Postcard from Bishkek

The last Saturday in April – this year 26th April – is designated as Veterinarians Day. It’s not surprising that the occupation is highly regarded here in Kyrgyzstan – given the importance of agriculture to the national economy, contributing something like 25% of the republic’s GDP, and the predominance of livestock rearing and management within […]

Something really incredible happened last week … it was announced that Bishkek is to commemorate World Health Day today. The Department of Health and the Mayor’s Office of Health Promotion Center in Bishkek would be conducting a number of activities in order to acquaint people with the problems of the transmissio of infections including reports […]

One of the issues that has attracted a lot of attention here in recent times is the provision of education for children with Special Needs … which is a little surprising because it is one of those issues which is so often “pushed into the background”. One of the groups of children that have “special […]

People often ask me about how I keep track of all the special days and anniversaries that feature in my postcards … and the answer is that I try to keep a diary of them.

When I was at school I got promoted – out of the Second Set for English into the Top Set.  I suppose I should have been proud … but it had it’s drawbacks. Apart from having to get used to a different teacher, not a minor issue in the lead up to the all important […]

People often ask me about how I keep track of all the special days and anniversaries that feature in my postcards … and the answer is that I try to keep a diary of them.

For Thirteen days in 1918, nothing happened in Russia – nothing a all … nobody was born, nobody died, nobody got married or divorced … Well, that’s exactly true … but for all intents and purposes the first thirteen days of February just didn’t exist.  A Decree of the Council of People’s Commissars issued on […]

People often ask me about how I keep track of all the special days and anniversaries that feature in my postcards … and the answer is that I try to keep a diary of them.

This year is still very young … but there are definite signs that there is change in the air … possibly “revolutionary” changes – albeit without the political and social upheaval usually associated with that word … but definitely serious and radical changes … and they are emanating from an unlikely source … The Ministry […]

People often ask me about how I keep track of all the special days and anniversaries that feature in my postcards … and the answer is that I try to keep a diary of them. Actually, the diary has a lot of other entries … but here I have extracted the entries that have some […]