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

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

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

Kyrgyzstan

Landslide buries Kyrgyzstan village, 24 feared dead

At least 24 people including nine children were feared dead after a devastating landslide swept through a village in southern Kyrgyzstan early on Saturday, officials…

29/04/2017

Russia

Kyrgyzstan fertile ground for would be jihadists

ISIL recruiters target Bishkek

04/04/2017

Russia

Suspect in St Petersburg blast reportedly Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen

As the hunt goes on for whoever was responsible for the deadly metro blast in St.

04/04/2017

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

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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

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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

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

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan voters approve constitutional changes in referendum

Kyrgyzstan has voted overwhelmingly in favour of constitutional changes boosting the power of the prime minister.

12/12/2016

Focus

World Nomad Games: creating cultural connections

Cholpon-Ata, a city in the heart of the Kyrgyz Republic, is host to the Second World Nomad Games, with athletes from over forty countries.

06/09/2016

Kyrgyzstan

Suicide car bomb attack at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan

China’s embassy in Kyrgyzstan was attacked on Tuesday by a suspected suicide bomber whose car rammed the gates of the compound and then exploded, according to…

30/08/2016

World

Kyrgyzstan will push for "close engagement" with EU says President Almazbek Atambayev

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has been on an extended tour of Europe meeting major European Union leaders. He plans to go to Moscow soon to

01/04/2015

World

Kyrgyzstan: Revolution politics

04/03/2011