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Fergana Valley: Osh oblast hit by strong earthquake

Fergana Valley: Osh oblast hit by strong earthquake

03.01.2008 20:39 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

A strong earthquake measuring 5.5-6 magnitude on the Richter scale hit mountains surrounding the Ferghana valley on December 31- January 1.

Uzbekistan posts official election results

Uzbekistan posts official election results

29.12.2007 12:22 msk Politics Uzbekistan

The Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan has officially announced the results of the presidential elections that were held on December 23, 2007. Islam Karimov can now be considered the republic's President, in accordance with the country's law on elections. He was elected to the post by 88.1 pe

Price of the Russian-Uzbek union: Political support must rest on responsibility

Price of the Russian-Uzbek union: Political support must rest on responsibility

26.12.2007 12:15 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

Political regimes have a tendency to solidify their positions - for years at least. Societies even come to perceive whatever happens in their respective countries as a blessing. Uzbekistan, the Central Asian country that elected its president last Sunday, is a vivid example.

Popular Russian web site Lenta.ru censored in Uzbekistan

Popular Russian web site Lenta.ru censored in Uzbekistan

26.12.2007 10:43 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Uzbek Internet-providers made the piece "Smacking Of Democracy" on the Russian web site Lenta.ru , usually open to all users, unavailable. The piece analyzes the recent presidential election in Uzbekistan and quotes OSCE observers as branding the campaign non-democratic. In Uzbekistan itself, this o

Expert Aleksei Malashenko: Islam Karimov will have to start thinking of the successor sooner or later

Expert Aleksei Malashenko: Islam Karimov will have to start thinking of the successor sooner or later

24.12.2007 12:35 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

"The Loneliest Authoritarian Ruler" is a piece in Nezavisimaya Gazeta by Aleksei Malashenko. An expert with the Moscow Carnegie Center, Malashenko dwells on the political situation in Uzbekistan and the necessity for President Islam Karimov to start thinking of successors.

Uzbekistan: impostors and non-citizens as voters

Uzbekistan: impostors and non-citizens as voters

24.12.2007 10:18 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Official media outlets in Uzbekistan kept repeating that the Central Electoral Commission had been reported no violations in the course of the election of the president of Uzbekistan on December 23. The media concentrated on observers' positive appraisal of the election and its organization. Ferghan

Turnout at the presidential election in Uzbekistan amounted to 90.6%

Turnout at the presidential election in Uzbekistan amounted to 90.6%

24.12.2007 08:43 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Abdusalomov, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission of Uzbekistan, announced at the briefing at the Press Center (10.30 p.m., December 23) that the turnout at the presidential election amounted to 90.6%.

Uzbekistan: Uzbeks re-elected president

Uzbekistan: Uzbeks re-elected president

23.12.2007 17:46 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Voters in Uzbekistan are taking part in a presidential election on December 23. According to the Uzbekistan authorities about 60% have cast their vote by midday, the Svobodanews reported.

Uzbekistan: Rise in women crime and self-killing impends Andijan

Uzbekistan: Rise in women crime and self-killing impends Andijan

23.12.2007 17:44 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

755 crimes committed by women have been recorded in the Andijan oblast for the last 11 months, the Andijan oblast office of the public prosecutor reported. 142 women committed suicides.

No exit-polls during election in Uzbekistan

No exit-polls during election in Uzbekistan

23.12.2007 17:43 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Central Election Commission Chairman Mirzo-Ulugbek Abdusalomov conducted a briefing for journalists and foreign observers on December 21.

Uzbekistan: Public order squads established ahead of presidential election

Uzbekistan: Public order squads established ahead of presidential election

23.12.2007 17:34 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Special squads to enforce safety and order during the presidential election scheduled for December 23 have been established in the republic, RIA Novosti reported with the reference to the Uzbekistan deputy minister of interior Kuldashev A.

Uzbekistan closed the border with Tajikistan in the light of the forthcoming election

Uzbekistan closed the border with Tajikistan in the light of the forthcoming election

21.12.2007 13:33 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Press Service of the Main Directorate of Border Troops of the Tajik National Security State Committee reports that Uzbekistan unilaterally closed its state borders for residents of Tajikistan this Friday. Uzbek border guards officially notified their Tajik opposite numbers that the borders were to s

Russian TV networks denied broadcasting rights during election of the president of Uzbekistan

Russian TV networks denied broadcasting rights during election of the president of Uzbekistan

21.12.2007 12:10 msk Politics Uzbekistan

Uzmetronom reports that the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Moscow officially denied camera team of TV Channel One of the Russian television the right to cover the presidential campaign in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan intends to nearly double the gas price for Tajikistan

Uzbekistan intends to nearly double the gas price for Tajikistan

20.12.2007 11:06 msk Business Uzbekistan

"Uztransgas (Uzbekistan) will up gas price for Tajikistan to $180 as of January 1, 2008," Tajikgaz General Director Fathiddin Muhsiddinov was quoted as saying on December 19. "We are doing what we can to lower the price, but Uztransgas insists on signing the contract before December 24."

Uzbekistan: Private hotels in Samarkand are forbidden to service customers during the presidential election

Uzbekistan: Private hotels in Samarkand are forbidden to service customers during the presidential election

19.12.2007 10:01 msk Business Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru sources report that private B&B (bed & breakfast) hotels in Samarkand are ordered to suspend business till January 5, 2008. This weird order (weird in free enterprise society Uzbekistan purports to be) came from the local authorities who advise private hotels to turn over clientele to th

Uzbekistan: CIS observers pleased with preparations for the presidential election

Uzbekistan: CIS observers pleased with preparations for the presidential election

19.12.2007 09:36 msk Politics Uzbekistan

INTERFAX reports CIS observers in Uzbekistan pleased with the course of preparations for the presidential election.

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