Author: Sabyr Sheraliev

VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, today announces that Beeline Kyrgyzstan, its operating company in Kyrgyzstan, has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, a global standard of compliance for information security management systems. Beeline Kyrgyzstan successfully passed the security audit performed by the British Standards Institute (BSI), the national standards institute of the United Kingdom, after rigorous testing, analysis and evaluation of its information security management systems. “Like all VEON Group companies, Beeline Kyrgyzstan is committed to providing reliable and secure online services to our breadth of corporate and individual clients,”…

Kyrgyzstan could lose out on $29 million in international funding for HIV prevention and treatment after MPs scrapped a working group for going against “traditional values”. Kyrgyzstan’s cabinet of ministers approved the dissolution of the country’s coordinating committee to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria after coming under pressure from hardline MPs at the end of April. The MPs denounced the committee’s distribution of condoms to men who have sex with men as part of the HIV programme, which is largely financed by the Global Fund – the world’s largest funder of prevention, treatment and care programmes for these diseases. That work, the cabinet’s deputy…

Iran is fed up with empty promises made by Afghan officials over the shared transboundary Helmand River and it is high time Afghans abide by the terms of the contract they signed with Iran in 1973 Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration is not allowed to trample upon Iranian people’s water rights in the drought-stricken Sistan-Baluchestan Province under lame excuses. President Ebrahim Raisi made the statement in a Pakistani border town on Thursday during his first official visit to the neighboring country in 10 years, the Energy Ministry’s news portal reported. Warning Afghan officials over violating Iran’s water rights on shared transboundary Helmand River, he urged the…

Things between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have never been this good. That was the message with which Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev concluded his visit to the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, late last month. “We have no more problems and issues. It is the first time in history, over the 31 years since Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan gained independence, that we have had this level of relationship,” he said. Behind the rhetoric are some palpable adjustments that are generating excitement and goodwill on the ground. People reliant on trade for their livelihood have welcomed the prospect of eased rules for crossing the border. Hopes are high…

AKIPRESS.COM – The State Tax Service of Kyrgyzstan collected 207,901,600 soms in taxes and insurance premiums at the end of 2022, exceeding the established plan by 3.7 billion soms. The collected amount is 63.8 billion soms more than in 2021. 156,338,300 soms of taxes and payments were collected. The plan was exceeded by 729.4 million soms. This figure was 50,624,300 soms more than last year (a growth rate of 147.9%). The number of collected insurance premiums amounted to 51,563,300 soms or exceeded by 3,018,300 million soms. This is more by 13,184,700 million soms compared to 2021 (a growth rate of…

AKIPRESS.COM – 16 heads of small cattle belonging to 27-year-old citizen N.A. crossed into the territory of Tajikistan during grazing on January 1-9 in Ganjak area of Batken region. Small cattle were returned to their owner following negotiations between the border representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Border Service of the State National Security Committee says. The border guards of the Ala-Buka border detachment in Jiide-Bel area of Jalal-Abad region returned 16 heads of horses to 45-year-old Sary-Kashka village resident in Aksy district S.M.K. The horses crossed into the territory of Uzbekistan during grazing. The guards returned them after negotiations…

Turkmen President Sedar Berdimuhamedov paid a state visit to China from January 5 to 6, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. It was the first high-level exchange between China and a Central Asian country in the new year. During the visit, the two presidents announced the upgrading of the China-Turkmenistan relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, a new height for bilateral relations. In recent years, China has increased engagement with Central Asian states sharply, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Last year, Xi visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in his first trip abroad since the pandemic began; now the Turkmen president…

Galatasaray youngster Beknaz Almazbekov has revealed that he dreams of playing in the Premier League or Serie A in an interview published in Transfermarkt. The highly rated youngster has been rising through the ranks and is one of the most highly rated players in the Galatasaray academy. The young forward has revealed that he plans to break through into the Lions first team and dreams of playing for Liverpool or Chelsea in the future. The report states: “Almazbekov’s big dream is to play in the Premier League or Italy’s Serie A one day. But he understands that he still has a long…