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: Flag-tinkering, another Japarov nation-building exercise Proponents of the change say the new, bolder flag will enable the country to be more independent. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Dec 18, 2023 ...

Kyrgyz authorities have brought a criminal case against an activist and blogger, Aftandil Jorobekov, after he publicly opposed and called for protests against the government’s proposal to alter ...

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 ...

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.

Kyrgyzstan's parliament has approved a bill that tightens state controls over media outlets, in what critics say is a blow to press freedom in a country once seen as more open than other Central Asian ...

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 ...

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 ...

If the way the flag was changed is any indication of the authorities’ approach to altering national symbols, ordinary citizens will be left out of the process of adopting a new anthem. However, 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 change the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower, which in the ...