Kyrgyzstan News

Marking its entry into the Kyrgyz Republic, flydubai's inaugural flight to Bishkek landed at Bishkek International Airport this morning, expanding its operational route network to 28 countries across the GCC, Middle East, North Africa, Indian sub-continent, Asia and Central and Eastern Europe.

Flydubai, Dubai's pioneering low-cost airline, has cemented its position as the world's fastest growing start-up airline ever with the start of flights to its 50th destination in less than three years.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -; Seven government officials in Kyrgyzstan are facing charges of allowing radioactive coal to be brought into the country and distributed to schools, an orphanage and a home for the elderly, prosecutors said Wednesday.

It's no secret that former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a fugitive in his own country, has been hiding Belarus.

That's the thesis of a smart political scientist, who argues that the air base, as a concentrated source of wealth for whoever is in power, has provided a temptation for autocrats to consolidate power and for rivals to that power to challenge them.

Legislation designed to put an end to bride kidnapping has failed to pass through Kyrgyzstan's parliament because, some deputies say, the bill would have also put an end to polygamous marriages.

'With the today's regime Belarus is turning into a mud ditch for former dictators.

Low-cost airline Flydubai has announced that it has started flights to its 50th destination since launching operations in 2009, cementing its reputation as the fastest-growing start-up airline in history.

Around 1,400 workers at Centerra Gold's flagship mine in Kyrgyzstan went on strike on Tuesday, a trade union leader said, halting production that contributes nearly 12 percent of GDP in the Central Asian republic.

Protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek last week demanded an end to the U.S. military presence in Kyrgyzstan , waving placards that read: "Obama, respond to us!" and "Yankee, leave our land!" Organizers said the protest against the Transit Center at Manas , a U.S. military base at Manas International Airport , were driven by reports from ... (more)

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2, 2010. BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Dozens of protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek this week demanded an end to the U.S. military presence in Kyrgyzstan , waving placards that read: "Obama, respond to us!" and "Yankee, leave our land!" Protest organizers said the demonstration against the Transit Center at Manas , a U.S. military base at Manas ... (more)

Leaving the comforts of home behind, but still sporting a big smile on his face, Sock Monkey is officially off to war.

Imprisoned human rights defender Azimjan Askarov is in grave physical condition and requires urgent treatment, according to one of his lawyers.

Built in the 1970s, the Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Station provides most of Kyrgyzstan's electricity.

In this video image of Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, a prisoner with his lips stitched shut looks up in a prison cell in a pre-trial detention center 1 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan 's Soviet-era electrical system has been pushed beyond its limits in recent weeks, as temperatures in this Central Asian nation have hit record lows of minus-13 degrees Fahrenheit.

Inmates in the Kyrgyz prison system sewed their mouths shut after guards tried to force-feed them to break a hunger strike, a broadcaster reports.

Matteo Mecacci, Chair of the OSCE PA human rights committee today called for respect of human rights and easing conditions in Kyrgyzstan prisons after the government reported 80 percent of the country's prisoners are on a hunger strike, the organization reported on Thursday.

KARACHI: The National Bank of Pakistan and Subh-e-Nau have pledged to make all possible efforts for Spinal Cord Injured patients of the 2005 Northern Kashmir earthquake.