KVN – the Russian abbreviation for Club of the Funny and Inventive [Клуб весёлых и находчивых] – remains a national comedy institution in many states of the former Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan, whose ...

Heavy rains overnight caused floods in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, the Emergency Ministry said on March 22, adding that residences in several parts of the city were under water. Rescue and ...

On December 10, Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Court weighed in on the death penalty reinstatement debate that intensified following the brutal abduction, rape, and murder of yet another girl earlier ...

Kyrgyzstan abolished capital punishment in 2007; President Japarov has suggested reinstating it as a way to confront horrific crimes against women and children. With violence against women and girls ...