The total number of unemployed people in Kyrgyzstan has reached 104,700, with the overall unemployment rate at 3.7 percent. These figures were announced by Kamchybek Dosmatov, Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Security, and Migration, during the Second National Forum «Employment, Skills, and the Future of Labor: Strengthening Public Employment Services and Informal Education in the Kyrgyz Republic.»
The national football team of Kyrgyzstan will take part in the Three Nations Cup, which will be held in Bishkek as part of the FIFA Days in June. The Kyrgyz Football Union reported.
The Board of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has lifted restrictions on foreign trade settlements under contracts without the actual delivery of goods, works, and services into the country. The decision was made on May 15.
The strategic North—South alternative road in Kyrgyzstan will be temporarily opened for traffic starting June 1, the Ministry of Transport and Communications reported.
The human rights organization Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan expresses deep concern over the detention of U.S. citizen and University of Southern California professor Steve Swerdlow upon his arrival today at Manas International Airport in Bishkek. According to available information, Professor Swerdlow was detained and denied entry to the Kyrgyz Republic without a clear public explanation of the legal basis and reasons for this decision.
The Ministry of Science, Higher Education, and Innovation of the Kyrgyz Republic signed trilateral sub-loan agreements under the Quality and Innovation in Higher Education (QIHE) project with the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic and five state universities with special status.
The 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 18, bringing together more than 45,000 delegates from 182 countries.
The Service for Combating Illegal Drug Trafficking of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan has suppressed the activities of a criminal group involved in transporting and distributing narcotics from Toktogul district to Bishkek and Chui region.
The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) in Osh region has discovered a weapons and ammunition cache belonging to members of an organized crime group led by Kadyr Dosonov, known as «Dzhengo.»
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has adopted a resolution on the transformation of a land plot within the capital’s city limits for the construction of a large industrial and logistics center. This initiative aims to develop the city’s industrial and logistics infrastructure.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has adopted a resolution establishing a council to manage the Tamchy special financial and investment zone. This zone will enjoy a special legal regime and status.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan approved a large-scale state program «Development of Renewable Energy Sources in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2026–2030: Distribution and Microgeneration.»
The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums of Kyrgyzstan (CEC) has adopted a resolution to transfer a vacant parliamentary mandate to Maksat Alymbekov, the commission announced at its meeting.
The Ministry of Justice of Kyrgyzstan has issued an order to immediately terminate the activities of 50 legal entities involved in transactions with elevated sanctions-related risks, the ministry’s press service reported.
The history museum in Karakol will be completely reconstructed, the Ministry of Construction reported.
The State Committee for National Security (SCNS) and the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan have disrupted an illegal channel for the import of mobile phones, the SCNS press center reported.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan does not plan to issue Eurobonds in 2026, First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet, Daniyar Amangeldiev, said during a meeting with journalists.
The Cabinet of Ministers allocated additional funds to support small and medium-sized businesses and the garment industry. The First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, Daniyar Amangeldiev, told journalists as part of the Open Cabinet project.
The Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan overturned the decisions of two previous courts in the case of former Zhogorku Kenesh deputy Omurbek Bakirov and fully acquitted him. Sources close to Bakirov reported.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has submitted for public discussion a draft of a new list of higher education fields and specialties in Kyrgyzstan.