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Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Every unhappy country is unhappy in its own way.

Kyrgyz authorities do not want pollsters or journalists to probe public opinion about the war.

Children's rights experts say a better approach would be to invest in social workers.

Plus: The geopolitical rivalry over Central Asia heats back up.

Media have been warned against giving anti-war Russians a platform.

Bazaars, where most rural Kyrgyz people meet their basic needs, are by and large an impenetrable black box for the taxman.

Seventy percent of girls aged 11 to 14 have been vaccinated against Human Papillomavirus.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Attention will now turn to the delicate process of enabling children to readapt to normal civilian life.

The president’s decision to convene a meeting with all his predecessors has divided Kyrgyz public opinion. He calls it a unifying gesture. Critics see disrespectful populism.

Atambayev is poised to travel to Spain for medical treatment. He insists he will return.

Plus: Valentine’s Day is just one challenge to dating in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Projects initiated under Bolturuk's watch are said to include a five-star hotel, a hippodrome and a marble factory.

There is wariness, though, particularly in Kyrgyzstan, about jobs and ethnic tensions.

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The two countries hope improved ties will massively boost bilateral trade to $2 billion annually.

Bishkek is now suffering with some of the world’s worst air pollution.

Space for independent journalism has been shrinking over the past year.

The surviving popularity of the komuz as a living instrument, rather than a museum artifact, and the flourishing tradition of Kyrgyz folk music is in no small way thanks to Malik Alikeyev, who died on January 17.

Chinese buses have survived corruption scandals to become the most obvious alternative to ubiquitous but problematic minibuses.

What started off as a genuine and timely reform has been butchered by a lack of analysis and planning, leaving hundreds of schools without principals.

An official has identified the new purchases as Aksungur and Anka UAVs.

The changes make living long-term in Kazakhstan unviable for tens of thousands of Russian citizens who have fled the war.

Botoyarova wore a cape during the swimsuit category that bore the stylized image of a woman being subjected to abuse.