The second round of consultations was held on Tuesday between the Foreign Ministries of Kyrgyzstan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the level of directors of supervising departments, the press service of the Kyrgyz MFA said.

During the online meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of diverse...

Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the UN in New York, Aida Kasymalieva, met on April 11 with Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General on Climate Action Selwin Hart.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, during the conversation, Kasymalieva informed about the initiatives of...

Speaker of the Jogorku Kenesh Talant Mamytov met on Monday with Margareta Cederfelt, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) and Swedish MP, the press service of the Kyrgyz Parliament reported.

The meeting was attended by members of the Jogorku Kenesh...

Mayor of the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan of Osh city Almaz Mambetov held a meeting with representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Almaz Mambetov in his welcoming speech emphasized the importance of ongoing projects for the city's population and expressed confidence in further close cooperation. In...

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan hosted a meeting of Deputy Economy Minister Veronika Isaeva with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Congress Activities of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation) Lena Izotova.

The press service of the Kyrgyz Economy Ministry reported that the meeting was attended...

The World Bank in its latest Economic Update for the Europe and Central Asia region, released on April 10, said that the spillovers of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have significantly worsened the outlook for the Kyrgyz economy, which is projected to contract by 5 percent in 2022.

This is mainly due...

The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan made changes to the temporary procedure for conducting operations with the Kazakh tenge by commercial banks, exchange offices, microfinance and microcredit companies of Kyrgyzstan. Official website of the bank says.

From now on, the requirements for setting the buying rate of the Kazakh tenge (using a risk weighting factor of not more than 70 percent) do not...

Investment conference of French consulting companies was held in Bishkek. The National Agency for Investments reports.

According to it, French companies Finentrep Aspir, Mercuroo and national association MEDEF were presented there.

Director of the National Agency for Investment Ravshan Sabirov said that holding of the investment conference was especially important, when in conditions of rapid changes, it is necessary to make timely...

Since the beginning of the year, 577 criminal cases were initiated in Kyrgyzstan over organization of pyramid schemes. Investigator of the Interior Ministry’s Investigation Service Aibek Zhetigenov said at a round table discussion in Bishkek.

«At least 44 criminal cases out of the total number were transferred from the past year, 339 were sent to court for consideration on the merits, and 249...

In January-March 2022, the increase in consumer prices in Kyrgyzstan made 5% compared to December last year, Deputy Chairman of the National Statistical Committee of the republic Bakytbek Shokenov told a press conference on Tuesday.

He noted that prices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products increased by 7.7%, the prices of...

The volume of foreign and mutual trade in goods of Kyrgyzstan in January-February 2022 amounted to $1.3 billion, Bakytbek Shokenov, the Deputy Chairman of the National Statistical Committee said at a press conference in Bishkek.

This figure increased by 1.6 times in comparison with January-February 2021, with exports grew by 3.8%...

At the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in the UK, Ambassador Ulan Dzhusupov met with the director of the British recruiting company AGRI-HR, Jan-Will Narebut, who recruits workers for temporary employment on UK farms under the state seasonal agricultural workers program (SWP).

The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan...

Osh and Batken Oblasts of Kyrgyzstan are implementing a project for the development of villages, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Kyrgyzstan Office reported.

An official launching ceremony of the joint "Integrated Rural Development Project in the Kyrgyz Republic” " took place on March 30.

"The five-year project will be implemented with...

35 marals (Cervus elaphus; a red deer), will be brought to Kyrgyzstan from Russia’s Altai Republic.

The Bakubat Talas Foundation at Alliance Altyn LLC financed the purchase of 35 marals, Alliance Altyn reported.

According to data, the marals will be brought from Altai and released into the wild in the mountainous area...

In January-March 2022, the volume of industrial production amounted to more than KGS 80 billion, and increased by 7.3% compared to the same period of last year, Deputy Chairman of the National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan Bakytbek Shokenov told at a press conference in Bishkek.

Thus, the increase was due to...

Kyrgyz Temir Zholu state enterprise has paid off most of its debts. The head of the enterprise Azamat Sakiev said at the meeting of the Committee on Transport, Communications, Architecture and Construction of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan.

According to him, previously, the state enterprise had debts to Russian and Tajik railways.

«We have also purchased top-class gondola cars, we are renewing sleepers and...

International passenger transportation to Russia will start at the end of April or beginning of May. Azamat Sakiev, Director General of Kyrgyz Temir Zholu, said at the meeting of the Committee on Transport, Communications, Architecture and Construction of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan.

According to him, the company did not stop domestic passenger transportation.

«We are constantly negotiating with Kazakhstan and Russia. Passenger transportation to Russia and...

Eurasian Technopark to be created in Kyrgyzstan. It was announced following a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council under the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

«The Technopark will provide support at all stages of activity — from an idea to creation of a prototype and launching products on the market,» Asylbek Aidaraliev, Advisor to the Special Representative for Sustainable Development of the Prime Minister, noted.

The founders...

Russia’s Central Bank regulator has stated that the Capital outflow from Russia could have reached US$51.4 billion in February-March. The regulator said on April 11 that capital outflow was an estimated US$64.2 billion in Q1 2022. It said two months ago that US$12.8 billion had flowed out of the country in January,...

Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina says Russia holds enough yuan and gold in its reserves to limit the impact of Western sanctions – even after Washington and its allies froze half the country’s holdings in dollars and other currencies.

The regulator cut the share of dollars in reserves to 10.9%...

The Russian rouble weakened past 80 to the dollar on Tuesday, heading away from 2022 highs reached last week, while shares in Rosbank bucked the weaker trend in stock markets to jump 40% for a second day in a row.

y 0758 GMT, the rouble had eased 1% to 79.84 after...

China stocks rebounded sharply in afternoon trading to close up on Tuesday, as speculation that coronavirus control measures could be eased in some pilot areas led to buying in the tourism and consumer goods sectors, while sentiment was boosted more broadly by expectations of policy support for the economy.

The blue-chip...

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 150 pips to 6.3795 against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity...