A few actors were invited for concerts from neighboring Uzbekistan. Yesterday evening president Akaev met with local and foreign journalists to answer their questions. The national TV broadcasted the two hour meeting live. According to the press service of the president the main topic of the discussion was results of the first nine months of the year. Actually that was the campaign activity for Akaev.
Government buys out opposition newspapers.
Newspapers sent to the regions are bought out by local law enforcement institutions and other government agencies as instructed by the Administration of the President. Eshimkanov declared in Bishkek on 25 of October that he had received that document in the morning of that day and forwarded it to Prosecutor General Chubak Abyshkaev and to the minister of National Security Tashtemir Aytbaev for investigation. However there is no attention paid to the case. The Central Eurasia Project aims, through its website, meetings, papers, and grants, to foster a more informed debate about the social, political and economic developments of the Caucasus and Central Asia. It is a program of the Open Society Institute-New York.