LONDON (AP) — Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia.

In Kyrgyzstan, the scramble is on to try to stretch the country’s electricity supplies through the winter. Water levels are troublingly low at hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) particularly when it ...

Over the weekend, authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s second city, Osh, dismantled Central Asia’s tallest statue of Vladimir Lenin. Installed in 1975, the 75-foot statue’s removal, 34 years after the collapse ...

Kyrgyzstan's weak military attempted Wednesday to regain control of the city of Osh, a major transit point for Afghan heroin and the epicenter of ethnic violence that has driven much of the Uzbek ...

Kyrgyz officials say they have signed a contract with foreign investors to start building an "eco-city" near the picturesque shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in the country's north, despite concerns the ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan – The sports chief in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh has “temporarily resigned” amid allegations that he shot an athlete, the city administration says. Spokesman Azamat Absattarov ...

* Fragile calm in Kyrgyz city ravaged by violence * U.S., Russia watch with unease * Some aid struggling to reach Osh residents (Adds Karimov-Ban telephone call) By Dmitry Solovyov OSH, Kyrgyzstan, ...

Kyrgyz officials say they have signed a contract with foreign investors to start building an "eco-city" near the picturesque shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in the country's north, despite concerns the ...

UNHCR's airlift into Kyrgyzstan is scheduled to launch this weekend. Two chartered Ilyushin-76 cargo planes carrying 80 tonnes of relief items are expected to arrive in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh ...