Few weeks ago we had a conversation about his future plans and Bakhodir-aka said that he really would like to go back to his historical motherland after almost 5 years of exile. Today he announced …

While children in Uzbekistan don’t have access to education and forced to risk their lives in order to satisfy state’s appetite in ‘white gold’, their government is taking last preparations for the upcoming International Uzbek Cotton Fair which will be held on October 14-15, 2009. neweurasia’s Musafirbek Ozod suggests international participants to remove the blinkers from their eyes and see a severe reality of modern cotton policy of Uzbek government.

Kazakhstani citizen was deported from Uzbekistan for being a missioner of Bahá’í religion. Judge of Khamza district court of Tashkent decided to prevent his future possible visits to the country. Though incident took place in July 2009 the information was distributed by mass-media only few days ago. neweurasia’s Musafirbek reports on the topic.

September 17-19 Turkmenistan hosted two IT-oriented events: III international telecommunications, telemetry, information technology and broadcast equipment exhibition Turkmentel-2009 and the Turkmenistan and Global Telecommunications System international scientific conference within the framework of the exhibition.
Official mass-media …

I’ve found a quiz on Facebook tited ‘What Horrible Monster of History Are You?’ and to my wonder result was Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Ivan the Terrible or Grozny), Russian Tsar of the XVI century. The …

Central Elections Committee (CEC) of Uzbekistan gave a start to the elections campaign for political parties. According to the Constitution of Uzbekistan, article 117, “The elections [...] to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis …

For some people ‘Life is a Music,’ and ‘Music is a Life.’ For ethnic Uzbek labor migrant from Tajikistan, who delivers famous Bollywood songs in a very original way, these mottos are higher than anything in his life. neweurasia’s Musafirbek updates on emerging Tajik star.

neweurasia’s Musafirbek Ozod reports on Uzbekistan’s traditional on preparations for Khashar (August 15 and 16), a tradition in Uzbekistan in which every citizen participates in collective civic improvement activities. It’s a wonderful tradition — but is it being exploited by the powers that be for their own financial gain?

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguli Berdimukhamedov invited his Uzbekistan counterpart Islam Karimov to pay a visit to Turkmenistan at his convenience. The offer was initiated by Berdimukhamedov and accepted by Karimov. Awww so sweet… So, what’s really going on?

Translation of Bahadir Namazov’s post
Typography street of Samarkand experiences authorities’ new idea of reconstruction.
During the 1980s, private entrepreneurs built their privately-owned  shops on this street.  Since independence they have been repeatedly compelled by city authorities …