Surging trade with Russia and China means that the small Kyrgyzstan settlement of 100 inhabitants is getting busier and busier. A popular stopover for truck drivers, it has been named Paris by ...

"Our village is called Paris, and in Paris there's an Eiffel Tower,"said Nurzhan Kubatbekov, Kyrgyzstan's answer to Gustave Eiffel, who paid $14,000 for the replica. Although 20 times smaller than ...

Paris (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – To reach Paris's Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zig-zag through treacherous mountain passes and avoid an avalanche before getting a foggy glimpse of the 15 ...