Author: Tursunbai Sydykov

      Kazakhstan has approved the rules for equipping and using video surveillance systems in prisons, pre-trial detention centers and office premises of the police, operational and investigative units of law enforcement agencies. The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. Video surveillance systems will also cover the route of visitors and security rooms, with the exception of places for personal hygiene. A list of persons entitled to view video recordings in real time and take prompt measures to prevent violations will be formed. The responsibility of the heads of bodies for maintaining good condition, material and technical support for the operation of video surveillance systems and the safety of the video archive is provided, the Prosecutor General’s…

MINSK, 18 January (BelTA) – The potential of cooperation between Belarus and Kyrgyzstan is still hugely untapped, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kyrgyzstan to Belarus Ermek Ibraimov told the media during his meeting with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko in Minsk on 18 January, BelTA has learned. “Belarus and Kyrgyzstan are gearing up to celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations. In this regard, it is high time we took a look at some results. On the whole, we assess our relations with Belarus as friendly. Kyrgyzstan and Belarus are members of…

Kyrgyzstan’s civil servants have had their bonuses paused to free up funds to pay for new UAVs it has been revealed. Daiyrbek Orunbekov, head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic’s information policy service, explained on his Facebook account why the Kyrgyz civil servants’ three-month bonus payments had been suspended. Orunbekov stated that the Cabinet of Ministers purchased modern military equipment from Turkey, such as the Bayraktar TB2, Aksungur, Akıncı, and Anka, to strengthen Kyrgyzstan’s armed forces following the Batken conflict, and that the cost of these systems was covered by the temporarily suspended civil servant bonuses. In his…

The number of unemployed citizens dropped by 5% last year in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration said. The economically active population (workforce) made 2.68 million in 2021. The number of employed population made 2.537 million. The overall number of unemployed made 142,600 or reduced by 5%. The number of officially registered unemployed citizens made 74,700 or dropped by 1.7%. The official (registered) unemployment rate dropped and made 2.9% as of January 1, 2023. This rate dropped in all regions, except for Batken region (7.6%), Jalal-Abad region (4.6%).source: akipress

AKIPRESS.COM – Snow from Bishkek roads will be removed by 35 equipment units of the Tazalyk municipal cleaning enterprise. 25 of them are snowplows based on MAZ, two units of sand spreaders based on ZIL, two front loaders, five Belarus tractors with brushes and shovels, two tractors with a snowplow, four machines and 40 employees of the road maintenance department, the mayor’s office noted. Snow from stops and sidewalks along the roads will be removed by 615 road maintenance workers and 121 loaders with manual loading onto dump trucks. 6,000 tons of salt and 3,000 tons of washed sand have…