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Tajikistan needs an alliance with Gazprom to get rid of its dependance in Uzbekistan

Tajikistan needs an alliance with Gazprom to get rid of its dependance in Uzbekistan

03.04.2006 10:02 msk Business

Aleksei Miller of Gazprom and Tajik Energy Minister Dzhurabek Nurmakhmadov signed a memorandum on cooperation in the energy sphere in Dushanbe. The document stipulates establishment of a joint venture to explore, produce, and sell Tajik gas. Interim reports indicate that 75% of the joint venture wil

State visit of the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov to China began yesterday

State visit of the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov to China began yesterday

03.04.2006 10:01 msk Business

TURKMENBASHI IS PULLING A GAS PIPELINE FROM CHINA

Korea, Uzbekistan agree on joint oil, gas development

Korea, Uzbekistan agree on joint oil, gas development

29.03.2006 12:09 msk Business

Korea and Uzbekistan signed an agreement today to jointly explore and develop oil and gas fields in the energy-abundant Central Asian nation during an official visit here by its president Islam Karimov.

Mysteries of the Shaitan Zhiga plateau: battle of stone colossi

Mysteries of the Shaitan Zhiga plateau: battle of stone colossi

27.03.2006 11:43 msk

This enigmatic plateau is situated on the slopes of the Zaravshan Range about 30 kilometers south of Samarkand, between Ilansai and Takhtakaracha passes. Translated from the Uzbek language, its name stands for Devil's Helmet. Not even the locals who have their sheep and goats graze here remember how

Vyacheslav Useinov: We all are dealing with the reality we do not really understand

Vyacheslav Useinov: We all are dealing with the reality we do not really understand

21.03.2006 16:35 msk Arts

Personal exhibition of Vyacheslav Useinov, an artist from Uzbekistan, opened in the Moscow Artistry Center on Krymsky Val, last Friday. Ferghana.Ru approached the artist with questions concerning only one of his paintings, the one known as "Shadow of the Non-Existent House".

Uzbekistan is trying to dam the flood of Chinese commodities from Kyrgyzstan. Smugglers would not give in

Uzbekistan is trying to dam the flood of Chinese commodities from Kyrgyzstan. Smugglers would not give in

16.03.2006 17:09 msk Ferghana Valley

Control on the state border was tightened in the Qorasuv and Khanabad districts of the Andijan region. The bridge across the Shakhrikhansai, the river between two namesake cities in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, can only be negotiated on foot. Just a narrow strip, barely sufficient for a pedestrian, wa

A rooster speaking \

A rooster speaking \

15.03.2006 17:50 msk Ferghana Valley

Have you ever heard roosters? Sure you have. Who hasn't? A certain rooster in the Kyrgyz town of Osh, however, is something else. Its crow has already saved it from death. Owner Ibragim Ismatullayev, his neighbors from Tadjikskaya Street in the center of Osh, and local journalists maintain that the

"The Railroad" by Hamid Ismailov published in English

"The Railroad" by Hamid Ismailov published in English

15.03.2006 17:45 msk Arts

"The Railroad" by Hamid Ismailov, the novel turned down by Zvezda Vostoka magazine once and banned in Uzbekistan altogether, was published in English by Random House, a major Western publishing company with divisions in Great Britain, United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and other English

Andijan: fed up with never ending problems, the population is protesting again

Andijan: fed up with never ending problems, the population is protesting again

13.03.2006 18:59 msk Ferghana Valley

Tenants of the multistory apartment buildings in the Severny block of Andijan organized a protest action on March 9. Numbering over 100, the protesters included women and young men.

Writer from Uzbekistan wins the Russian Award literary contest

Writer from Uzbekistan wins the Russian Award literary contest

01.03.2006 11:03 msk Arts

Winners of the Russian Award literary contest were greeted at the President-Hotel in Moscow on February 28. The contest of writers from Central Asia and Caucasus writing in the Russian language was organized by the Caucasus Institute of Democracy and Institute of Eurasian Studies. Chingiz Aitmatov c

The Tashkent Aircraft Factory will work for the Peoples Liberation Army of China

The Tashkent Aircraft Factory will work for the Peoples Liberation Army of China

22.02.2006 15:18 msk Analytics

The recent visit of a Duma delegation to Uzbekistan once again drew experts' attention to the Tashkent Aircraft Factory named after Chkalov. The delegation included Andrei Kokoshin, Chairman of the Committee for CIS Affairs and Compatriots, who it seems played the part of lobbyist of the Russian mil

Pressure from Uzbekistan notwithstanding, Kyrgyzstan does not intend to mingle literature with politics

Pressure from Uzbekistan notwithstanding, Kyrgyzstan does not intend to mingle literature with politics

20.02.2006 22:02 msk Arts

Ferghana.Ru's brief report last week with references to Radio Ozodlik that Muhammad Salikh's works were studied at the Uzbek Humanitarian Teacher-Training College generated considerable public excitement in Osh. This news agency reported that professors had decided to include Salikh's works in the c

Works by Uzbek poet and politician Muhammad Salikh will be studied at Kyrgyz universities

Works by Uzbek poet and politician Muhammad Salikh will be studied at Kyrgyz universities

13.02.2006 12:05 msk Arts

Ozodlik, RL Uzbek Service, reports that the works by Uzbek poet and oppositionist politician Muhammad Salikh are studied at Kyrgyz universities and colleges.

Four Central Asian directors pool efforts in a documentary on unwed mothers

Four Central Asian directors pool efforts in a documentary on unwed mothers

13.02.2006 11:56 msk Arts

A DOCUMENTARY ON UNWED MOTHERS SHOT IN UZBEKISTAN

British cellist Matthew Barley performed in Tashkent

British cellist Matthew Barley performed in Tashkent

06.02.2006 15:04 msk Arts

Matthew Barley's concerto at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent on February 4 included improvisations that demonstrated avant garde capacities of the traditional instrument and Bach's Suite No 1 where the cello sounded the way it had sounded in the great composer's time.

The six issue of the only newspaper of labor immigrants in Moscow is available now

The six issue of the only newspaper of labor immigrants in Moscow is available now

02.02.2006 15:08 msk Media Review

Uzbegim, a Moscow newpaper in the Uzbek language, was founded in late summer 2005 . This is a unique publication with information necessary for labour migrants from Uzbekistan in Moscow and the Moscow region. Construction sites and market places, restaurants with national cuisine and housing and com

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