LONDON (AP) — Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia.

Over the weekend, authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s second city, Osh, dismantled Central Asia’s tallest statue of Vladimir Lenin. Installed in 1975, the 75-foot statue’s removal, 34 years after the collapse ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, May 12 (UNHCR) - On the first anniversary of the violent events in Andijan, eastern Uzbekistan, Haitvoy* has every reason to sigh. The 29-year-old Uzbek has been in exile in ...

(MENAFN- Khaama Press) Police in Kyrgyzstan detained 300 people at an illegal cockfighting and gambling gathering in Osh, including foreign and local participants overnight. Kyrgyzstan Police said 300 ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan — Thousands of protesters, some armed with clubs and Molotov cocktails, overran Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city yesterday, forcing police to flee as the government lost control of the ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, June 30 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today visited southern Kyrgyzstan and appealed to the international community not to turn its attentions away from ...