Kyrgyzstan

Turkey's flagship carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) has put a total of 30 planes in its fleet into parking positions due to a decreasing number of passengers amid economic contractions and recent terror attacks, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Turkey's flagship carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) has put a total of 30 planes in its fleet into parking positions due to a decreasing number of passengers amid economic contractions and recent terror attacks, Doğan News Agency has reported.

MOSCOW - Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev on Friday announced the start of free trade zone talks between the Eurasian Economic Union and Israel and Serbia, respectively.

Kyrgyzstan's government resigned on Oct. 26 after President Almazbek Atambayev's party quit the ruling majority coalition earlier this week, deepening a rift between the pro-Russian leader and his former allies. 

The Social Democratic party, the biggest party in parliament, broke up with its coalition partners on Oct. 24 over their refusal to back proposed constitutional reforms. 

The Ionic Center is hosting a lecture titled "Kyrgyzstan: An Un-Mediterranean Flora?" on Friday, October 21, by English classicist, ancient historian and gardening writer Robin Lane Fox, who traveled to the Central Asian country this summer. The talk will be illustrated by photographs taken by botanist Harriet Rix during the trip. The event is set to start at 7 p.m.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently discussed possible supplies of Russian air defense systems to Ankara, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Oct. 14. 

A Kyrgyz tourist who was wounded during the Gezi Park protests has been ordered to pay a total of 151 Turkish Liras to the Turkish state even though his injuries were caused by state police. 

Kyrgyz migrant worker Belek Asanbekov sits at the kitchen table of his cramped Moscow apartment, scrolling through pictures on his mobile phone of friends killed days earlier in a fire at work.

Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev took ill due to "potential problems" in Istanbul on Sept. 19 while en route to New York, where he was due to attend the United Nations General Assembly session, triggering the cancellation of his trip.

Minister Nikolina Angelkova announced to journalists that she will reveal details about the new competition for a tourism logo for Bulgaria in two weeks when the new appraisal methodology will be ready.