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The U.S. Is About To Slap The World's Most Positive Country With A Travel Ban
The Travel
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July 7, 2025
The "New American Travel Anxiety" is real, and it's not limited to foreigners planning to visit the U.S. amid the Trump administration's controversial border policies. Experts also revealed that Trump's tariffs are impacting almost half of...
Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Holds Bilateral Calls with Counterparts from Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, and Eswatini
News Central Asia
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July 8, 2025
On 7 July 2025, Turkmenistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov held separate telephone conversations with Jeenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic; Ms. Folile Shakantu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and...
SCO member states to foster cultural, tourism cooperation
Xinhua News Agency
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QINGDAO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states will work together to develop more high-quality cultural and tourism projects to enhance people-to-people and cultural ties, according to China's Ministry of...
Kyrgyzstan: President Should Step in to Halt the Erosion of Freedom of Expression
International Partnership for Human Rights
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We, the undersigned international human rights organizations express our deepest concerns with troubling developments in Kyrgyzstan that further curb freedom of expression and the media and seem designed to encourage self-censorship among...
Kyrgyzstan Moves to Curb Free Expression
Human Rights Watch
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July 4, 2025
(Bishkek, July 4, 2025) – A series of developments in Kyrgyzstan threaten to further curb freedom of expression and the media, ten organizations including Human Rights Watch said today, urging the president not to sign a bill to restrict the...
Kyrgyz President announced his country's proposals at the ECO Khankendi Summit
APA
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July 4, 2025
The Kyrgyz Republic, supporting Azerbaijan’s initiative, is implementing tourism projects, said Kyrgyz Republic President Sadyr Japarov at the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), APA’s correspondent dispatched to Khankendi...
Oman U-23 to take part at International friendly in Bishkek
Oman Observer
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July 6, 2025
MUSCAT: Oman U-23 football team will take part in an international tournament which will be hosted in Kyrgyzstan during July 17 to 23 in Bishkek city. The football preparatory event will feature participation of four teams including: Syria,...
President reaffirms official status of Russian language in Kyrgyzstan
AKIpress News Agency
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AKIPRESS.COM - President Sadyr Japarov has dismissed proposals to alter the status of the Russian language in Kyrgyzstan, stating that such suggestions from politicians are "incorrect." In an interview with the Kabar news agency, the President...
Two epic journeys, one tough travel choice: Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan?
Nyngan Observer
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July 4, 2025
It's a life of astonishing freedom and beauty, and thanks to Kyrgyz nomads' hospitality - as legendary as their history - visitors can join in. You'll be invited to sleep in a traditional yurt on the shores of glacial lakes, ride across the...
“Kyrgyzstan’s president has been sleeping on a plane for three days,” says security chief
Daryo
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Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has reportedly spent the past three days sleeping on an airplane as he travels for diplomatic meetings, according to Kamchybek Tashiev, head of the State Committee for National Security. Source: Press service of the...
Kyrgyzstan to Host First International Equestrian Rally Gallops
Times of Central Asia
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June 30, 2025
For the first time, the international equestrian adventure race known as The Gallops will be held in Central Asia, with the 2025 edition taking place around the scenic mountain lake of Son-Kul in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn region. Scheduled for July...
Kyrgyzstan Kicks Off Major Highway Construction In Jalal-Abad
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 30 . The construction of a 16-kilometer road, Kanysh-Kiya - Kara-Buura in the Chatkal district of Jalal-Abad region, started, Trend reports via the country's Ministry of Transport and...
Travel Journal: Middle East tensions left me stranded in Abu Dhabi
The Straits Times
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June 30, 2025
ABU DHABI – I was meant to be in alpine landscapes, bundled in fleece, horseback riding through Kyrgyzstan’s Chon-Kemin valley or cruising along the banks of Issyk Kul lake with sweeping views of the Tian Shan mountain range. Instead, I was...
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan attend opening of the first phase of Khidirli village in Aghdam district-
APA
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On July 3, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, participated in the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the village of Khidirli in the Aghdam district, APA reports....
Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz president attend opening of first phase of Khidirli village in Aghdam
AzerNews
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July 3, 2025
On July 3, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, participated in the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the village of Khidirli in the Aghdam district, Azernews...
Flyarystan To Debut International Route From Kazakhstan's Almaty To Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 3. Today, the Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan operated its first flight on a new international route-from Almaty to the international airport “Issyk-Kul” (Tamchy), Kyrgyzstan, Trend reports...
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan attend opening of the first phase of Khidirli village in Aghdam district
APA
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On July 3, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, participated in the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the village of Khidirli in the Aghdam district, APA reports....
The global fallout of Trump’s travel bans
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
President Donald Trump’s sweeping orders banning citizens of 12 countries, international students, and his threats to ban Nigeria and 35 other countries from travelling to the United States—whether anchored under the guise of national security,...
Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia enhance bilateral cooperation
Xinhua News Agency
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BISHKEK, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev met with visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan in Bishkek on Friday, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of...
Bishkek and Kuala Lumpur to strengthen cooperation in number of areas
24.kg
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June 27, 2025
14:40, 27 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia MUN 14:40, 27 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia MUN The first-ever meeting of the Mayors of Kuala Lumpur and Bishkek took place in the picturesque Perdana...