Director Chingiz Narynov discusses genre, mythology and environmental trauma behind his new feature, which gets its ...

Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov has claimed that debates and comments triggered by a mass brawl between Kyrgyz and Chinese construction workers amount to a pre-election provocation. The November ...

* Estimated 1 million people in Kyrgyzstan need aid * Includes some 400,000 left homeless by violent conflict * U.N. to launch emergency appeal for $65 mln later in day By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, ...

For centuries, the nomadic Kyrgyz people travelled freely across Central and South Asia, fording rivers and cutting across snow-capped mountains with their herds of livestock. Today they are stuck on ...

Kyrgyzstan's Emergencies Ministry announced on October 18 the recovery of the bodies of three victims from an avalanche site in the southwestern district of Chatkal, while the search continues for ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 1 (UNHCR) - In a move hailed by refugees and UNHCR alike, the central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan today granted citizenship to 22 Tajik refugees in a ceremony held in its ...

Following the imposition of visa bonds for Kyrgyz travelers to the United States, a Kyrgyz politician has suggested Bishkek reassess its visa-free program for Americans. In the face of news that ...

Kyrgyzstan's opposition said today (8 April) it has taken over the government of the impoverished Central Asian state after at least 65 people were killed in violent protests that forced the president ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, September 2 (UNHCR) - In an important boost to Kyrgyzstan's naturalisation process, President Askar Akaev recently presided over a ceremony to distribute passports to 69 long-time ...