In an exclusive interview with China Daily, Aibek Dzhunushaliev, mayor of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, highlighted the ...

The Kyrgyz capital, which had been renamed Frunze -- after Bolshevik leader Mikhail Frunze -- during the Soviet era, reinstated its original name, Bishkek, in 1991. Calls to rename the Bishkek’s ...

The upshot is that when the plant becomes operational in 2025 or 2026, Bishkek city officials will pay the Chinese plant operator up to $17,000 a day to accept as much as 1,000 tons of trash a day.

Tolkun Umaraliev reports that there will be a rally against the death penalty tomorrow in Bishkek. Skip to main content. Support Global Voices. To stay independent, free, and sustainable, our ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 23 -- Kyrgyz police violently broke up an anti-government protest in the capital on Wednesday, and the newly appointed security chief told opponents of President Askar ...

BISHKEK -- When Kyrgyzstan's authorities seized a massive sand quarry on the outskirts of the capital city, locals who had complained for years about excessive dust from the site breathed easier.

Some experts have tried to measure exactly what impact this is having on the health of Bishkek residents. A study released by UNICEF’s Kyrgyzstan office late last year concluded that at least 112 ...

As the petition racked up signatures, Bishkek’s City Council put out a proposal to back up the mayor’s office’s initial pitch to transfer trolleybuses to other cities in Kyrgyzstan.