Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. The mountainous Central Asian country adopted a new anthem in ...

On October 25, the Kyrgyz parliament’s speaker Nurlanbek Shakiyev revealed government plans to change the national anthem. He explained that the anthem was adopted 33 years ago when the country had ...

The three variants that had passed the national competition were rejected by the Žogorku Keneš, the Kyrgyz parliament, which ...

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov says he plans to revise the country's national anthem to adequately represent the "evolving" identity of the nation. Japarov said in an interview with the Kabar news ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyrgyzstan has announced it will change its national anthem, saying the one it has is too Soviet. After Kyrgyzstan became ...

Kyrgyzstan said Friday that it would change its national anthem, deeming it too reminiscent of the Soviet era, in the latest move to update its state symbols and strengthen national identity. The ...

"I'd probably become popular, go down in history," says Balasaguyn Musayev, a 36-year-old composer and one of hundreds of Kyrgyz musicians who have submitted entries to create the new national anthem.

On a global scale, a complete change of the national anthem without a radical change of the political regime is also exceptional - Copyright NASA/AFP Bill INGALLS On ...

On a global scale, a complete change of the national anthem without a radical change of the political regime is also exceptional Nurzhyguit Moldoyar, a 25-year-old composer and vocalist who has also ...