Batken customs officers, in cooperation with the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS), have prevented an attempt to illegally transport nearly 30 kilograms of a chemical precursor, the State Customs Service reported.
A citizen has been detained for illegally operating in the medical field, acquiring, distributing, and storing potent psychotropic drugs. The press center of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) reported.
Kyrgyzstan will only reopen access to TikTok social media platform after the launch of equipment capable of blocking certain prohibited content. Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), Alisher Erbaev, announced this at a parliamentary session today.
Russian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Sergei Vakunov wrote an article timed to the International Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, in which he stated the importance of the Cyrillic alphabet for the Kyrgyz language, education, and national identity. The diplomat also commented on the periodically raised topic of the possible transition of the Kyrgyz language to the Latin alphabet.
On April 25, the Ooedodaiko group, a group from the Kyrgyz-Japanese Center that has been transforming every performance into a true triumph of strength and rhythm for a quarter century, will take the stage at the Toktobolot Abdumomunov Kyrgyz National Academic Drama Theater, the organizers reported.
A magnitude 4 earthquake hit Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan. The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences reported.
A suspected organizer of an illegal migration network has been detained in Osh. The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported.
On June 15, 2026, the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan detained M.K.Z., director of the state enterprise Central Laboratory under the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kyrgyz Republic, and placed him in the SCNS pretrial detention facility as part of a criminal investigation into allegations of a scheme to fraudulently register and significantly inflate actual laboratory test results concerning the quality of coal supplied to the Bishkek Heating and Power Plant (HPP).
Former prosecutor general Kurmankul Zulushev and former speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu commented to journalists on the criminal case related to the so-called «Letter of 75.»
From January to March 2026, Kyrgyzstan executed its national budget with a surplus of 77,400 billion soms (or $900 million). Compared to the same period in 2025, the positive balance increased 1.7 times.
Zhumgalbek Shabdanbekov, Chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS), attended the 58th meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS countries. The meeting took place on May 25 in Irkutsk, Russia.
Vegetable oil producers in Kazakhstan have launched a new export route to Iran across the Caspian Sea, completing several trial shipments of rapeseed and sunflower oil in spring 2026, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture said. According to Kazakhstan’s National Association of Oilseed Processors (NAO
An Association of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has been established in Kyrgyzstan, and the head of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), Zhumgalbek Shabdanbekov, has been elected its President.
Uzbekistan and China have agreed to expand cooperation on environmental protection, including the development of early warning systems for dust and sandstorms, according to Uzbekistan’s National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change. The agreement was discussed during a meeting between Aziz Abdukh
Housing construction in Kyrgyzstan increased significantly in the first quarter of 2026. According to the National Statistical Committee, 4,461 residential buildings with a total area of 484,200 square meters have been commissioned. This is 15.6 percent higher than the figures for January — March 2025.
Citizens of Kyrgyzstan K.Zh.A. and A.K.T. have been detained on suspicion of committing large-scale fraud against foreign investors. The press center of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) reported.
On April 19, a citizen B.M. filed a written complaint requesting action against an unidentified foreign national and a man named D. The press service of the Main Internal Affairs Department of Bishkek reported.
Twenty religious educational institutions (madrasahs/hujras) operating illegally without registration or permits have been discovered in Suzak district of Jalal-Abad region. The press center of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) reported.
Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan, Marlen Mamataliev, held talks with Igor Sergeyenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. In addition to interparliamentary cooperation, the discussion focused on cancer treatment.
Another earthquake was registered in Kyrgyzstan at 9.17 a.m. today, April 21. The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.