Sources: itar-tass
Kyrgyz law enforcement conducts arrests, searches, and interrogations of journalists and opposition figures, including former first lady Raisa Atambayeva and several former legislators allied with former president Almazbek Atambayev, in an investigation into alleged calls for mass unrest ahead of the November 30 snap election. 2025-11-22
The government of Kyrgyzstan says 95 wives and children of Islamic State fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in Syria. 2023-08-29
Kyrgyzstan receives a shipment of 80,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-06-17
Kyrgyzstan's security forces storm the compound of former President Almazbek Atambayev on the outskirts of Bishkek for the second time after a failed overnight raid left one officer dead. Atambayev and his loyalists are "putting up severe armed resistance", according to President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Atambayev is detained, ending a two-day standoff. One officer was killed, while 80 people were injured. 2019-08-8
The President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signs a presidential decree officially recognizing March 17, March 24, and April 7 as public holidays for Kyrgyzstan. The dates are meant to commemorate the days of Kyrgyzstan's massive anti-government revolts. On March 17, 2002, during anti-government protests in the Aksy District, police killed four protesters, while March 24 and April 7 commemorate the Tulip Revolution of 2006 and the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010, respectively. 2016-04-4
An official investigation in Kyrgyzstan into deadly ethnic riots last year reports that local Uzbek leaders were to blame. 2011-01-11
Kyrgyzstan's parliament agrees to form a three-way coalition government, creating the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia. 2010-11-30
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
Kyrgyzstan's interim government considers arresting and charging President Kurmanbek Bakiyev for the deaths of 81 people in riots earlier this week. 2010-04-11