President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev announced that Russian military base would be closed after the current contract expires. “Kyrgyzstan should rely only on its own military forces, not Russian, American or any other country’s”, the president said during a press conference. “We should build our own army”, Atambayev said. “The last five years have shown…
The Kyrgyz government predicts the budget deficit for 2017 in the amount of 23.3 billion soms. The vast majority of it are credits got in over the years of independence. 24.kg news agency decided to find out to whom the republic indebted the most and when the time to pay them back will come. The…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan for water upgrade in yet another Kyrgyz city, Kyzyl-Kiya under its framework to support water and wastewater modernization in the Kyrgyzstan, the bank reported. The investment will be co-financed by the European Union’s Investment Facility for Central Asia (IFCA), which also has a…
In terms of constant increasing of the demand for wheat in Kyrgyzstan, the country reduces the planted areas of grains almost every year, the Committee of flour millers under the Entrepreneurs Union of the Kyrgyz Republic declared. In 2015 the planted area under grains decreased by 23 thousand ha, while in the current year –…
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia conducted the joint “Clear Sky 2016” International command-staff exercise. Central Asian military pilots are currently carrying out joint exercises to repel missile strikes over the region. The main purpose of this exercise is to achieve interoperability between the staff that are interested in obtaining military assistance and assistance to other states.…
An expanded format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government took place in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek. The meeting was attended by Kyrgyzstan’s Acting Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasulzoda, Uzbekistan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Azimov. Representatives…
Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev signed the law on scheduling the referendum on making amendments to the country’s constitution for December 11, said the message posted on the president’s website. During its final reading on November 2, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament approved of the draft law on scheduling the referendum on amending the constitution for December 11. Earlier,…