Sadyr Japarov calls Kyrgyzstan’s dependence on imported electricity shameful
President Sadyr Japarov said that Kyrgyzstan, despite having significant water resources, still has to purchase electricity from neighboring countries.
President Sadyr Japarov said that Kyrgyzstan, despite having significant water resources, still has to purchase electricity from neighboring countries.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has approved the implementation of a project to construct and operate a toll western bypass road around Bishkek.
Work has started in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region to expand a section of the Almaty—Bishkek republican highway. The reconstruction will cover the road section from the 19th to the 27th kilometer, Tengrinews.kz reports.
A 35.5-kilometer road leading to Kyrchyn tract in Issyk-Kul region has been fully renovated and asphalted with state funding provided with the support of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Ministry of Transport reported.
Representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan held a working meeting on riverbank reinforcement in the border areas of Batken region, the Batken district administration reported.
Preparatory work for the autumn-winter season has begun in Osh, the press service of the City Hall reported.
The Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic reported the discovery of financial violations and deficiencies amounting to almost one billion soms at Kyrgyzneftegaz OJSC following its 2025 audit.
A regional cultural, development, and investment forum Teskey Issyk-Kul will take place on July 3 on the southern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake. The event will serve as a platform to discuss a long-term development strategy for the region and attract investment.
City Day is celebrated today, July 1, in Karakol. One of the most beautiful cities in Kyrgyzstan turns 157 this year.
In Tashkent, at a meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund constituency group, Finance Minister of Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Suinaliev presented Kyrgyzstan’s position on macroeconomic development, regional cooperation, and engagement with international financial institutions, the Ministry of Finance reported.
According to the National Electric Network of Kyrgyzstan, on June 29, 2026, daily electricity consumption in the country’s power system reached 47,112 million kilowatt-hours.
The agreement on the establishment of the Kyrgyz-Afghan Business Council was signed in Bishkek by Temir Sariev, Head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kyrgyzstan, and Sayed Mohammad Karim Hashemi, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment of Afghanistan.
A number of major road infrastructure development projects continue in Tyup district of Issyk-Kul region. According to the approved plan for 2026, asphalt paving is planned for 71.7 kilometers of roads in the district. The press service of the Ministry of Transport and Communications reported.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, Erlist Akunbekov, met with representatives of approximately ten Chinese companies during a working visit to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China (XUAR).
The Leninsky District Court changed the pretrial detention measure for former Zhogorku Kenesh Deputy Kuvanychbek Kongantiev from pretrial detention to house arrest.
Public-private partnership (PPP) mechanisms in Kyrgyzstan have begun operating faster following legislative simplification and the introduction of special project regimes. Director of the PPP Center under the National Investment Agency Nurbek Anarbekin said at the session «Public-Private Partnership: Unlocking the Investment Potential of Eurasia’s Future.»
According to the National Development Strategy until 2030, the country’s economy should grow by at least 8 percent annually. The Minister of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Sydykov said at the annual meeting and business forum of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) in Almaty.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has increased its cumulative investment in Kyrgyzstan fourfold during the implementation period of its current strategy.
Chinese companies proposed building a plant for the production of urea and nitrogen fertilizers in Kyrgyzstan. The project was discussed during a working visit by Erlist Akunbekov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.