Kyrgyzstan

With the beginning of 2022 the country bans the production, import and circulation of non-smoking tobacco and non-smoking products containing nicotine; it will also be prohibited to store, wholesale and retail trade, and export these products

The number of poor families with children receiving monthly allowances has increased by 12,3% in five years in the country

Nearly 14 months after a post-election parliamentary revolt, people will go to the polls again today to vote for parliament after a new electoral code, approved 27 July, changed the structure of parliament, creating difficulties and confusion for voters

In the Central Electoral Commission's desire to crack down hard on violations by participants in the race, written warnings have been issued to eight deputy candidates to date, with two warnings a candidate's registration can be cancelled

In a survey of 1.649 households, the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic has determined that women in the country have one less hour of free time than men

Operators of the Digital Command Centre have detected and solved 849 crimes, misdeeds and administrative violations, using the 60 video surveillance cameras, since the beginning of the year in Bishkek

Around 100 athletes run the eco-cycle marathon in Jalal-Abad, to draw public attention to the problem of air pollution, as well as promoting environmentally friendly transport and a healthy lifestyle

According to the Freedom on the Net 2021 report by Freedom House, the country has moved from 56th to 53rd place over the past year and is listed as 'partially free', while the most striking restrictions are recorded in Myanmar, Belarus and Uganda

Residential buildings in the city of Batken have been handed over to 36 families affected by the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border over the rights to access water resources this April