The Oct. 30 elections will decide who succeeds President Roza Otunbayeva, leader of an interim government since President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was forced to flee the capital in April 2010. The situation may become destabilized during and after these elections. Kyrgyzstan has witnessed two revolutions since 2005, as well as ethnic violence that killed over 400 [...]
Demokratie bleibt fünf Jahre nach der Revolution in Kirgistan ein Traum Westliche Demokratie sei von gestern, ineffizient und passe nicht für alle. Auch Kirgistan müsse sich auf lokale, historisch gewachsene Formen kollektiver Mitbestimmung orientieren. Das sagt jedenfalls Kirgisen-Präsident Kurmanbek Bakijew, den vor genau fünf Jahren die sogenannte Revolution der Tulpen an die Macht spülte. Ihn [...]
By Mikhail Bushuyev, edited by Galina Toktalieva The head of Swiss publishing house Unionsverlag, Lucien Leitess, gave an interview to Deutsche Welle about perception of Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov in the West. Aitmatov is a very popular in Europe, especially in German-speaking countries. His story Jamila is one of the most affecting love stories narrated [...]
By Alex Kirby, BBC Edited by Galina Toktalieva Twenty years after independence, this small Central Asian state remains one of the poorest among former Soviet Union respublics, struggling to make its way in a complex and sometimes hostile world. There is something of Arcadia about Kyrgyzstan in the spring. Heading out of the southern city [...]
The snow leopard is a beautiful and charismatic animal, found in the remote mountainous regions of Central Asia. Protected by thick, smoky-grey fur, and capable of leaping thirty feet and taking prey three times its own weight, it is well adapted to the cold, harsh landscape. Solitary, shy and well camouflaged, the snow leopard is [...]
By Aizada Kutueva – 24.kg, edited by Galina Toktalieva Publishing and authoring are in pit Books are not so popular nowadays as they were before. People, especially young prefer TV and Internet, which to their opinion are easier to comprehend than taking trouble to read books. Such tendency surely affects writers. I am quite sure [...]