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2009 - Year of development and improvement of villages in Uzbekistan
Tuesday, 9 Dec, 2008 – 15:21 | One Comment

President Islam Karimov made an official statement that announces an upcoming 2009 year as “The Year of Rural Development and Well-being”. In his speech in the meeting dedicated to the 16th anniversary of adoption of …

A crater on Mercury named after Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi
Thursday, 4 Dec, 2008 – 14:23 | 3 Comments

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has recently announced names for 15 craters, the second group craters found on the surface Mercury by NASA’s project “MESSENGER”. According to a list of names, one of the Mercury …

Child labor is banned, but what about students’ labor?
Friday, 26 Sep, 2008 – 9:34 | 2 Comments

Recently, the Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev has signed a decree that puts a ban on using the child labor in cotton plantations in Uzbekistan. Many analytics considered this move of the Uzbek government, as …

Football: Uzbek government to buy 20 legioners
Sunday, 21 Sep, 2008 – 5:27 | No Comment

Recently, a head of the Uzbekistan Football Federation Mirabror Usmanov has informed that the Uzbek football should have at least 20 high class legionnaires, foreign football players. In the press-conference given the other day, the …

Former Uzbek SNB officer seeks political asylum in UK
Sunday, 7 Sep, 2008 – 18:02 | 2 Comments

According to the information given by RFE/RL, Ikrom Yakubov, allegedly a former Uzbek SNB (National Security Agency - former KGB) officer, who has been involved in the security agency for about 10 years, is seeking …

September 4 - Alisher Saipov’s birthday
Thursday, 4 Sep, 2008 – 17:37 | One Comment

[inspic=34,left,,150] If he was alive, today, Alisher Saipov, a murdered ethnic Uzbek journalist from southern Kyrgyzstan, would celebrate his 27th birthday. Personalities like Alisher, who gave their lives in struggle for freedom, are real examples …

Tashkent 2200 - #2
Sunday, 24 Aug, 2008 – 13:40 | 10 Comments

This is a series of a photo-response by our readers to the call for pictures of Tashkent to celebrate the 2200th anniversary of the capital city. 
Here is another photo of Tashkent advised by our reader. …

Uzbekistan to send humanitarian aid to South Ossetia
Sunday, 17 Aug, 2008 – 18:08 | 5 Comments

In our previous posts, we wrote about the Uzbek government being silent on the conflict between Georgia and Russian in South Ossetia. According to the Information Agency of MFA of Uzbekistan “Jahon”, President Islam Karimov …

Uzbek government is still silent on conflict in South Ossetia
Thursday, 14 Aug, 2008 – 3:59 | One Comment

This is a translation of the post by Alisher Taksanov originally published in the Russian language blog.
The Uzbek government has still not expressed any opinion on the situation in South Ossetia, despite the fact that …

No more Kyrgyz electricity to Ferghana valley
Sunday, 10 Aug, 2008 – 19:38 | 2 Comments

According to the governmental portal Vesti.uz, Uzbek part of Fergana valley does not need Kyrgyz electricity any more. Until today, Kyrgyzstan was partially covering the electricity needs of Andijan, Fergana and Namangan. Due to the …