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26.09.2007 10:44 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Claiming "worldwide support", representatives of the Uzbek civil society cabled a petition to the European Union, EU members, European Commission, and European Parliament insisting on extension of sanctions against this Central Asian state and a more energetic human rights dialogue with the Uzbek le
24.09.2007 11:26 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Students of six institutes and 37 colleges and lyceums of Samarkand will work cotton plantations this week.
24.09.2007 10:41 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
Presidential election slated for December 23 is the talk of the day in Uzbekistan. Will Islam Karimov run for president again? How does he intend to circumvent Article 90 of the Constitution stating that one and the same person cannot be the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan more than two time
22.09.2007 10:17 msk Politics Uzbekistan
Akbar Ilham Aliyev Scientist Akbar Ilham Aliyev, 64, intends to run for president of Uzbekistan too. Aliyev became the fifth would-be candidate for president, after Jahongir Shosalimov, Ahtam Shaimardanov, Abdulla Tajiboi-ugli, and Valery Galkin. Activists of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan,
19.09.2007 11:22 msk Business Uzbekistan
Ferghana.Ru sources in Uzbekistan report that the shortage of dough and bread is particularly dramatic in the regions. There is practically no bread to be found in the stores of Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakia. Dealers meanwhile sell a loaf of bread at local marketplaces at 300 sums (about $0.25)
19.09.2007 11:14 msk Cotton Uzbekistan
Addressing the international Cotton and Textile Conference in Tashkent on September 17, Eljer Ganiyev of the Uzbek Cabinet announced that cotton hair production in the country this year would amount to nearly 1 million tons.
19.09.2007 08:51 msk Politics Uzbekistan
The name of the president of Uzbekistan is known to anyone who knows at least something about what is happening in Central Asia. It is certainly different with the Uzbek prime minister whose name one would be hard pressed to remember without surfing the Net first. Can you remember it? I couldn't. Se
18.09.2007 12:05 msk Politics Uzbekistan
RIA-Novosti news agency quoted Abdusalamov, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission of Uzbekistan, that election of the president will take place on December 23.
14.09.2007 16:22 msk Cotton Uzbekistan
President Islam Karimov ordered 20% pay-rise for cotton-pickers this season. Judging by reports in the local media, cotton-pickers on the fringes of the Andijan region are entitled to 71 sum ($0.05) per every kilogram harvested. Their colleagues in the inner areas will be paid 53.74 sums for kilogra
14.09.2007 16:21 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
UN experts say that human traffic is the third most lucrative criminal undertaking after deals with drugs and merchandise. This problem was first formulated in the early 20th century when most European countries signed an international treaty in Paris (1904) against this evil. That was how the term
14.09.2007 16:12 msk Business Uzbekistan
According to local media outlets, more than 1,500 field-labor detachments were formed in the Andijan region for the cotton harvesting campaign this year. The authorities regard this method as particularly efficient. Already tested when grain was harvested, the method is to be applied to cotton now.
10.09.2007 09:17 msk Business Uzbekistan
Population of the Ferghana Valley, traditionally one of the least tranquil regions of Uzbekistan, organized mass protest actions against the price rise. One of the protest actions took place in the district center of Altaaryk on September 3. The protesters demanded lower prices for foods. Surprising
31.08.2007 19:34 msk Politics Uzbekistan
Uzbek Ambassador to Ankara Ulfat Kadyrov and Commercial Attache Nadyr Khashimov participated in Abroad, program of privately owned Channel-A of the Turkish television on August 30.
29.08.2007 12:27 msk Politics Uzbekistan
"President Islam Karimov took a look at the latest accomplishments in the capital," UzA news agency reported on August 28. The head of state examined the new, short and convenient, road connecting the Yunusabad and Mirzo-Ulugbek districts of Tashkent and the bridge there.
29.08.2007 12:07 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan
Photo by Ferghana.Ru. Lake Kurban-Kul photos are available in Gallery-II
29.08.2007 12:01 msk Business Uzbekistan
Bread is all for the majority of families in Uzbekistan. Hearing statements about "grain independence" of the country, the population encounters shortage of dough and prices it can barely afford. Whoever in Tashkent fails to buy bread in the morning finds buying it in the afternoon a trying task ind
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