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A new social town has been built in Kaiyndy-Bulak village of the Bayetov rural aiyl aimak in Ak-Talaa district, Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan, providing housing to 68 families. A Turmush correspondent reported that the town was built on a 1.5-hectare plot, funded by one of the charitable foundations. Its cost is 67 million 338 thousand soms.
Mass electricity outages were recorded across the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan on the evening of October 18, according to local residents. They said power was lost in Issyk-Kul, Tyup and Ak-Suu districts, as well as in the city of Karakol.
A new school with 225 places has been built in Katar-Zhangak village in Bazar-Korgon district of Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyzstan. The Ministry of Construction reported that the project was financed from the republican budget. The total cost of the facility is 149 million soms.
Batma Topoyeva-Stavinskaya, head of the state institution Kyrgyztest, told journalists that President Sadyr Japarov may not need to confirm his Kyrgyz language skills if he runs in the presidential election scheduled for 27 January 2027.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has instructed the Ministry of Finance to formalise a pledge, or collateral, on a budget loan of 26 billion soms extended to GIK. The report was published by AKIpress.
Kyrgyzstan has approved the procedure and criteria for voluntary accreditation of foreign investors. Resolution No. 697, dated 15 October 2026, was signed by First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet Daniyar Amangeldiev.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has granted Kyrgyzgeology the right to carry out geological exploration of limestone and rubble stone in Osh region. The report was published in Russian by AKIpress.
The National Bank and the Islamic Finance Association have signed a memorandum of cooperation, according to an AKIpress headline. The source text does not contain the article itself. It is held in an archive available only to Tazabek subscribers, so details such as the agreement's terms, its date and its objectives cannot be confirmed from the material available.
Kyrgyzstan's Tamchy special financial investment territory (SFIT) ranked first in Asia and second worldwide in the Rising Stars category of the Global Free Zones of the Year 2026 ranking. Financial Times unit fDi Intelligence published the results on October 15. The UK's Liverpool City Region Innovation Zone took first place in the category.
Kazakhstan's gold exports to Kyrgyzstan reached $293.6 million in January–August 2026. This figure is $18.4 million, or 6.7%, higher than the seven-month figure. Kyrgyzstan remains the largest foreign buyer of Kazakhstani gold.
Kyrgyzstan had 1,227 medium-sized enterprises in 2025, 35.6% more than in 2024. The number of small enterprises was 26 thousand. Malika Abdukadyrova, head of the finance and price statistics department of the National Statistical Committee, announced the figures at a press conference in Bishkek on October 15.
According to a report published by AKIpress, financial intelligence must introduce artificial intelligence to identify anomalies in transactions by the end of 2028. The article is archived and available to subscribers of Tazabek.
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Kyrgyzstan's agricultural sector, including peasant farms, produced goods worth 285 billion soms in 2025. That is 15.5% more than in 2024, according to the National Statistical Committee.
Fixed capital investment in Kyrgyzstan totalled 365.7 billion soms in January–September 2026. First Deputy Chairperson of the National Statistics Committee Nazira Kerimalieva announced the figure on October 15 at a press conference in Bishkek.
Edil Aydarbekov, an architect and one of the co-authors of the state flag of Kyrgyzstan, died on October 18, 2026, at the age of 79. He held the honorary title of Honored Cultural Worker of the Kyrgyz Republic and had been awarded the Dank medal.
Kyrgyzstan's draft national budget forecasts that revenue from taxes on international trade and external operations will reach 125.4 billion soms in 2027. This is 43.8% more than the 87.2 billion soms actually received in 2025.
Archaeologists have discovered new evidence of Bronze Age life at the Jarkutan monument in Uzbekistan's Surkhandarya region. Excavations uncovered ancient buildings, four intact ceramic vessels, economic pits and a child's burial. The report by CentralAsia, citing Podrobno.uz, says the findings will help explain how people lived, built homes and buried their dead several thousand years ago.
Colombian singer Shakira arrived in Kyrgyzstan on the night of 18 October. Bishkek is one of the stops on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. At Manas International Airport, she was met by Dayyrbek Orunbekov, head of the information policy department of the presidential administration, and Boobek Salimzhanov, first deputy manager of the president's affairs.
During the official visit of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov to Armenia, a memorandum of cooperation in education and science was signed between Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Innovation and Armenia's Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. According to the Kyrgyz ministry, the document aims to develop bilateral cooperation, exchange experience and strengthen interaction between educational and scientific organisations in the two countries.
Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev will take part in talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on October 19, 2026, according to the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry as reported by Kaktus.media. The meeting will take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with the heads of diplomatic agencies of five Central Asian states attending.
Kyrgyzstan may terminate a subsoil use license if a company extracts less than 25% of the annual volume set in the license for three consecutive years. The norm was discussed on October 15, 2026, at a session of the Jogorku Kenesh, the parliament.
Kyrgyz farmer Raisa Tologonova has been included among 100 women recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for their contributions to agriculture and rural communities, the organisation's press service said. She is one of the laureates of the global "100 FAO Heroines" initiative, held in connection with the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026. More than 600 candidates from 131 countries were nominated for the programme.
Uzbekistan has tightened criminal liability for sexual violence against children. Under the amended Criminal Code, raping a child under 14 and certain other sexual crimes now carry penalties up to life imprisonment. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the law on October 14, and it entered into force on October 15, 2026.
Kyrgyzstan's Finance Ministry has set the state investment budget for 2027 at 47.3 billion soms, 6% more than in the current year. External financing is expected to total 45.1 billion soms, including 33.5 billion soms in loans and 11.5 billion soms in grants. The budget is projected to rise to 75.8 billion soms in 2028.
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