Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website Bishkek, 10 January: President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has urged parliament to restore the previous threshold for retirement age. He made such a statement at a session of the Dzhogorku Kenesh [parliament] today.

Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website

Text of report by Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website Bishkek, 15 March: Five staff members of the Kyrgyz national radio, which is a part of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Company [NTRBC], went on a hunger strike today.

The new president of Kyrgyzstan was inaugurated Saturday and pledged to install an administration free from corruption. The BBC reports Kurmanbek Bakiev swore an oath of office in Bishkek's central square.

Text of report by Kyrgyz TV on 3 July There is precisely a week to go before the Kyrgyz presidential elections. Viewers of the national TV channel will see the first TV debate between Kyrgyz presidential contenders tomorrow [4 July].