Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. The mountainous Central Asian country adopted a new anthem ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 22. The president of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Zhaparov, proposed to consider the possibility of opening a new Islamic commercial bank in the country with the participation of ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. The mountainous central Asian country adopted a new anthem in ...

Under Japarov, Kyrgyzstan has introduced a law against ... is dominated by parties loyal to the president. The mostly Muslim country of 7 million people has close ties with Russia, where many ...