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The Latest Breaking News from Kyrgyzstan

Less Soviet, More Inspiring: Kyrgyzstan Seeks New Anthem

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative.

International Business Times

Muslim-Majority Country Bans Full-Body Niqabs And Will Fine Women For Wearing Them Amid Safety Concerns

Kyrgyzstan banned full-body niqabs, citing security and cultural reasons. The official Muslim body-backed law argues that the garment could hide threats.

International Business Times UK

Climate crisis made ‘bonkers’ central Asia heatwave up to 10C hotter

Springtime heat in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan likely to become more common as planet warms, accelerating glacier loss and threatening water supplies

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Kyrgyz deputy leader touts rising cooperation between EU and Central Asian 'tigers'

Edil Baisalov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, spoke to Euronews about trade, energy, youth mobility and democratic resilience, urging stronger investment and joint responses to global upheavals and the challenges of the digital age.

Euronews

EU urged to put human rights centre stage at first central Asia summit

Bloc to discuss trade, security and energy with leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

The Guardian - UK

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign historic border agreement after decades of disputes

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon and Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov ratified the deal on 13 March in Bishkek.

Euronews

Which international fixture would be worth the highest score in Scrabble?

Plus: managers sacked just before cup finals, and teams with goal differences higher than their league position

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Religious freedom is routinely curbed in Central Asia – but you won’t often see it making international news

Freedom of worship is tenuous around the globe. The Pew Research Center’s latest annual report found “high” or “very high” levels of government constraints on religion in 59 of the 198 countries and territories it analyzed – a new record. When Pew began releasing reports on the issue in 2007,…

The Conversation

Kew Gardens adds over 300 wild seeds in significant boost to living collection

In 2024 horticulturalists made single biggest introduction of rare seeds to collection in the past decade

The Guardian - UK

Toxic Towns In Kyrgyzstan Battling Radioactive Danger

In a mask and a hazmat suit, Ermek Murataliyev drives a truck filled with Soviet-era radioactive waste along the winding mountain roads of Kyrgyzstan.

International Business Times

The girl with sun-shaped earrings: A family remembers a murdered daughter

Family and friends piece together the events that led to the death of an ambitious student and loving daughter.

Al Jazeera

The Switzerland of Central Asia: why a hiking trip to Kyrgyzstan should be your next adventure

Snow-capped mountains, nomads on horses, and remains of the Silk Road, Radhika Aligh discovers Central Asia's hidden gem

Evening Standard

‘They want to show no one can escape’: how the long arm of Russia is reaching out for Putin critics in exile

Moscow is using ties with neighbouring countries to deport and arrest anti-war Russians who fled after invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar and China have world’s ‘worst environment’ for internet freedom

Freedom on the Net report says Kyrgyzstan showed sharpest downgrade, while Iceland had ‘freest online environment’.

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Myanmar And China Have Lowest Internet Freedom, Says Study

Myanmar and China have the world's worst internet freedom, with declines reported in a number of other countries led by Kyrgyzstan, a study said Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

South Korea on course for 2026 World Cup while rivals North Korea struggle

A 1-0 defeat by Kyrgyzstan rocked North Korea while South Korea are on course for their 11th successive qualification

Latin Times

Montana Man Imprisoned for Creating Hybrid Animals to Hunt for Sport Says He Got Carried Away

The man cloned parts of the Marco Polo argali sheep from Kyrgyzstan, the world's largest sheep, which were imported illegally.

France 24

War over water in Central Asia's Ferghana Valley

In the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia, neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are at loggerheads over crucial water resources. This territorial dispute is exacerbated by climate change and the gradual melting of glaciers in the region. Is the future of the Ferghana Valley at risk? FRANCE 24's Marie Boyer and Germain…

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Al Jazeera

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe

Athletes from 89 countries take part in 10th edition of games featuring sport including horseback wrestling.

Evening Standard

Walking Holiday Checklist 2024: What to take on your next walking or hiking adventure

Outdoor gear tried and tested on the mountains of Kyrgyzstan

LiveScience

T. rex relative with giant, protruding eyebrows discovered in Kyrgyzstan

The newly discovered Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus fossils are the first of their kind from Kyrgyzstan and provide evidence of predatory dinosaurs caring for offspring in the Jurassic.

Space

Astrophotography under Kyrgyzstan's clear pristine skies, a stargazer's paradise

Here's what it's like to experience Kyrgyzstan's clear pristine skies, a stargazer's paradise.

Reason

Brickbat: Welcome to the Family

President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan has imprisoned Aftandil Sabyrbekov, his niece's fiancé, on drug charges, after Sabyrbekov arranged an "embarrassingly ostentatious" marriage proposal and refused to apologize. Sabyrbekov and Japarov's niece videotaped themselves flying to a mountain location in a Kyrgyz Emergencies Ministry helicopter as deadly mudslides hit the south…

Al Jazeera

In Kyrgyzstan, an ‘unprecedented crackdown’ on free press raises alarm

As several laws threaten to criminalise their work, investigative reporters are fleeing the Central Asian nation.

The Guardian - AU

‘Sanctions hole’: how secretive routes supply Russia with western tech and consumer goods

German exports of cars to Kyrgyzstan are up 5,100% since the start of the Ukraine war – with other routes channelling luxury goods and computer chips

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