnesses say, as a Turkish cargo jet crashes on landing near Bishkek.
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