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Not a single witch doctor in Kyrgyzstan has been licensed for practice by the ministry of health, but folk healers thrive in the country.
This summer Kyrgyzstan set a precedent in Central Asia – it has revoked its ex-president Almazbek Atambaev’s immunity and accused him of corruption.
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In both countries, families become mainly child abusers.
Brussels places priority of security and peaceful Afghanistan as part of the new strategy of the European Union on interaction with the region.
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Kyrgyzstan wants to introduce secular disciplines along with religion in religious educational institutions. The draft regulation on religious education has been brought up for public discussion.
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A crisis centre for pregnant women has been opened in the Russian Orthodox church in Bishkek.
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For further development of tourism sector, we need to transit from quantity to quality by switching to a higher paid market, according to experts of both countries.
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There is no exact data available on the emergence of Orthodoxy in southern Kyrgyzstan. However, according to Ekaterina Ozmitel, doctor of historical sciences, a small Orthodox community in Jalal-Abad region first appeared in the 1930s. It gave shelter to priests, nuns and believers from Russia and Kazakhstan, who were persecuted by the Soviet government.
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The countries of Central Asia and South Caucasus don’t count on each other in terms of tourism and are pursuing a more aggressive campaign promoting their countries in non-CIS countries.
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Every third child in Kyrgyzstan lives in poverty and their number is rising every year.
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