The Ukraine War has turned Kyrgyzstan into a key intermediary for Russian imports, but economic growth is unevenly shared. In Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan—a mountainous, landlocked country of 7 million ...

KYRGYZSTAN USED to be an exception in Central Asia: the sole democracy in a region run by strongmen, albeit a flawed one. That is rapidly ceasing to be the case. It regressed a bit closer to the mean ...

The Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday held a snap parliamentary election against the backdrop of arrests of opposition figures and the closure of independent media outlets. The vote is ...

Kyrgyzstan is exploring the possibility of building its first nuclear power plant using Russian small modular reactors, Vladimir Putin has said. (Image: Kremlin.ru) In a statement after talks with ...

The National Investment Agency of Kyrgyzstan has entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation with Hungarian energy company Electron Holding for 300 MW of solar. According to reports published by the ...

A brawl involving Chinese workers erupted in northern Kyrgyzstan, exposing growing anti-Chinese sentiment in the Central Asian country. Dozens of Kyrgyz and Chinese construction workers clashed in the ...

A fight broke out between Chinese and Kyrgyz construction workers in Kyrgyzstan on November 15, igniting a wave of anti-Chinese comments on Kyrgyz social networks. Officials are calling for calm, ...

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are facing an energy crisis as water levels have plummeted at the reservoirs powering their largests hydropower stations, officials said this week. The two landlocked Central ...

BISHKEK, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan has launched a national stablecoin and a central bank digital currency in partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Binance, President Sadyr Japarov said on ...

Kyrgyzstan is moving ahead with its national cryptocurrency strategy, launching a stablecoin and preparing for a public sector rollout of a central bank digital currency (CBDC),according to Binance co ...

An aerial view shows the city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan’s economy grew by 10% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2025, with ...

Moscow, Sept 27, (dpa/GNA) – The parliament in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, voted by a large majority on Thursday to dissolve itself and hold early elections. The country’s state news ...