Arzan’s version of lepeshka is plump and pillowy, with a tough, concave center that’s liberally spiced with sesame seeds and black caraway seeds.

A 2026 release of an Alexandra Tolstoy documentary, highlighting the country’s unspoiled and diverse natural beauty, is also due to shine a light. Recommended sites include the magnificent Köl-Suu ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov attends an informal meeting of Commonwealth of Independent States heads of state at the Igora ...

Under a proposed 20th European Union sanctions package against Russia, expected to be adopted by the end of the month, Kyrgyzstan could face certain export restrictions for the first time. According ...

After years of chasing hard-to-get reservations and trendy TikTok foods and drinks, Gen Z is making dive bars cool again. Young adults born between 1997 and 2012 are embracing becoming regulars at ...

Director Chingiz Narynov discusses genre, mythology and environmental trauma behind his new feature, which gets its international premiere at IFFR. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The ...

Kyrgyzstan enters 2026 with the uneasy calm that follows a storm. The parliamentary elections of November 2025 passed almost unnoticed: streets that once boiled with protest are now empty of ...

The Ukraine War has turned Kyrgyzstan into a key intermediary for Russian imports, but economic growth is unevenly shared. In Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan—a mountainous, landlocked country of 7 million ...

KYRGYZSTAN USED to be an exception in Central Asia: the sole democracy in a region run by strongmen, albeit a flawed one. That is rapidly ceasing to be the case. It regressed a bit closer to the mean ...

The Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday held a snap parliamentary election against the backdrop of arrests of opposition figures and the closure of independent media outlets. The vote is ...

Kyrgyzstan is exploring the possibility of building its first nuclear power plant using Russian small modular reactors, Vladimir Putin has said. (Image: Kremlin.ru) In a statement after talks with ...