Postcard from Bishkek

Back in 2005, Kyrgyzstan experienced the first of its recent revolutions.  On March 24th, several weeks of protests culminated in a demonstration outside the Government House, (the White House), and President Askar Akaev feld, driving out of the back entrance of the compound as the masses gathered in front of the building.  The crowds were […]

A few years ago, in 2005, the Malvern Gazette ran a story about the Tulip Revolution here in Kyrgyzstan.  It might seem a bit odd that a local newspaper in Britain ran a story about events here in Central Asia, even if they did result in the fall of the government, the president of the […]

Amongst the many emails we receive are a huge number of spam and scam (spoof, “phishing”, variations on the so-called Nigerian scam) messages.  There are are also newsletters, personal correspondence, … and, of course, requests for information.

Kyrgyzstan had dropped off the “news radar”to be replaced by events in London (the bombings) and elsewhere. Three weeks have gone by since the last postcard … as usual I have been very busy, and events have been unfolding but, generally, things here are very quiet and it is sometimes hard to imagine what turmoil […]

One week later: No sooner had I sent the last postcard, the following news items attracted my attention: Police injured in march trouble BBC – 17/06/05 Water cannon were deployed by police during clashes Eighteen police officers and a number of marchers and their supporters have been injured during trouble at an Orange Order parade […]

Although things were generally quiet, some events were still occurring which were causing concern and another attempt to storm the White House prompted the following message: I know that it is some time since I last wrote, (one month), but I have been very busy – and things have, until now, been very quiet.  The […]

A month passed by: I have been meaning to write an update for the last two weekends … but other things always seem to crop up and interfere with my plans.  Anyway, the events of the last few days in Uzbekistan have spurred me into action.

THEY SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT … the tourist industry in Kyrgyzstan is still “open for business” and is both “ready and willing” to welcome visitors.

Is that Good News – or Bad News? – THE KEY WORD IS “RECOVERY” The world is beginning to hear about the Kyrgyz Republic . Articles are appearing in foreign newspapers and on foreign TV News programmes, not to mention on the “information superhighway” – the internet.

After a quiet weekend – perhaps the turn in the weather had something to do with that – I sat down on the Sunday morning and wrote: I hoping that this will be the last of the “emergency” postcards … We seem to have dropped off the radar as far as international news coverage is […]