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Another cellophane-wrapped gift for Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe

Another cellophane-wrapped gift for Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe

15.11.2007 19:43 msk Analytics Tajikistan

Another explosion in the capital of Tajikistan (and not the first one this year) reminded general public of the series of similar explosions in Tashkent on the eve of parliamentary and presidential elections there in 1999. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan organized those explosions in front of the

President of Kyrgyzstan on an official visit to Japan

President of Kyrgyzstan on an official visit to Japan

14.11.2007 11:06 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev's official visit to Japan began on November 14 to end on November 16.

Tajikistan: street-sweeper killed in an explosion near the presidential palace in Dushanbe

Tajikistan: street-sweeper killed in an explosion near the presidential palace in Dushanbe

14.11.2007 11:04 msk Tajikistan

RIA-Novosti reports a powerful explosion barely 300 meters from the presidential palace in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, this Wednesday.

EU suspended visa restrictions for Uzbek state officials

EU suspended visa restrictions for Uzbek state officials

14.11.2007 11:01 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

The EU Council ordered a six-month suspension of the visa restrictions for the Uzbek state officials blamed for "disproportional use of force" in Andijan in May 2005.

Another conflict reported on the Tajik-Uzbek border

Another conflict reported on the Tajik-Uzbek border

14.11.2007 09:09 msk Tajikistan

Citizen of Tajikistan Abdullo Atayev was killed in a conflict in the Istarafshan district (Sogdi region of Tajikistan) on the Tajik-Uzbek border on November 6. Hunshud Rahmatullayev of the PR Department of the Border Guards of the National Security State Committee of Tajikistan confirmed the inciden

Kyrgyzstan intends to introduce electronic entry visas

Kyrgyzstan intends to introduce electronic entry visas

13.11.2007 23:45 msk Kyrgyzstan

Instructed by the Cabinet of Kyrgyzstan, the Foreign Ministry intends to introduce electronic entry visas soon.

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia is to be established in Kyrgyzstan

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia is to be established in Kyrgyzstan

12.11.2007 19:59 msk Kyrgyzstan Migration

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia will be opened in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, today.

Kyrgyz political parties register their lists of candidates

Kyrgyz political parties register their lists of candidates

12.11.2007 16:32 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Some political parties running for the parliament in the campaign scheduled to end on December 16 had their lists of candidates registered - pro-president Ak Jol, acting Premier Almazbek Atambayev's Social Democratic Party, and Motherland (former Party of Poeple's Unity and Consent).

Uzbekistan: Ascension or How Islam Karimov became the republican leader

Uzbekistan: Ascension or How Islam Karimov became the republican leader

12.11.2007 12:07 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

The head of state Islam Karimov aspires for presidency again. Election of the president of Uzbekistan is scheduled for December 23, 2007, but its outcome is already a foregone conclusion - as well as the name of the man to rule the country another seven year term. How was Karimov elevated to the pin

What does Uzbekistan need a sixth candidate for president for?

What does Uzbekistan need a sixth candidate for president for?

09.11.2007 14:07 msk Politics Uzbekistan

A spearhead, the only one officially registered by the Uzbek Central Electoral Commission, officially nominated Akmal Saidov (the head of the parliamentary Committee for Democratic Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Self-Government Bodies) for president.

Almost 150,000 immigrants from Tajikistan work in Moscow

Almost 150,000 immigrants from Tajikistan work in Moscow

09.11.2007 13:00 msk Business Russia

Communal services in Moscow thrive on the use of cheap labor of illegal immigrants colloquially known as Gastarbeiters. According to calculations offered in Izvestia, street sweepers from Tajikistan alone "earn" upper echelons of Moscow communal services nearly 300 million rubles every month. Throug

Kazakh journalists are no longer permitted to publish politicians' private conversations

Kazakh journalists are no longer permitted to publish politicians' private conversations

09.11.2007 12:58 msk Kazakhstan Politics

The Kazakh Prosecutor General's Office officially warned the media yesterday of the necessity to abstain from featuring materials interfering with the right to "privacy of correspondence, conversations over the phone, and mail." What amounts to the ban is the authorities' reaction to appearance in t

President of Uzbekistan is confident of his triumph in the forthcoming presidential election

President of Uzbekistan is confident of his triumph in the forthcoming presidential election

09.11.2007 09:10 msk Politics Uzbekistan

More and more information becomes available concerning the content of the program speech Islam Karimov made at the Uzbek Liberal Democratic Party convention that nominated him for president again in defiance of the Constitution. Reuters published excerpts from Karimov's speech delivered in Uzbek and

Ashkhabad tales: to be continued

Ashkhabad tales: to be continued

07.11.2007 13:49 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

The death of Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (Turkmenbashi the Great or life president of Turkmenistan) on December 21, 2006, generated a great deal of forecasts in the expert community and among journalists and politically active citizens. It even generated a lot of expectations and hopes for changes

Islam Karimov agreed to remain the president another seven years

Islam Karimov agreed to remain the president another seven years

07.11.2007 09:01 msk Politics Uzbekistan

The Liberal-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan ran its convention in Tashkent on November 6. Delegates unanimously voted to nominate Islam Karimov for election the president on December 23. His term of office completed on January 22, Karimov did not object and agreed to run for another seven-year term.

1,397 refugees registered in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

1,397 refugees registered in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

06.11.2007 16:14 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

According to AKIpress news agency, 1,397 refugees and 266 families compelled to seek shelter in Kyrgyzstan were registered on the territory of the republic on October 1, 2007.

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