Bishkek will host the CIS Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia. The event will begin on June 9. The press service of the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports, and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan reported.
Traffic on Balykchy—Ananyevo—Karakol road, where a mudflow occurred on the evening of June 5, has been restored. However, one person was killed. Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
Due to a cultural event at Turdakun Usubaliev Square (Old Square) in Bishkek, traffic will be restricted from June 5 to 8. The press service of the capital’s Patrol Police Department reported.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the detention of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan Ermek Sabyrzhanov in Turkey.
Human rights are respected in Kyrgyzstan and will continue to be respected, while freedom of speech exists and will continue to exist in the country, President Sadyr Japarov said in an interview with Kabar news agency, commenting on the new obligations Kyrgyzstan will assume regarding human rights and freedom of speech after being elected to the UN Security Council.
As part of the digitalization of document management, laws adopted by the Zhogorku Kenesh have started being sent to the president for signature in electronic format starting June 4. The parliament’s press service reported.
Another citizen of Kyrgyzstan has been detained in Turkey. According to his wife, Ermek Sabyrzhanov was arrested at an airport on suspicion of alleged links to the FETO organization. The information was shared on social media by his relatives.
From June 1 to 3, a Kyrgyzstan’s delegation participated in the 6th meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states on biological security in Saratov, Russia.
Daniyar Kalmatov has been appointed Deputy Minister of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic.
All schools in Kyrgyzstan should have at least 50 percent of their classes taught in Kyrgyz. Education Minister Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva told in response to a question from 24.kg news agency.
Osh Combined Interregional Clinical Hospital received modern medical equipment donated by China as part of its healthcare support program.
The State Agency for Civil Service and Local Government Affairs has drafted a bill that would completely remove local kurultais from the system of local self-government. The document was prepared to eliminate legal confusion that arose after the adoption of the constitutional law «On the People’s Kurultai.»
Kyrgyzstan is planning to legalize the hookah business. If the relevant draft law is adopted, the annual license fee for establishments could amount to around 150,000 soms. This was announced during a meeting of the Zhogorku Kenesh Committee on Labor, Social Security, Migration, Women’s and Family Affairs, where amendments to legislation were discussed.
The criminal trial involving former State Committee for National Security (SCNS) chief Kamchybek Tashiev, former Prosecutor General Kurmankul Zulushev and former Speaker of Parliament Nurlanbek Shakiev will continue today, June 1, in the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek.
Sadyr Japarov’s working visit to Astana has concluded. The presidential press service reported.
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov signed a decree establishing the National Agency for Virtual Assets and Blockchain Technologies under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic.
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, along with the heads of state of the Eurasian Economic Union, attended a country-specific digital achievements exhibition held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov spoke at the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Astana. The presidential press service reported.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 6,000 people aged 30 and older die annually in Kyrgyzstan from diseases caused by tobacco use. Deputy Health Minister Gulbara Ishenapysova announced at a press conference.
The legalization of vehicles with foreign number plates in the Kyrgyz Republic will be extended. Speaker of the Parliament, Marlen Mamataliev, announced at a meeting of the Zhogorku Kenesh.