The CIS Film Forum Central Asia+ has been opened in Almaty. Representatives of the film industries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are participating in the forum.
Bishkek will host the CIS Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia. The event will begin on June 9. The press service of the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports, and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan reported.
During his working visit to Turkmenistan, Adylbek Kasymaliev participated in narrow-format and expanded-format meetings of the CIS Council of Heads of Government. The Cabinet of Ministers’ press service reported.
A meeting of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Defense and Security Issues was held in St. Petersburg. The press service of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan reported.
Zhumgalbek Shabdanbekov, Chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS), attended the 58th meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS countries. The meeting took place on May 25 in Irkutsk, Russia.
At Kumtor mine, 13 operators and instructors are undergoing training to work with modern Sandvik DD322i self-propelled drilling rig.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has approved an agreement on the professional development of teaching staff in general education institutions of CIS countries, signed in 2015 in the Kazakh settlement of Burabay.
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has been included in the ranking of Russians’ trust in leaders of CIS countries. The data was published in a study by the VCIOM Analytical Center, TASS reports.
The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) has dismantled a transnational criminal group involved in the trafficking of narcotic substances through an international drug transit route running from Afghanistan through Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to other CIS countries.
Kyrgyzstan is a dynamically developing country today, and this is evident during every visit to the republic. Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of Russia for International Cultural Cooperation, stated at the 19th Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS Countries in Bishkek.
The Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration informs citizens that new requirements for foreigners from visa-free CIS countries, including citizens of Kyrgyzstan, will come into effect in Russia starting July 1.
On May 22, Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan Marlen Mamataliev, along with other members of Parliament, met with Natalia Kochanova, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, as part of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly events in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The Zhogorku Kenesh’s press service reported.
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev arrived in Turkmenistan for a working visit. The Cabinet of Ministers’ press service reported.
International observers will monitor the upcoming elections of deputies to the Kurultai in Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 145th out of 224 countries and territories in the global ranking by prison population rate. According to the study, there are 112 inmates per 100,000 people in the country.
Kyrgyzstan ranked 132nd in the global salary ranking. The list includes 200 countries. The ranking was compiled by CEOWORLD Magazine for 2025 based on data on average net incomes of workers in various countries.
From January to April 2026, the total volume of remittances from individuals to Kyrgyzstan reached $959.5 million. According to the latest data from the National Bank, the net inflow into the country since the beginning of the year amounted to $880.1 million.
Official delegations from Kyrgyzstan and Portugal are holding negotiations on a draft agreement aimed at avoiding double taxation and preventing tax evasion with respect to income taxes.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has imposed a temporary ban on coal exports from Kyrgyzstan by road for six months.
The State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan detained a citizen suspected of leading an organized criminal group involved in international drug trafficking.
