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Kyrgyzstan
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STATS
Source: World Bank
Currency: Kyrgyzstani somGDP: 8.093 billion USD (2018)
GDP per capita: 1,281.36 USD (2018)
GNI per capita: 3,780 PPP dollars (2018)
GDP growth rate: 3.5% annual change (2018)
Gross national income: 23.9 billion PPP dollars (2018)
Internet users: 34.5% of the population (2016)
Uzbekistan joins Central Asian hydropower race
After years of raising objections to similar projects in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan earlier this…
EEU doomed, predicts Bzhezinsky
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will be dead and buried within in ten years or as…
Turkic Council draws up proposals for common customs procedures
The member states of the Turkic Council — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey – are in…
Gazprom earmarks $1.5bn for Kyrgyz gas infrastructure
Kyrgyz gas: Gazprom is set to invest $1.5 bn in Kyrgyzstan’s gas infrastructure over the next 15 years, it…
Kyrgyz PM Sariyev resigns amid accusations of corruption
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariyev and his entire cabinet resigned last week after a parliamentary commission accused…
Bishkek and Beijing sign up to Trans Asia pipeline through Kyrgyzstan
Trans Asia pipeline : The authorities in Bishkek and Beijing last week agreed to build a natural gas pipeline…
Kyrgyz tourist sector given boost by Business Insider travel survey
Kyrgyz tourist sector: Business Insider magazine has ranked Kyrgyzstan as the top emerging travel destination in the…
Kyrgyzstan unveils plan to strengthen som and ‘de-dollarize’ economy
Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of the Economy yesterday released details of plans that it has drawn up in conjunction…
Cotton, electricity and the Aral Sea: The troubled waters of Central Asia
Fed by the melting glaciers of the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountain ranges on Kyrgyzstan’s and…
Western analysts warn of inflation as Kyrgyzstan joins EEU
Kyrgyzstan joins EEU: Kyrgyzstan’s membership of the Eurasian Economic Union finally becomes a reality this week…
Russia turns back Central Asian fruit imports at border
Central Asian fruit imports: Russia’s watchdog Rosselhoznadzor turned backed 11 trucks carrying 205 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables from…
Belarus ready to invest in Kyrgyz agriculture, Kobyakov tells Sariyev
Belarus is ready to invest in Kyrgyz agriculture rather than just import its raw materials, Prime…
Atambayev signs Kyrgyzstan EEU accession law
Kyrgyzstan EEU accession: President Almazbek Atambayev today signed off on a law that officially paves the way…
Central Asian economies slowing down, IMF predicts
Central Asian economies: The IMF today corroborated concerns voiced by the EBRD earlier this week that…
Drop in remittances hurting Central Asian economies, warns EBRD
Remittances to Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus have fallen to 2009 levels, and are…
Kyrgyzstan joins Eurasian Economic Union
Kyrgyzstan joins Eurasian Economic Union: At a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Moscow yesterday,…
Kyrgyzstan appoints new Prime Minister
Kyrgyzstan appoints new Prime Minister: Kyrgyzstan’s ruling three-party coalition has nominated acting Economy Minister Temir Sariev…
Drop in migrant workers’ remittances hits Central Asian economies
Migrant workers: The woes of the Russian economy have begun trickling down to those of its Central Asian…
Russia signs off on $1bn Kyrgyz development fund
Russia signs off on $1bn Kyrgyz development fund: The Russian government yesterday voted to allocate $500m from…
Putin reappears in public for first time in 10 days at meeting with Atambayev
Putin reappears in public: After disappearing from public view for an unprecedented ten days, Russian President…
Kyrgyzstan plans five ski resorts in Issyk-Kul – and may need investors
Kyrgyzstan plans five ski resorts: In a concerted effort to extend its tourist season, the authorities in…
Kyrgyzstan accession to EEU gets all clear from Chairman Khristenko
Kyrgyzstan accession to EEU: EEU Chairman Viktor Khristenko today announced that all the remaining obstacles to Kyrgystan’s…