A new mayor of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, has been elected by the city council amid protests. Forty-three out of 44 city council members voted on August 8 for Aziz Surakmatov, the only candidate ...

Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan and is a perfect base to explore the natural beauty and historic sights in the heartlands of central Asia ...

Bishkek is the only capital city in Central Asia that has kept the Soviet-era names of its districts, including the Lenin district. So it didn't seem so strange that Kyrgyz lawmakers and Bishkek city ...

Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek is set to welcome a new fleet of gas-powered buses from China in the near future, cementing Beijing’s position in a public transport sector where officials are trumpeting ...

Experience the rugged beauty of Central Asia with this sweeping drone footage of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The journey begins with a panoramic view of the snow-capped Tian Shan mountains, ...

Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov’s state visit to China kicked off on June 6 as a political scandal linked to a Chinese-owned company raged back home. Jeenbekov was due to meet with his ...

The Gumi City delegation, led by Mayor Kim Jang-ho (hereinafter referred to as the "delegation"), will visit the Kyrgyz Republic from April 18 to 23 to strengthen cooperation with its international ...

KVN – the Russian abbreviation for Club of the Funny and Inventive [Клуб весёлых и находчивых] – remains a national comedy institution in many states of the former Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan, whose ...

On July 2, Bishkek’s municipal initiative Tazalyk (“cleanliness” in Kyrgyz) installed 10 sets of recycling bins across Kyrgyzstan’s capital. Almost three weeks later, on July 19, Tazalyk had put the ...

The Asheville TouristsMy plans to visit Asheville last week predated its devastating floods last September. Eight months after the deluge, I... How river charterer Transcend is making inroads with ...