(1999 pop. 780,000). Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, was named Pishpek until 1926 and Frunze throughout most of the Soviet period. In April 1991, Bishkek acquired its present Kyrgyz name. The city is situated in the valley of the Chu River, north...

Bishkek (Russian and Kyrgyz: Бишкек) is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan (population of approximately 900,000 (2005)). Somewhat confusingly, Bishkek is also the administrative center of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even...

THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE CURRENT STATE of the housing situation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and examines the factors that influence price and availability, particularly the development of supporting institutions. The topic is relevant because security in and alienability of this asset, which is one...

HE IS, by Foreign Office standards, an unconventional diplomat -- a portly Anglo-Greek whose official residence is a cafe-bar called Fatboy's. Yet when the small mountain republic of Kyrgyzstan overthrew its government two weeks ago, the honorary consul Mike Atsoparthis was the first...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday denounced a U.S. plan to deploy missile defense sites in Eastern Europe, calling it a threat to the region.Ahmadinejad spoke at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China and four ex-Soviet Central Asian countries. Iran...