Nonviolent Solidarity Movement of Uzbekistan
A humanitarian action of transfer of sports equipment, inventory and uniforms to regional tennis clubs and federations by the Republican Tennis Federation, which took place in Fergana has given a new impulse to development of children’s tennis in Uzbekistan. Like a year ago the event was timed to a traditional men’s challenger, which took […]
Once the world’s fourth largest lake (sea) , the mighty Aral Sea is now in it’s death throws. Starved of it’s lifeblood of the waters of the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers, the sea has been shrinking for the last 40 years.From the 1930s, the former Soviet Union started building large scale diversion […]
Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of Uzbekistan and work in agriculture, one of the main sources of rural income. Fruit, vegetables and milk come to our tables mainly from small private farmers, the dekhan farmers. Dekhan farms are mostly household gardens that are part of the family farm and larger farms. Some […]
Yesterday, on May 23 2008, children of opposition members in Jizzakh viloyat (Uzbekistan) received gifts and financial aid from the Birdamlik Movement. Head of the movement in the country Dilorom Isoqova said that July 1 - The International Children’s Day is annually celebrated in Uzbekistan and the Birdamlik Movement tries to add its share in making this […]
Russian oil major LUKOIL (LKOH.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to invest $5.5 billion in gas exploration in Uzbekistan where it plans to produce 16 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas per year by 2015, LUKOIL said on Thursday.
LUKOIL’s President Vagit Alekperov said the company, in which U.S. ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) holds […]
The International Children’s Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries, usually (but not always) on June 1 each year. The International Children’s Day is celebrated in Uzbekistan as well.The Internatioanal Children’s Day had its origin in Turkey in 1920 (April 23, 1920) and later in the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in […]
From Kiev to Barcelona, in the back streets or the central markets, there are all sorts of people who can supply a fake European Union passport. Undercover reporter Shahida Tulaganova explored the dark corners of this secret industry as she travelled the continent acquiring 20 fake or stolen passports, using two of them to enter […]
Dear America,
I am 10 years old but I know that there are bad people who are hurting, beating, trying to kill, and putting my daddy in jail. When I miss my daddy so much, I start to cry, and my mom tells me not to worry, he will be back and that everything will […]
Amir Temur, also written Temur The Great, Emir Timur or Temur (Chagatai: تیمور - Tēmōr, “Iron“) (1336 9 april - 19 February 1405), among his other names, commonly called Tamerlane or Timur the Lame, was a 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid […]
May 13, 2008
On this third anniversary of the tragic events at Andijon, the United States extends its sympathies to the people of Uzbekistan. There is still much to learn about this tragedy, but we believe the best way to ensure that these tragic events are never repeated is through ongoing dialogue, accountability and […]
To all Uzbeks and other free-thinking, freedom-loving peoples in the world: The 13th of May, that mournful day on which we remember the bloody tragedy in Uzbekistan’s city of Andijon, soon approaches.
In the three years that have passed since the murder of innocent civilians in Andijon, hundreds - perhaps thousands - in that city have […]
Uzbekistan is the world’s eighth largest producer of gold. The gold mine is owned by the Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine (NGMK), a Soviet-era, state-owned firm that the government refuses to privatize or reform. The estimated output in 1999 was 80 tons but there was no independent confirmation. Gold accounts for 10 to 20 percent […]
The splendid variety of pastries known as lepyoshkas (round breads) play a prominent part in Uzbek cuisine. Lepyoshkas are mentioned in one of the world’s oldest written works, “Eros about Gylgamesh”, the legendary ruler of the Sumerians, who lived almost 5000 years ago. Lepyoshkas are baked in special clay ovens called tandir. While unearthing the […]
In the immediate aftermath of the violent events in Andijan on 13 May 2005, the OSCE/ODIHR sent a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office expressing concern over reports of gross violations of human rights, including allegations of indiscriminate killings of civilians.As reporting of the events in Andijan was sporadic and in some instances contradictory, the ODIHR […]
I have really been pretty shocked by the rapidity with which labour market tightening has been emerging in Eastern Europe recently. This recognition lead me to take the Economist quite sharply to task on Afoe, and at least I managed to sting a response from their Central European correspondent Edward Lucas, who, would tell us, is far […]
“White and black. Two poles - two beginnings. The black square - cosmos and darkness. Four white segments - rotation and solar symbol. The look is frozen, vanishing in the whirl. In a moment, you will disappear in the vortex - calmness” - wrote Sergey Alibekov about Uzbek Duppi. According to ancient beliefs, the […]
