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Sadyr Japarov: Officials who embezzled public funds will not go unpunished
17:58, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Tilebaldy TUKUEVA 17:58, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Tilebaldy TUKUEVA Amid a series of high-profile arrests of public officials, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr...

Kyrgyzstan shows highest retail trade growth rates in Central Asia
15:27, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 15:27, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA Kyrgyzstan demonstrated the highest growth rate in retail trade among Central Asian countries in...

Kyrgyzstan’s energy companies receive new specialized equipment
17:58, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA 17:58, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA As part of ongoing reforms by the Ministry of Energy, Kyrgyzstan’s energy sector has undergone significant...

Kyrgyzstan and Tatarstan sign cooperation roadmap for 2025–2027
17:10, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek ALYMBAEV 17:10, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek ALYMBAEV On the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of...

Kyrgyzstan tightens rules for sale of dairy products
18:29, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek ALYMBAEV 18:29, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek ALYMBAEV The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has updated the trade rules to improve the quality of storage...

Vietnamese company intends to build solar power plant in Issyk-Kul region
12:28, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Tilebaldy TUKUEVA 12:28, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Tilebaldy TUKUEVA A meeting was held with representatives of the international investment group ROX Group (Vietnam), who...

Kyrgyzstan proposes growing sugar beet seeds for Belarus
13:24, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 13:24, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA Kyrgyzstan and Belarus are interested in enhancing interregional cooperation. Erbol Sultanbaev,...

Two Duishens: 60 Years of a Seminal Soviet Kyrgyz Film
Andrei Konchalovsky’s First Teacher, an adaptation of Chingiz Aitmatov’s famous work of the same name about an educator who undertakes the task of tutoring the kids in a remote Kyrgyz village, re-tailors the protagonist and the plot to convert a...

Kamchybek Tashiev comes with inspection: Officials and park builders detained
13:51, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek ALYMBAEV 13:51, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Turdubek ALYMBAEV The Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev...

Kyrgyzstan And Russia's Tatarstan Identify Areas Of Cooperation Until 2027
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 20. Kyrgyzstan and Russia's Tatarstan have signed a plan of joint activities to implement the intergovernmental agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical, and social-humanitarian...

Bishkek International Film Festival’s CAF Pitch rewards a slew of bold Central Asian voices
20/06/2025 - The teams behind ten film projects took the stage to demonstrate their international ambition and seek collaborators at the Kyrgyz event The 2025 CAF Pitch jury The CAF Pitch platform, held as part of the Bishkek International Film...

Kyrgyzstan launches new tool for sustainable investment
11:37, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Tilebaldy TUKUEVA 11:37, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Tilebaldy TUKUEVA The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the National Investment Agency...

Kyrgyzstan started printing passports for Africa
The state concern "Uchkun" in Kyrgyzstan has begun international export of biometric passports: the first batch of 130 thousand documents has been sent to Namibia. This was reported by the head of the presidential affairs department Kanybek...

Construction of 750-meter tunnel starts on Bishkek - Osh road
12:46, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 12:46, 20 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA Construction of a 750-meter tunnel has begun on Bishkek — Osh road. The Ministry of Transport and...

Kyrgyzstan, Russia's Sakha Republic Ready To Sign Broad Cooperation Agreement
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 19. Kyrgyzstan's Cabinet of Ministers and the government of the Russia's Sakha Republic (Yakutia) are ready to sign a cooperation agreement covering trade, economic, scientific, technical,...

Deadline for introducing mandatory labeling of mineral water postponed
10:14, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aibek SULTANOV 10:14, 16 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aibek SULTANOV The deadline for introducing mandatory labeling of bottled water, including mineral and carbonated one, with...

Kyrgyzstan abandons use of hazardous pesticides
The Department of Chemicalization, Plant Protection and Quarantine of Kyrgyzstan issued a decree on June 18, 2025, No. 47, prohibiting the circulation of pesticides based on the active substance paraquat dichloride (including development,...

Kyrgyzstan Begins Tunnel Construction On Nation's Bishkek-Osh Highway
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 19 . Construction began on a 750-meter tunnel on the Bishkek-Osh highway, a vital route connecting northern and southern Kyrgyzstan, Trend reports via the Ministry of Transport and...

Kyrgyzstan sees increasing demand for Simmental and Aberdeen Angus breeds - Agriculture Ministry
Kyrgyzstan sees increasing demand for Simmental and Aberdeen Angus breeds - Agriculture Ministry AKIPRESS.COM - Demand for dairy and beef cattle breeds is on the rise in Kyrgyzstan, Elvira Mambetova, Head of the Department for Implementation of...

Kyrgyz Journalist Held Without Lawyer as Media Crackdown Deepens
The lawyer for Kloop cameraman Aleksandr Aleksandrov says he has been denied access to his client since Aleksandrov was transferred to a newly opened detention facility operated by Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (GKNB), raising...