AKIPRESS.COM - With the new year's quickly approaching, it's the time of the year to remind our readers Top 10 most read news of AKIPRESS.COM in 2017.
#1 Iakhe Mashrapov denies any involvement in Istanbul night club shooting (interview)
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Kyrgyz citizen Iakhe Mashrapov was mistook for Istanbul night club shooter. In exclusive interview with AKIpress, he denied his involvement in the attack. Later, he was cleared.
#2 22yo hiker from Israel Hillah Livne found dead. She fell off a cliff
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A 22-year-old hiker from Israel Hillah Livne went missing while hiking in the Sary-Chelek nature reserve in Kyrgyzstan. Rescuers from Israel and a helicopter were mobilized to search for her, however, several days later, Russian tourist found her dead.
#3 Citizens living in dangerous zones in Kyrgyzstan might be cut off electricity and water if they resist to move
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Moving citizens living in landslide prone areas was one of the pressing issues in Kyrgyzstan lately, especially in 2017. Minister of Emergency Situations Kubatbek Boronov was tasked by then President Almazbek Atambayev to use any measures to resettle people living in dangerous areas. The Minister proposed switching off electricity and water supply to force them go.
#4 Eight killed in traffic accident on Bishkek — Osh road
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Fatal road accidents made headlines way too often in Kyrgyzstan in 2017 unfortunately. The road safety question became a top-priority task of the Government of Sapar Isakov.
The traffic accident that took place on the Bishkek — Osh road on July 20 killed 8 people, including a child, 2 women and 5 men. Only the 26-year-old driver survived.
#5 Chief of Registration Service to use emoticons to fight rude behavior of employees
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The State Registration Service worked on creation of the system for evaluation of satisfaction of citizens with the service.
“We have already purchased equipment and decided to resume the system of rating using emoticons. We introduced security elements, so that employees do not give themselves positive evaluation. Citizens will be able to evaluate employees of Public Service Centers. This system will be integrated into the system of salary accounting. That means that salary of employees will depend on quality of their work,” Chairman Dastan Dogoyev said.
#6 About 1,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan use expired passports — State Registration Service
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About 1,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan have old passports of 1994, according to the State Registration Service. These passports are invalid from April 1, 2017.
#7 Atambayev criticizes Kazakh officials, blames them of meddling in domestic affairs and liking Bakiyev
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On October 7, 2017, then President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev told "why Kazakh officials want so hard to meddle in our affairs."
"The Bakiyevs still hold their parties in Kazakhstan. I still hear from some Kazakh officials that the Bakiyevs were right to shoot people, because we are showing a bad example for Kazakh people," Atambayev said at the ceremony of awarding state awards.
"Nursultan Nazarbayev is right to say that GDP of Kazakhstan is 8 times bigger than Kyrgyzstan's. And that the average gross product of Kazakhstan in revenues is ten times bigger than Kyrgyzstan's. But why then pensions in Kazakhstan are not that big and prices are 5 times higher? Because government of Kazakhstan is plundering its people. And we show bad example to them, Atambayev is a bad example," he said.
"I support Nazarbayev's words saying a young President should come to power. But the oldest candidate is 20 years younger than Nazarbayev. I am 16 years younger than Nazarbayev. Who really needs a young ruler? Kazakhstan or us? The Kazakhs are our brothers, we know the history. Kazakhs are us who 500 years ago who chose a Chingizide as a sultan, and they seem like still having Chingizides in power, not Kazakhs," Atambayev said.
#8 Kyrgyzstan suggest Qatari energy company to invest in construction of small and large hydropower plants
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Hydropower issue remained on the agenda of Kyrgyz government in 2017.
On 5 October, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Qatar Nurlan Niyazaliyev met with Khalid Jolo, Chief Executive Officer of the Nebras Power company, in Doha. The Ambassador suggested the Qatari investors to invest in construction of small and large hydropower plant projects in Kyrgyzstan.
#9 Least-trusted state bodies in Kyrgyzstan
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No.1 least-trusted state service in Kyrgyzstan is the State Drug Control Service with an index of 2.3 points, according to the ranking of people's trust in the government bodies carried out in 2016 by the National Statistics Committee.
#10 Tashkent hosts Kyrgyzstan—Uzbekistan 2017 business forum
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2017 was a year of increasingly expanding bilateral Kyrgyz-Uzbek bilateral relations.
On October 6, Tashkent hosted the Kyrgyzstan—Uzbekistan 2017 business forum with participation of more than 200 businessmen from Kyrgyzstan.
The trade turnover between the countries in 2016 amounted to $196.5 million, which is 26.8% more than in 2015. 30 enterprises with Kyrgyz participation operate in Uzbekistan to date, including 26 joint enterprises and 4 enterprises with 100% of foreign capital.
As a result of the forum, 10 agreements and 6 export-import contracts were signed.
