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 ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — It’s blood red with a yellow sunburst in the center that’s covered by the top opening of a yurt - and it’s the focus of fierce debate in this Central Asian nation. Kyrgyzstan’s ...

On October 25, the Kyrgyz parliament’s speaker Nurlanbek Shakiyev revealed government plans to change the national anthem. He explained that the anthem was adopted 33 years ago when the country had ...

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, December 20. Members of Kyrgyzstan's parliament have approved a bill regarding the change of the country's flag in the second and third readings, Trend ...

On December 20, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament adopted a bill on changing the national flag in the second and third readings. After the vote, one of the two initiators and the Speaker of the parliament, ...

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 from its ...

BISHKEK (Reuters) - 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 ...

BISHKEK -- To some, the new flag proposal resembled the spine-covered burs of the horse chestnut fruit while others saw the head of the mace weapon used by medieval combatants to bludgeon their foes ...

On November 29, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed the first reading of a bill that would redesign specific elements of the country’s flag. Article 3 of the law “About the state symbols of the Kyrgyz ...

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 ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a December 22 statement urged Kyrgyz authorities to drop all charges against activist Aftandil Jorobekov and release him after he was arrested for openly protesting changes ...

Stumping your friends and family with flag trivia is pretty fun. As in, which country’s flag isn’t rectangular? Or which U.S. state flag features (ahem!) female nudity? If you’re stuck, don’t ...