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ouston, at least when it comes to its street names, has never been one for consistency. The city’s streets get their names from Spanish, French, German, old Texas families and whatever a developer ...

Polls are under way in Kyrgyzstan’s snap parliamentary election, in which allies of President Sadyr Japarov are expected to win a resounding victory. Sunday’s vote takes place with no formal parties ...

Campaigning for Kyrgyzstan’s upcoming election has been tepid, at best. Excitement regarding the polls, scheduled a year early after the parliament voted to dissolve itself in September, has been all ...

A court in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, declared the content published by Kloop, Temirov Live, and Ait, Ait Dese – as well as the activities of the outlets’ founders, Bolot Temirov and Rinat ...

BISHKEK, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan voiced regret on Friday over the inclusion of several Kyrgyz entities in the European Union's latest Russia sanctions list, a move it called "one-sided sanctions ...

Kyrgyzstan is engineering its future as Eurasia’s premier digital finance hub. The government has made digitization a state priority, targeting online delivery of all basic public services by 2028.

You could be forgiven for assuming Aliman Esenalieva is overheated. The 60-year-old textile artisan is sitting cross-legged on the floor of a felted yurt on a sweltering 90-degree June day just ...

Despite Western sanctions and domestic crackdowns on Kyrgyzstan's traditional banking sector, Russian entities are increasingly using ruble-linked cryptocurrency, particularly A7A5 on exchanges like ...

There are signs that western measures and a domestic crackdown on Kyrgyzstan’s traditional banking sector are starting to bite, hindering Russian efforts to evade sanctions. Yet, booming transactions ...

Adventurous hikers now have access to see a different side of Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz Nomad Trail (KNT) is a 1,243-mile (2,000-kilometer) long-distance hiking trail in northern and eastern Kyrgyzstan, ...

Russia is pressing Kyrgyzstan to ease up on the enforcement of Western sanctions covering bilateral trade, especially dual-use items with military applications. Kyrgyz officials aren’t showing signs, ...