Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary vote boosts president's clout With over 97% of precincts counted, three blocs all supporting Sadyr Zhaparov emerged as the top vote-getters. 29/11/2021
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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
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agree to ceasefire over border dispute The shooting broke out when Tajik officials tried to mount surveillance cameras to monitor the water supply facility 02/05/2021
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan reports 13 deaths in territorial clashes with Tajikistan The two central Asian countries have traded fire in a dispute over a large area of territory. 30/04/2021
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan: President resigns amid protests over election results The embattled president is the third to be toppled by popular uprisings in the former Soviet country since 2005. 15/10/2020
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz parliament appoints new PM as troops are deployed in Bishkek Sadyr Zhaparov is declared prime minister after authorities announce a state of emergency and a nightly curfew following a week of unrest in Kyrgyzstan's capital 10/10/2020
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Now playing Next Green News Climate change is now the greatest threat to ultra-rare snow leopards UNEP have launched a new monitoring programme to save endangered snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan. 09/06/2020
Now playing Next World Kyrgyzstan town 'one landslide away' from radioactive catastrophe Soviet-era nuclear waste is threatening the water supply of millions of people in Kyrgyzstan. Europe is stepping in to try and prevent disaster. 06/11/2019
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Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Euroviews. 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
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Watch: Young women aim to build Kyrgyzstan's first satellite Nineteen-year-old Alina Anisimova is leading a team of young women to build Kyrgyzstan's first satellite. 14/06/2019
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 Kyrgyzstan Euroviews. 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
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz singer recieves death threats for showing bra in music video In the video, singer Zere appears in a purple bra and calls for a woman's right to her own opinion to be respected 27/09/2018
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Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgystan goes to the polls Observers are predicting a close run-off between two pro-Russian candidates, one of whom is backed by the outgoing leader. 15/10/2017
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Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan opposition politician arrested on corruption charges Omurbek Tekebayev, who had been touted as a contender for the upcoming presidential elections, is accused of taking $1 million in bribes. 26/02/2017
Now playing Next Europe News Euronews talks to Kyrgyz president Atambyev Euronews correspondent Natasha Richardson sat down the president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambyev, to talk about his country’s economic ambitions and the fight against… 17/02/2017
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
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan village devastated as dozens die in Turkish cargo plane crash Dozens dead in Kyrgyzstan village in Turkish cargo plane crash 16/01/2017
Now playing Next Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan: Dozens killed in Turkish cargo jet crash At least 37 people die after a Turkish cargo plane crashes into a village in Kyrgyzstan. 16/01/2017
