Kyrgyzstan
Economic crisis behind ‘winds of change’ in post-Soviet states
January 24, 2012The leaders of the post-Soviet state and in particular those who have successfully constructed “administered democracies” no longer fear “orange” revolutions, but they are being pushed toward “reforms” of one kind or...
Moldova between the EU and Russia
January 12, 2011By Vladimir Socor Moldova’s Alliance for European Integration (AEI) has won a new, and potentially longer, lease on life, after 16 months of insecure governance (EDM, January 7). Its post-election government is due to be installed on January...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
September 08, 2010The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened its election observation mission for the 10 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan. "The upcoming parliamentary elections will be an important test of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE experts, Kyrgyzstan's authorities discuss how to improve elections
August 26, 2010Measures to improve elections in Kyrgyzstan, including providing for effective and timely remedy to complaints, improving voter lists and promoting fair media coverage were in focus as experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
Kyrgyzstan political parties sign OSCE-supported Code of Conduct
August 11, 2010Representatives of 26 political parties in Kyrgyzstan signed today an OSCE-supported Code of Conduct at a ceremony in Bishkek. The Code of Conduct outlines principles guiding the parties' behaviour during the campaign ahead of the 10 October election...
OSCE Centre supports development of Code of Conduct for political parties in Kyrgyzstan
July 28, 2010Political parties started work today on a Code of Conduct ahead of the parliamentary election at a meeting supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and the International Republican...
July 21, 2010The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, met on Monday with Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva to promote the establishment of a public service broadcaster and support further media reforms in Kyrgyzstan, including improving the...
Central Asia: "Reset" Won't Fix It!
July 01, 2010by David J. Smith Last April 7, the world was too busy to notice Russian fingerprints on the coup that toppled Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Within weeks, ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks were at each other’s throats. Moscow, it seems...
Kyrgyzstan's authorities succeeded in organizing peaceful referendum
June 28, 2010Despite challenging circumstances, Kyrgyzstan's authorities succeeded in creating the necessary conditions for the conduct of a peaceful constitutional referendum, the observation mission deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
Kyrgyz authorities raid Uzbek village in South
June 21, 2010Violence flared again in southern Kyrgyzstan Monday, after authorities raided an Uzbek village, killing at least two people and wounding 23 others. Kyrgyz officials say the operation in the village of Nariman was launched to look for suspected criminals...