Stories about Kyrgyzstan from September, 2006
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
After a busy summer, we bid you welcome to a new roundup of notable online conversations from Central Asia and the Caucasus, brought to you by neweurasia and read out...
Kyrgyzstan: Storming Pyramid
Yulia of neweurasia reports on the latest attack on Pyramid TV in Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Panthers
Tolkun Umaraliev reports on the Bishkek Panthers, the American Football team at the American University of Central Asia, the only such team in Kyrgyzstan. Tolkun says that the team has...
Kyrgyzstan: Lie Detetector
Yulia of neweurasia Kyrgyzstan translates a Russian-language post on a plan to use lie-detectors to try to root out corruption in government.
Kyrgyzstan: Things People Like
Trent Milan, marking a year in Tajikistan, lists off things he has noticed the Kyrgyz like, including a number of interesting folk remedies.
Central Asia: HIV Conference
neweurasia reports on an HIV/AIDS conference in Bishkek that brought together officials from governments in Central Asia and other former Soviet States.
Kyrgyzstan: Tekebaev Roundup
Yulia of neweurasia rounds up the Kyrgyz blogosphere's discussion of the political scandal involving opposition politician Omurbek Tekebaev.
Kyrgyz Revolution Photos
By posting photos of last year's Kyrgyz Revolution, Edil Baisalov looks at the people that were behind the ousting of former President Akayev (RUS).
Trip to Sary Moghul
Ben of neweurasia writes about his recent trip to one of Kyrgyzstan's most remote villages near the Pamirs.
Kyrgyzstan: Tekebaev Update
Sean Roberts has an update on the fallout from the arrest of Omurbek Tekebaev, a Kyrgyz opposition politician, on drug charges in Poland. Edil Baisalov, meanwhile, has video (RU) and...
Kyrgyzstan: Constitutions
Yulia of neweurasia reports that Kyrgyzstan's constitutional commission has finally presented three draft constitutions to the public and revealed the disagreements and political wrangling that were involved in their drafting.
Kyrgyzstan: Tekebaev's Heroin
Sean Roberts discusses the curious and shocking case of the arrest of a prominent Kyrgyz opposition politician, Omurbek Tekebaev, for smuggling drugs into Poland.
Central Asia: Borders
Ben Paarmann has his fifth and final post on the determination of national borders in Central Asia.