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President of Uzbekistan upped the minimum wage to $12

President of Uzbekistan upped the minimum wage to $12

11.07.2007 11:56 msk Business Uzbekistan

UzA National News Agency published President Islam Karimov's decree "On higher wages, pensions, scholarships, and hardship allowances as of August 1, 2007".

Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan: Ferghana governors set up an informal forum

Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan: Ferghana governors set up an informal forum

11.07.2007 11:32 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

Janish Kurbanov, Deputy Governor of the Jalalabad region of Kyrgyzstan, says the heads of six regions of the Ferghana Valley decided to organize an informal Ferghana Summit.

Russian companies in Uzbekistan encounter serious problems with local monetary unit conversion

Russian companies in Uzbekistan encounter serious problems with local monetary unit conversion

10.07.2007 14:41 msk Business Uzbekistan

The independent Tashkent-based Uzmetronom laid its hands on a document that indicates existence of complicated economic relations between Russia and Uzbekistan and questions the popular myth concerning the dynamic and rapidly evolving interaction between our countries promoted by state officials in

Young travellers and regional ethnographers were taught to promote national ideas

Young travellers and regional ethnographers were taught to promote national ideas

09.07.2007 12:27 msk Politics Uzbekistan

UzA national news agency reports that a republican seminar "Higher effectiveness of propaganda of national ideas" took place at the Samarkand Regional Center of Young Travellers and Regional Ethnographers. The event was attended by young travellers from Karakalpakstan, Tashkent, and other regions of

School teachers are forced to transact part of their salaries to bank cards

School teachers are forced to transact part of their salaries to bank cards

09.07.2007 12:26 msk Business Uzbekistan

Bank services are forced on Samarkand teachers compelled to transact a tenth part of their monthly salaries to bank cards as of April 2007. In fact, they are actually paid nine tenths of their salaries and the rest goes to banks directly.

Nukus Museum: Storeroom of arts in the epicenter of trouble

Nukus Museum: Storeroom of arts in the epicenter of trouble

09.07.2007 10:26 msk Arts Uzbekistan

Nukus, Karakalpakstan. - Schindler in the field of paintings, Igor Savitsky preserved banned masterpieces in the destitute backwaters of the Soviet empire.

New prison for civil servants was built in Tashkent

New prison for civil servants was built in Tashkent

09.07.2007 10:22 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Press Center of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists (Uzbekistan) reports with references to sources in the republican Interior Ministry that a new colony for convicted civil servants was built in the Yunus-Abad district of Tashkent (Gvardeiskaya mahallja).

Russian broadcasts are resumed in the Andijan region of Uzbekistan

Russian broadcasts are resumed in the Andijan region of Uzbekistan

04.07.2007 09:59 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

Local correspondents report that TV stations in the Andijan region of Uzbekistan resume broadcasts for Russian-speakers.

President of Uzbekistan ordered all Afghani starlings exterminated

President of Uzbekistan ordered all Afghani starlings exterminated

03.07.2007 16:06 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan

Touring the regions, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov never misses a chance to give instructions and issue orders to the local authorities and citizenry. One of the orders given on the latest tour specified extermination of Afghani starlings.

The new immigration control measures: who stands to benefit?

The new immigration control measures: who stands to benefit?

02.07.2007 20:42 msk Migration Uzbekistan

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers "On record keeping concerning citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan employed abroad" was adopted in Uzbekistan in the middle of May 2007. Problems of labor immigration are in the focus of interest in Uzbekistan because labor immigration is a distinct prospect

Uzbek senators vote for liberalization of prosecution

Uzbek senators vote for liberalization of prosecution

02.07.2007 10:42 msk Politics Uzbekistan

The tenth plenary meeting of the upper house of the parliament of Uzbekistan (June 29-30) endorsed a series of laws recently adopted by the lower house. The most important of them include the law on "Amendment of some standard acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with transition of the p

MTS owns 100% of Uzdunrobita

MTS owns 100% of Uzdunrobita

29.06.2007 13:43 msk Business Uzbekistan

With the remaining 26% finally in its hands, MTS is now the sole owner of Uzdunrobita. The 26% cost MTS $250, more the double the price it had paid for 74% three years ago. Insiders refuse to say who "the private investor" was that sold the Russian company the last 26%.

President of Uzbekistan launched his campaign

President of Uzbekistan launched his campaign

25.06.2007 11:56 msk Politics Uzbekistan

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov visited the Namangan and Andijan regions on June 21-22. The head of state had already visited the Horezm, Bukhara, and Navoi regions earlier this month. Karimov usually travels to the regions whenever he contemplates staff shuffles in regional power structures b

Uzbekistan: the authorities control all private transactions from abroad

Uzbekistan: the authorities control all private transactions from abroad

09.06.2007 12:40 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Gulnara Saitbayeva, Die Deutsche Welle correspondent in Uzbekistan, reports that the republican authorities control all transactions from abroad. Saitbayeva's source in local secret services claims that it is supposed to establish contacts between Uzbek journalists and human rights activists on the

Latin alphabet in Uzbekistan: difficulties of transition

Latin alphabet in Uzbekistan: difficulties of transition

09.06.2007 12:38 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru continues its series of publications on transition to the Latin alphabet in Uzbekistan. Why would the authorities order it? What are the pros and cons of the new alphabet? Who is the Latin alphabet being incorporated into everyday life? Answers to these and other questions are given by U

Uzbek prosecutor's office decided against pressing charges against Die Deutsche Welle correspondents

Uzbek prosecutor's office decided against pressing charges against Die Deutsche Welle correspondents

06.06.2007 12:30 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Die Deutsche Welle web site reports charges against its correspondents in Uzbekistan Yuri Chernogayev, Sajera Ruzikulova, and Obid Shabanov dropped. They were initially accused of work without accreditation, tax evasion, slander against the president, and prejudiced reports on the events in Uzbekist

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