Kyrgyzstan

| ASIA TODAY

Today's news: consumer prices in China rise for the first time in six months, driven by the New Year; Punjab, blasphemy: 22-year-old student sentenced to death for Whatsapp messages, a 17-year-old to life imprisonment; UN enquiry: Iran responsible for 'physical violence' that killed Mahsa Amini; Settlement and settler attacks in the West Bank reacheshttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/china-economy-consumer-prices-february-chinese-new-year-4183161 record levels.

by Vladimir Rozanskij

Brussels has promised the Central Asian partners to mobilise substantial resources for state and private investments of up to EUR 10 billion by 2027. The largest part will go towards the creation of the Transcaspian multimodal corridor, which will be the main alternative to the northern route through Russia and Belarus. Moscow's reactions.

| 05/02/2024
| CENTRAL ASIA
by Vladimir Rozanskij

In the Biškek parliament, a female member of parliament denounced the fact that there is no female representation in the religious administration, sparking a lively debate in the country. In the last 20 years, a generation of women with a good religious education has grown up in Kyrgyzstan, who want to be protagonists in the Islamic community and society

| 31/01/2024
| KYRGYZSTAN
by Vladimir Rozanskij

The government in Biškek has launched a crackdown on cooperatives, a Soviet legacy that is still very active in the construction industry but until now with few guarantees for members. A new law requires transparency and the registration of money transfers on a special site. Meanwhile, investigations are proceeding into fraudulent cases that have led to losses worth millions of euros.

| 26/01/2024
| KYRGYZSTAN

Today's news: China tries to push Iran to curb Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; Under threat of going underwater within the next 25 years, elections are held in Tuvalu;Taiwan initiates compulsory conscription extended to one year in response to the Chinese threat; The earth continues to shake on the border between Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China; The precision landing of its space lander on the Moon boosts the ambitions of Japan's space programme.

| 26/01/2024
| ASIA TODAY

Today's news: In Pakistan, suspected bombing led to the closure of schools and universities in Islamabad; A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China. Large-scale attacks by the United States and Britain against the Houthis in Yemen; Relatives of hostages break into parliament in Jerusalem, 21 Israeli soldiers killed in a single day in Gaza. In Russia over 400 attacks on military bases and logistical facilities to sabotage the war in Ukraine.

| 23/01/2024
| ASIA TODAY
by Vladimir Rozanskij

Žaparov's administration would like full power to refuse state registration to undesirable media without even having to go through the judgment of a court. Alarm from representatives of the news media at home and abroad.

| 17/01/2024
| KYRGYZSTAN
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