BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan's opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party has named its detained leader Omurbek Tekebaev as the party’s candidate for

LONDON (TCA) — If Turkey’s referendum in favour of authoritarianism gave the wrong hint to Central Asia’s former Soviet republics, France’s

BISHKEK (TCA) — The pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) has recommended Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov as the

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s lawmakers have given preliminary approval to controversial bills that would ban independent candidates from running

BISHKEK (TCA) — The following article by Timur Toktonaliev, originally published by ...

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on July 11 signed a law that bars people without previous government experience from

BISHKEK (TCA) — The political parties system in Kyrgyzstan is still young and immature — with politicians and wealthy people often joining, and

BISHKEK (TCA) — The pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) has named the country’s Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov the

BISHKEK (TCA) — The cards may not have been completely shuffled but it is already clear who hold the trump card in the upcoming presidential

BISHKEK (TCA) — On July 24, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev held a press conference at the State Residence in Cholpon-Ata at Lake

BISHKEK (TCA) — Supporters of jailed opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party leader Omurbek Tekebaev, who is being tried on charges of

BISHKEK (TCA) — On August 3, the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan (CEC) registered the first presidential candidate, Temir Sariyev,

BISHKEK (TCA) — The state prosecutor in the bribery trial of Kyrgyzstan opposition party leader Omurbek Tekebaev has recommended a 10-year prison

BISHKEK (TCA) — Late on August 16, a court in Bishkek found Kyrgyzstan’s opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev and former Emergency Situations

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov has resigned in order to run for the country’s president in the October 15

BISHKEK (TCA) — On August 25, Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament elected the youngest ever Prime Minister in the country’s history — 40-year-old Sapar

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev has expressed hope that his allies will hold power and adhere to his policies after he

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has issued a strongly worded warning and vowed to punish anyone who causes "disturbances"

BISHKEK (TCA) — Candidates in the October 15 presidential election in Kyrgyzstan have started introducing voters to their programs after the

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's meeting with one of Kyrgyzstan’s leading presidential candidates, Omurbek Babanov,