MOSCOW. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov on Friday congratulated citizens on National Flag Day, which is celebrated annually on March 3. In a video address, Zhaparov said the state symbol "embodies ...

Credit: Facebook / Kyrgyz Presidential Administration On November 29, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed the first reading of a bill that would redesign specific elements of the country’s flag.

New generation, new flag: A family poses for a photo on Bishkek's Ala-Too Square. (Photo: Danil Usmanov) Kyrgyzstan opened this New Year with a slightly new-look flag. The changes were not, in truth, ...

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to change the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower which in ...

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Wednesday to tweak the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower which in the ...

“Kyrgyz authorities should drop the charges and release Jorobekov immediately.” In late September, legislators proposed changing elements of Kyrgyzstan’s flag, contending that the sun on the ...

BISHKEK -- The Kazakh-Kyrgyz border remains closed despite talks via phone between Kyrgyz interim government head Roza Otunbaeva and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service ...

BISHKEK, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed by President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, said his press ...

ISTANBUL. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on Monday expressed their mutual interest in maintaining political and economic contacts on various levels, as the foreign ministers of the two countries met in ...