AKIPRESS.COM - AKIpress.com news agency summing up the 2016 year came up with the top-10 most read news it published during the year.
Over 16,000 news, articles, photo reports, and videos appeared on our website since the year start.
Kyrgyzstan's winning the Second World Nomad Games, interview with the Ata Meken faction leader Omurbek Tekebayev, and history of Ungar-Too Mountain located on the disputed area of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border made it to the top-10 most read news in 2016 among others.
#10
The statement of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Ainura Arzymatova made after the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor released the Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2015 is the #10 most read news. It was published on 18 April 2016 and was viewed 10,977 times.
Arzymatova said the accusations of the United States Department of State against Kyrgyzstan of human rights violations are unfounded.
#9
On 10 August 2016, political scientist Bakyt Baketayev commented to Tazabek regarding possible move of Zhongda refinery from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan. He said in such case, Kyrgyzstan "will have to buy fuel from Tajikistan."
The news article was viewed 12,031 times.
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Young musicians from Kyrgyzstan perform in Oxford
Kyrgyz musicians from the Youth Chamber Orchestra of TURKSOY have performed in the Sheldonian Theater of Oxford on July 25. It was the Orchestra's first English performance among the concerts. The series of concerts were dedicated to the 25th anniversary of independence of the Turkic countries, including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
It appeared on AKIpress.com on 27 July 2016 and was viewed 12,392 times.
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State Registration Service seeks to digitize information on all Kyrgyzstan citizens by June
State Registration Service Chairman Tairbek Sarpashev in an interview with AKIpress on April 21 talked about technical results of local elections and preparations for the local elections held this fall and the presidential elections scheduled for 2017.
The interview was viewed 12,523 times.
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Kyrgyzstan wins World Nomad Games for second time
Kyrgyzstan won the 2nd World Nomad Games it hosted on 3-8 September in Issyk-Kul with the participation of more than 1.5 thousand sportsmen from 62 countries. Kyrgyzstan won 83 medals (27 gold, 26 silver and 30 bronze) and took the first place in medal standings as it did at the 1st World Nomad Games. The second place went to the team Turkmenistan with 23 medals (15 gold, 2 silver and 6 bronze), and the third – to Russia with 40 medals (14 gold, 10 silver and 16 bronze).
The good news was viewed 13,305 times.
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Chances of president's placeman to grow in case of right choice – Ata Meken leader
Ata Meken faction leader Omurbek Tekebayev talked about president's successor, constitutional provisions, sovereignty issues in the interview with AKIpress prior to election of the Speaker of the Parliament on April 27.
Interview was viewed 13,838 times.
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Expert of the Center for Economic Research of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Ergashev shared his opinion on Mongolia's construction of the hydropower plant on the transboundary Selenga River. "The Selenga River is a main source of water for the Lake Baikal. Therefore, Russia now urges Mongolia not to build the HPP there, as it will pose threats to the Baikal Lake. However, Mongolia said these HPPs are needed to obtain the necessary amount of electricity," according to Ergashev.
His stand on this matter published on AKIpress on 13 July 2016 was viewed 14,608 times.
#3
Preparation and implementation issues of rehabilitation of Nurek HPP discussed in Dushanbe
Tajik Minister of Finance Abdusalom Kurboniyon and representatives of the World Bank led by head of the energy sector and the mining industry for Europe and Central Asia Ranjit Lameck discussed preparation and implementation of the investment project on rehabilitation of the Nurek hydropower plant in Tajikistan in Dushanbe on 13 July 2016.
The meeting coverage was viewed 16,220 times.
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In April, the situation around the Ungar-Too Mountain, which lies on disputed area of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, escalated. In connection to the tense situation in Ungar-Too, AKIpress published a brief history of the disputed area on 6 April 2016. The article was read 16,561 times.
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Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan among TOP-14 ECA countries with high risk of terrorism financing
Kyrgyzstan has been ranked 60th among 149 countries in Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index released by the Basel Institute on Governance. The Index measures the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing of countries based on publicly available sources. A total of 14 indicators that deal with AML/CFT regulations, corruption, financial standards, political disclosure and rule of law are aggregated into one overall risk score. By combining these various data sources, the overall risk score represents a holistic assessment addressing structural as well as functional elements in the AML/CFT framework.
In 2016 Basel AML Index, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are among Top-14 countries of Europe and Central Asia with a high risk of terrorism financing.
The coverage by AKIpress became the most read news 2016 with 19,110 views.
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