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Now playing Next View The EU must protect its investment in Kyrgyz democracy | View The EU has spent €200 million building democracy in Kyrgyzstan. It must intervene now to stop an Afghanistan-style collapse, argues Shamil Ibragimov, director of the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan. 21/10/2021
Now playing Next no comment Event celebrates legacy of Kyrgyzstan's ancestors The role of women past and present is being highlighted at a Kyrgyzstan festival. The annual 'Altar Izi' gathering in the picturesque mountains of the Jyrgalan Valley celebrates the legacy of Kyrgyzstan's ancestors. 09/08/2021
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Now playing Next View The EU must press for an end to repression in Central Asia at its Kyrgyzstan summit ǀ View On her potentially last foreign trip, Federica Mogherini will present the EU’s new Central Asia strategy at a summit with Central Asia leaders in Kyrgyzstan. But she should convey several things in Bishkek, most notably the abuse and repression of citizens that is ongoing in the region. 05/07/2019
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Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz women turn to plastic surgery to get 'European eyes' About 4,000 plastic surgeries are carried out in Kyrgyzstan every year. Most are "Asian blepharoplasty" or double eyelid surgery. 17/05/2019
Now playing Next View Kyrgyzstan’s human rights abuses should sound alarm bells over closer ties with the EU | View While [Kyrgyzstan] boasts a very active and engaged civil society, Askarov’s imprisonment, and the government’s abject failure to act on the UN Human Rights Committee’s decision in his case [...] should give EU officials considerable pause. 24/01/2019
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Now playing Next no comment Plane crash victims mourned in Kyrgyzstan Flags are at half-mast in Kyrgyzstan in memory of those killed when a cargo plane crashed earlier in the week. 18/01/2017
Now playing Next no comment Drone video of Turkish cargo plane crash site A Turkish cargo plane crashed on Monday in a residential area just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing dozens of people both on the ground and on the plane, the Emergency Situations Minist 17/01/2017
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