Kyrgyzstan’s president says one of the things stopping his country from flourishing is the national flag. The symbolism is all wrong, he says. “There are lot of people who hold the view that the ...

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to change the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower, which in ...

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Wednesday to tweak the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower which in the ...

Jorobekov had earlier announced a motor rally against changing the flag. On December 2, Bishkek police summoned him for interrogation about the motor rally, which he had planned for December 3.

Kyrgyzstan’s national flag was adopted on March 3, 1992, shortly after the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. A team of five people stood behind its design. At the flag’s ...

An initiative to tweak Kyrgyzstan’s flag steams ahead after lawmakers passed the first of three readings of a bill amid strong criticism. Top officials -- including President Sadyr Japarov ...

Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan support modifying the country's flag to feature sun rays, aiming to boost the economy. The landlocked republic has faced political volatility since gaining independence in ...

Kyrgyzstan is considering changing its more than 30-year-old flag. “I support the idea,” said President Sadyr Japarov. “Our flag looks likes a sunflower; with this the country cannot rise ...

Kyrgyzstan’s new-look flag, approved by parliament in December, was raised on the capital’s main square on January 1. And then all hell broke loose. Within the same day, eagle-eyed internet sleuths ...

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to change the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower which in ...

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to change the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower, which in the ...