The arrest of a private driving school director in Bishkek has turned what authorities describe as a road-safety reform initiative into a broader debate over state control, corruption and the limits ...

General Tašiev, considered the real strongman of the country over the last five years, has been sidelined. According to an interview given by the president himself, some members of parliament h ...

In 2025, ITS achieved record results: total trading volume exceeded $14 billion, 70 times the 2024 figure. The number of investors with trading access exceeded 1.2 million. The platform hosts 20 ...

Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov fired three ministers Monday seen as close to the dismissed former head of his security ...

By Alexander Thompson for Eurasianet For the past five-plus years, they had been known as the “two friends” who ran Kyrgyzstan. Then, on February 10, they were friends no more. With ruthless ...

By Aigerim Turgunbaeva BISHKEK, Feb 10 (Reuters) - President Sadyr Japarov on Tuesday signed decrees removing Kamchybek ...

The international jazz festival Jazz Bishkek Spring takes place in the capital of Kyrgyzstan every year in April, spanning two or three nights across multiple venues. This vibrant event offers a ...

Bishkek is hosting the B5+1 Forum this week, bringing together officials and business leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the United States to explore ...

Bishkek is the only capital city in Central Asia that has kept the Soviet-era names of its districts, including the Lenin district. So it didn't seem so strange that Kyrgyz lawmakers and Bishkek city ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Rahmatullah, 29, lives in a two-room brick house on the outskirts of the capital city of this onetime Soviet republic in Central Asia. The road outside is pockmarked by deep ...