Akipress Re-Introduces Commentary Feature

The News Agency Akipress, according to statistics the most popular news agency in Kyrgyzstan, established a commentary feature. Readers now can leave their comment and start to discuss the information provided by the agency. Public opinion making as its best (uncontrolled).

In its announcement Akipress informs readers about the forced decision in February 2009 to close the commentary feature on its website. As far as I remember, Akipress had started to delete old comments long before that, making it impossible to go back and get an impression of public discussions in times of the Tulip Revolution, the For Reforms protests or the United Front actions. Back then, commenting on political events was actually widespread:

Opening up the possibility to comment on news is good news and – as first reactions show – welcomed by the public in Kyrgyzstan:

 

Der “Arabische Frühling” als Herausforderung für Zentralasien

In der Ausgabe Nr. 43-44 der Zentralasienanalysen fragen wir nach den Potentialen für Protest in Zentralasien:

To download the report follow the link: ZentralasienAnalysen43-44-1

New Article – INA Global

“The Changing Media Landscape in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia”

New media and ICT are at the heart of the political and social upheaval that has been rocking the Arab world in recent months – a precedent that was set in a more obscure region in 2010.

Read more here!

New Coalition in Kyrgyzstan already Discredited before Forming the Government

Akipress published a document, showing the distribution of positions within the government and state related institutions and companies among the three parties ‘Respublika’, ‘Ata-Zhurt’, and ‘SDPK’.

I repost the document here:

Copy Of Wikileaks File On Prince Andrew in Kyrgyzstan (Report of US Ambassador Gfoeller)

To download the full report (pdf) please follow the link: wikileaks