Kyrgyzstan’s newly elected parliament has convened for the first time since a snap election last month cemented the grip of ...

BISHKEK – A Kyrgyz parliamentary commission on June 22 decided to allow the launch of a probe against opposition lawmaker Adakhan Madumarov over his role in signing a Kyrgyz-Tajik border deal in 2009 ...

As was long expected, the Kyrgyz parliament voted unanimously September 25 to dissolve itself, setting up snap elections for later this fall almost exactly a year ahead of schedule. Parliament Speaker ...

Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have, in a widely anticipated move, given their definitive backing to a bill that stands to cripple the work of nongovernmental organizations advocating for human rights and ...

Technically, 83 of 90 members of the Kyrgyz parliament, the Jogorku Kenesh, were registered at the February 22 meeting at which the body passed in its second reading the controversial “foreign ...

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov has persuaded parliament to push back the date of the next election by several months, in an indication he may be turning his thoughts towards ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted to close a key U.S. air base in the country -- a move that could hamper President Barack Obama's efforts to increase the number of U.S. forces in ...

Kyrgyz lawmakers on June 27 approved the second and third readings of a bill requiring all judges in the Central Asian country to speak Kyrgyz at no less than the B1 intermediate level. Those without ...

Kyrgyzstan's parliament has approved lifting the ban on uranium mining, which has raised significant environmental concerns among activists. The resumption of uranium mining is viewed as a potential ...

Honour guards march near the renewed Kyrgyz national flag during a ceremony in Bishkek BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan's parliament has approved a bill that tightens state controls over media outlets, ...