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Power crisis in Kyrgyzstan has gained momentum in recent years. Electricity produced within the country fails to cover the needs of the population, and the country faces energy shortages. Electricity imports rise every year. While authorities do not rule out ‘regulatory blackouts’.
The parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted amendments to the law “On non-profit organisations” and the Criminal Code without discussions at first reading. The amendments were initiated by a group of MPs led by Nadira Narmatova. They provide for the introduction of the concept of ‘foreign representative’ (similar to the Russian law on foreign agents).
n 2022, the Russian Federation issued documents to a record number of new citizens from Central Asia. A sharp increase was provided by 173 000 residents of Tajikistan who received Russian citizenship. The scale of this phenomenon turned out to be such that individual Russian authors began to write about “the great transmigration of peoples,” and social networks flooded with disturbing publications about the issues of labor migration, ghettos and ethnic crime in Russia.
In Kyrgyzstan, the risk of childhood obesity is 40%*. By 2030, the number of children aged 5-19 with obesity will reach 180 thousand. 40% of the population of Kyrgyzstan are children under the age of 18 who spend their leisure time watching TV. (more…)
Central Asia is facing a number of natural disasters, but earthquakes pose the highest risk in terms of potential loss of life and economic damage. A significant area of Central Asia, including almost all major cities, is in a zone of high seismic risk. (more…)
Despite the fact that the republic is officially designated in its constitution as a “welfare state,” it still fails to satisfy basic needs of its citizens and ensure their decent standard of living. (more…)
Currently, there are over 1,800 active construction sites across Kyrgyzstan, according to the National Statistical Committee. Every year it is getting more difficult to Kyrgyzstanis to choose a reliable property developer due to much contradictory information available on the internet.
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The position of Central Asia is unique. It is an important region (and in certain issues the key region for the continent), which is an arena for a conflict of interests of the largest geopolitical forces in the world.
There are three books per person in the general republican book fund in Kyrgyzstan. According to specialists, this is critically insufficient. They believe that the figure must be at least two times more in the modern world. Meanwhile, authorities are not going to increase funding of book reading facilities so far. (more…)