Nonviolent Solidarity Movement of Uzbekistan
At its 34th Session in November 2007 the UNESCO General Conference adopted a resolution on celebrating the 2200th anniversary of Tashkent and participation in the jubilee celebrations. Tashkent enjoys an invaluable place and profound role in the history of national statehood, as well as in the social and political life of Uzbekistan. It did contribute […]
The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) have signed a joint declaration on recent developments in the Caucasus at a meeting in Moscow on Friday. The group also expressed its support of Russia’s reaction to Georgian aggression against South Ossetia. The issue has also been at the forefront of EU foreign ministers’ talks […]
Open joint stock commercial bank Credit-Standard is a universal lending institution serving corporate and private business. It is among the ten largest banks in Uzbekistan and occupies leading positions on reliability and stability.Credit-Standard Bank was founded on 16 August 2003. The authorized capital at the time of registration was UZS 1.3 billion, now it […]
Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan defended his title in the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 120 kilogram weight class by defeating Russia’s Bakhtiyar Akhmedov in the final on Thursday, August 21.
Taymazov went to the final in his previous two Olympic journeys. He took a silver medal in Sydney and eventually won a gold medal in Athens. Since then […]
Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, concluded his first official visit to Uzbekistan by emphasizing that IFC would continue to increase access to finance for micro and small enterprises, contribute to improving the business enabling environment, and help develop housing finance. IFC will also […]
Uzbekistan’s high position in a new list of so-called failed states can be attributed to a lack of democracy and the slow pace of economic development, say local observers. In late July, the influential American magazine Foreign Policy, and the research centre The Fund for Peace published their annual rating of failed states for 2008.
Uzbekistan […]
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received US Ambassador to Tashkent Richard Norland at Oqsaroy residence on 22 July.
Welcoming the US diplomat, President Karimov said the meeting was a good opportunity to exchange views on the issues of mutual interest.
Working in Uzbekistan since November 2007, you have been able to closely familiarize yourself with the life […]
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan, in the night of 10 July 2008, an ignition occurred at the rocket and artillery depot of the Defense Ministry’s military unit in Kagan district of Bukhara region, resulting in fire and explosion of the ammunition at the depot.On receiving the information about the fire, […]
The Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan held its 14th plenary session on 27-28 June in Tashkent. The members of the parliament’s upper chamber considered a package of laws adopted by the Legislative Chamber, as well as other issues.
The senators approved the Law on Uzbekistan’s accession to the UN Convention against corruption (New York, […]
The Fergana Valley or Farghana Valley (Uzbek: Farg‘ona vodiysi, Kyrgyz: Фергана өрөөнү, Tajik: водии Фaрғонa, Russian: Ферганская долина, Persian: دشت فرغانه) is a region in Central Asia spreading across eastern Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.The Tomb of Ali at Shakhimardan, on the edge of the valley formed the nucleus of an independent khanate, while later […]
Last night Abduraxmon Aliev, the leader of the Birdamlik division in Turakurgon in Namangan province, was arrested. According to Mr. Aliev’s defense attorney, he has been falsely accused of criminal acts and during both the interrogation and the trial he was falsely characterized as a hard-edged convict. Mr. Aliev’s advocate has concluded that the sudden […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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