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 Collections. Kyrgyzstan has witnessed two revolutions since 2005, as well as ethnic violence that killed over 400 people and a change of constitution last year.
WATCH SILENT DOCUDRAMA “The Unknown Kyrgyzstan” Continue reading “Upcoming elections in Kyrgyzstan”
October 16th, 2011
filed under Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Empire
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 hatte die Bush-Administration damals voreilig zum Hoffnungsträger und Reformer erklärt und den Umsturz in der bitterarmen ehemaligen Sowjetrepublik an der Grenze zu China zum demokratischen Aufbruch mit Signalwirkung für die gesamte Region hochgejubelt. Continue reading “Islam statt Tulpen”
March 28th, 2010
filed under Deutsch, Kyrgyzstan
GlOBAl_COMPETITIVENESS_REPORT – The World Economic Forum calculated competitiveness of 133 countries for 2009-2010.The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by attracting attention to regional agendas.
Switzerland is at the top of overall ranking. The United States falls one place to second position. Singapore, Sweden and Denmark round out the top five. European economies continue to prevail in the top 10 with Finland, Germany and the Netherlands following suit. Continue reading “To start business in Burkina Faso or in Austria?”
September 9th, 2009
filed under Business, English
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 of Osh, you pass apple and apricot orchards, with the road climbing every now and then to cross a spur of the mountains.There are not as many sheep as there were in Soviet times, when Kyrgyzstan was expected to provide winter overcoats for the world’s largest army but there are still plenty. We were heading for the small town of Khaidarkan, home to the only mercury mine in the world which is still exporting its output. Continue reading “Pollution and poverty in Kyrgyzstan”
July 13th, 2009
filed under English, Environment, Kyrgyzstan
Mailuusuu ist eine Industriestadt im Süden Kirgisistans. Seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts wurden hier Radiobaryt-Vorkommen entdeckt. Zwischen 1946 und 1968 wurde in der Umgebung der Stadt Uran abgebaut.
Seit dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion und dem Ende des Uranabbaus und der Uranweiterverarbeitung dort hat die Stadt schwere Zeiten erlebt: seit dem Ende der Uranindustrie gibt es für den Großteil der örtlichen Bevölkerung nicht mehr viel Arbeit. Continue reading “Mailuu-Suu:Radio…aktiv leben”
May 28th, 2009
filed under English, Environment, Kyrgyzstan
Three Chinese tourists have bought a 274-kg piece of depleted uranium and brought it home from Kyrgyzstan as a souvenir, the China Daily newspaper reported.
The three tourists bought “the glittering treasure” for $2,000 at a flea market in Kyrgyzstan, hoping to make money by reselling it in China.
Not knowing what they had actually bought, the tourists sliced off a piece of the stone and took it to experts from Beijing’s University. After identifying the souvenir as a piece of depleted uranium, the scientists called the police Continue reading “Tourists in Kyrgyzstan buy nuclear waste as souvenir”
May 9th, 2009
filed under English, Environment, Kyrgyzstan
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 Collections. Kyrgyzstan has witnessed two revolutions since 2005, as well as ethnic violence that killed over 400 people and a change of constitution last year.
