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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

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign an agreement to delimitate their border, solving a decades-old border dispute that had sparked clashes between different ethnic groups that had killed over a hundred people.
2025-02-21

The Kyrgyzstan parliament announces that they have backed a plan to seize the country's Kumtor Gold Mine after Centerra Gold said it would take the Kyrgyzstan government to an international court.
2021-05-17

Tajikistan authorities say that 19 people were killed and 87 others were injured during border clashes with Kyrgyzstan.
2021-05-6

The Kyrgyzstan Parliament approves a new referendum on a draft constitution that would expand the powers of President Sadyr Japarov and allow him to run for office again after his term ends. The referendum will be held on April 11.
2021-03-11

Parliamentary elections are being held in Kyrgyzstan amidst an economic crisis.
2020-10-4

A court in Kyrgyzstan sentences former President Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years in prison on corruption charges, which he denies.
2020-06-23

Former Kyrgyz energy minister Saparbek Balkibekov, who fled the country during the 2010 uprising, is detained in Ireland by an Interpol operation.
2011-01-26

An explosion occurs outside a stadium in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, injuring four people.
2010-11-30

100 people die in anti-government protests in Kyrgyzstan, according to opposition activist Toktoim Umetalieva.
2010-04-8