Sources: itar-tass
In Kyrgyzstan, the ban on the Islamic niqāb takes effect, with women facing a fine of 20,000 som ($230 USD) if they wear it in public places. 2025-02-1
Kyrgyzstan begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using China's Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine. 2021-03-29
Protesters in Kyrgyzstan break into parliament in the capital Bishkek, throwing paper from windows and setting the building on fire. A person is killed and 686 others are injured. 2020-10-6
The new government of Kyrgyzstan is sworn in with Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov taking the oath of office. 2016-04-28
An official investigation in Kyrgyzstan into deadly ethnic riots last year reports that local Uzbek leaders were to blame. 2011-01-11
Thousands of people rally in support of the mayor of Osh after rumours of his firing by Kyrgyzstan's interim government circulate. 2010-08-20
Kyrgyzstan approves a new constitution with 90.6 percent of voters backing a constitution that would pave the way for a parliamentary election in October, following the violence of the recent uprising and riots. 2010-06-28
Interim Kyrgyzstan leader Roza Otunbayeva visits Osh and says the death toll from her country's worst ethnic clashes in two decades could be 2,000. 2010-06-18
Camps are quickly set up along the Kyrgyzstan border for the tens of thousands of people fleeing the riots in Kyrgyzstan. 2010-06-14
Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyzstan's interim president, asks Russia to send troops to quell ethnic violence in the southern city of Osh. 2010-06-12