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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is a former Soviet republic located in Central Asia. It gained independence in 1991.

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Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the middle of a crowd of supporters

Kyrgyzstan unrest

Toppled Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been given refuge in the Belarusian capital Minsk.
April 20, 2010
Burning building - scene from the protests that overthrew president Bakiyev

Kyrgyz violence

Fresh riots in Kyrgyzstan between ethnic Kyrgyz and police leave five dead and others wounded.
April 20, 2010
Head of the interim government in Kyrgyzstan, Roza Otunbayeva

Power shuffling

The interim government in Kyrgyzstan arrests several of the ousted president's top allies.
April 16, 2010
Kurmanbek Bakiyev

President flees

Kyrgyzstan's ousted president has flown out of the country, a week after he was deposed.
April 15, 2010
City center of Osh in the Fergana Valley of southern Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan gunfire

Gunfire erupts at a rally in support of deposed Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
April 15, 2010

Kyrgyzstan: Optimism About Media Freedom

April 14, 2010
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, center, during a rally of his supporters

Resignation in Kyrgyzstan

The ousted president of Kyrgyzstan has said he may resign if his safety is guaranteed.
April 13, 2010
A man walks beneath a poster of Bakiyev shaking hands with Russian President Medvedev

Out in public

The president of Kyrgyzstan makes his first public appearance since being ousted last week.
April 12, 2010
Mourner at a memorial for protesters killed in Kyrgyzstan

Crisis in Kyrgyzstan

The acting government in Kyrgyzstan says it will do everything it can to prevent civil war.
April 9, 2010
Interim government head, former Foreign Minister Roza Otunbayeva

Will Kyrgyzstan crisis have an impact on neighboring states?

China has voiced its concerns and there has been speculation about the fate of a US base in Manas.
April 9, 2010
Kyrgyz pray as they gather to mourn revolt victims on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, April 9, 2010.

Tears and tension

Kyrgyzstan began mourning the dead from Wednesday's bloody uprising that ousted its president.
April 9, 2010
Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyzstan clashes

As funerals begin for victims of violent revolt in Bishkek, the President refuses to resign.
April 8, 2010
Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva

Kyrgyzstan clashes

Kyrgyzstan's opposition says it has formed an interim government following bloody clashes.
April 8, 2010
Protests in Kyrgyzstan

Civil unrest

What's behind the bloody clashes that broke out between police and protestors in Kyrgyzstan?
April 7, 2010
protestors attack police in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz unrest

The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says the government has resigned after anti-government protests.
April 7, 2010
Apartment buildings in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek

Kyrgyz journalist

A prominent Kyrgyz opposition journalist has been killed in neighboring Kazakhstan.
December 23, 2009
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Democratic deficits

As Western priorities have shifted, nations in Central Asia have become more authoritarian.
December 17, 2009
Bakiyev talks to the press after voting

Kyrgyz election

The OSCE says the Kyrgyz presidential election fails to meet international standards.
July 24, 2009
The Kamaz factory in Tatarstan, Russia, is still the biggest truck producer in the former Soviet Union

An Uphill Struggle: A Trucker's Journey from China to Kyrgyzstan

Leaders from China, Russia and the four central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have gathered in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg for the ninth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The six-nation group was founded in Shanghai in 2001 to promote co-operation in areas such as trade, investment and transport. But the regional co-operation has also generated competition. For example, truckers in Kyrgyzstan are facing an uphill struggle.
June 15, 2009
US Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo plane

Kyrgyz Parliament Approves Closure of Strategic US Air Base

Kyrgyzstan's parliament has approved the closure of a US air base on its territory, which has been crucial for supplying US and NATO troops in Afghanistan.
February 20, 2009

Kyrgyzstan Decision on US Military Base Final

Kyrgyzstan has declared that its decision to close a key American air base on its territory is final. Washington responded that it regrets the move because the base is important for NATO troops in Afghanistan.
February 7, 2009
The CIS logo

Ex-Soviet Summit

Former USSR satellite states convened in Kyrgyzstan for discussions on tricky regional issues.
October 10, 2008

Deals With Dictators

German plans to build bridges to Central Asia are problematic, says journalist Marcus Bensmann.
February 11, 2007

Germany and Central Asia

DW-WORLD.DE presents a recent collection of articles concerning EU and German ties to Central Asia.
November 14, 2006

Steinmeier in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz prosecutors on Saturday opened up a criminal investigation over a tape recording that allegedly showed opposition plans.
November 4, 2006
Steinmeier and Kyrgyzstan Premier Felix Kulov

EU Plan for the Stans

Germany's foreign minister said Europe needed to take a new look at relations with Central Asia.
November 4, 2006

Frank Walter Steinmeier heads for Kyrgyzstan

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier is on a bridge-building tour in Central Asia.
November 3, 2006

OSCE Fears Fresh Unrest in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan's political situation appeared less chaotic on Monday after the old parliament handed over to the disputed new one, but Europe's top security body fears the move could cause a new escalation of violence.
March 28, 2005

European Union Appeals for Calm in Kyrgyzstan

The European Union on Friday called on the people of Kyrgyzstan to refrain from violence and behave "responsibly," while offering to cooperate with the ex-Soviet state's new leaders after the uprising there.
March 26, 2005

Nuclear Disaster Threatens Central Asia

Heavy rains in the last few weeks have led to flooding in Central Asia’s largest uranium processing plant. The result could be a major ecological disaster for Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
May 22, 2002