This is a translation of the post by Provincialka published in the Russian language blog.
Each year, twenty students, who have been studying for 9 semesters (4.5 years), are sent to undergo internships at the Ministry …

Besides its color revolution, bloody suppressions of peaceful demonstrations and civil war, Fergana valley is becoming famous also for being an area that gives births to different trends within Islam religion. It is hard to …

A group of Gypsy women attacked human rights activists during their demonstration in front of the Prosecutor General’s office in Tashkent, reports News Agency Ferghana.ru. According to the information that we got from an eyewitness …

The Uzbek government that has been rejecting to celebrate all communist holidays today is celebrating the International Women’s Day, a holiday that was introduced in the region during the Soviet period. Today, already in the …

[inspic=54,left,,125] The president of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a decree to free state company Uzavtoprom’s joint venture with US car maker General Motors Corp. from taxes for five years. The joint venture was planned last …

Recently, we have observed a significant shift in Uzbekistan’s foreign policy, as Uzbek officials started showing their sympathy to the West by making moves that were welcomed by EU and US. The recent amnesties of …

Recently, on 22 February, president of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov participated in informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States that was held in Moscow. As UzA Uzbekistan National Information Agency informs:
The main issue on …

[inspic=52,left,,100] It seems that Islam Karimov, current president of Uzbekistan, who has been leading the country for almost twenty years, is again reshuffling high ranking officials in the country. Recently, one of the key figures …

[inspic=29,left,,180] We had already written about Alisher Usmanov, Uzbek-born businessmen, ferrous metal and mining tycoon, Russia’s 18th richest man. Being one of the leaders of Gazprom, which has very shady reputation in business world, having …

Recently, to a great surprise of all, especially the Uzbek government, the world third biggest retailer and major retailer in UK Tesco had put a pioneering ban on cotton produced in Uzbekistan. The motives …