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port.today (blog)
April 25, 2018
Vostochanya Stevedoring Company (VSC), belonging to Russia's leading container terminal operator Global Ports and operating one of the largest container facilities in the Russian Far East at the Vostochny port, has launched a container rail service to Uzbekistan. The pilot block train was formed at VSCÃâà...
Eurasia Daily
April 25, 2018
The first EXPO-Russia Uzbekistan 2018 exhibition is taking place in Tashkent this week. 200 companies from Russia, Uzbekistan, and other countries of the region will be represented on it. The event is to show progress in energy, machine-building, metallurgy, construction, transports, telecoms, chemicalÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 25, 2018
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has visited Uzbekistan's western region of Khorezm, which neighbors Turkmenistan, on the last day of his official visit. Berdymukhammedov met with representatives of the Turkmen diaspora in the region on April 24, and visited the House ofÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
April 24, 2018
Uzbek nationals have carried out five major terrorist attacks across Europe and the United States since 2016, the most devastating of which occurred at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, in June 2016, and the city's Raina Nightclub on New Year's Eve 2017. The attacks, respectively, left 41 and 39 people dead.
The Diplomat
April 24, 2018
Uzbekistan has reportedly agreed to participate in the massive Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. The news comes as Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov paid a visit to Tashkent on Monday. As the visit began, RFE/RL reported that sources had indicated TAPI was onÃâà...
Construction.RU
April 14, 2018
The fact that the company is discussing such an opportunity with the authorities of Uzbekistan has been revealed by Director General of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, who held a meeting today with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Rambler.News reports on Friday. Mr. Likhachev has noted thatÃâà...
New York Times
April 14, 2018
It is a measure of how repressive Uzbekistan was under its first post-Soviet president, Islam Karimov, that the first, tentative steps by his successor to curb the secret police are raising high hopes of an Uzbek Spring in the making. Yet with democracy in retreat across much of the former Soviet empire andÃâà...
EurasiaNet
April 13, 2018
Border officials in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to intensify coordination following the recent fatal shooting of a Kyrgyz citizen by Uzbek frontier guards. Following a meeting in the Uzbek city of Namangan this week, officials from both countries agreed to forbid the deployment of live fire againstÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
April 13, 2018
This year, Uzbekistan is organizing its first ever nation-wide al-Quran reciters competition (Muslim.uz, December 22, 2017). Perhaps this kind of competition would be a run-of-the-mill event in any other Muslim majority country; but for Uzbekistan, which is trying to unshackle itself from the repressive policiesÃâà...
EurasiaNet
April 11, 2018
Uzbekistan has just adopted a new law regulating the functions of its security services, the recently rebranded State Security Service, or SGB. The legislation was adopted by the lower house of parliament on March 15 and then approved by the Senate, the Oliy Majlis. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signedÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 11, 2018
The report recognizes Uzbekistan's “significant break with its past” trends as the “first, meager, shoots of spring.” Shavkat Mirziyoyev's unconstitutional ascension to the acting presidency in the wake of Islam Karimov's death and the pervasive nature of the “system Karimov built” are set against modest stepsÃâà...
New York Times
April 4, 2018
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan — Every five to 10 minutes, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week, a fresh group of Uzbek pilgrims troops into the tomb of their late president, the dictator Islam Karimov, to pay homage at his white onyx sarcophagus, and listen to prayers chanted in his honor. At this point, moreÃâà...
New York Times
April 2, 2018
The detention center in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, is where Bobomurod Abdullaev, a freelance journalist, was taken and, according to his wife and lawyer, tortured after agents of Uzbekistan's feared National Security Service grabbed him off the street in September. But it was also where Mr. Abdullaev,Ãâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 26, 2018
Visiting U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon has met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev in Tashkent. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry says the sides discussed bilateral ties and international and regional issues at the meeting on March 26, before an international conferenceÃâà...
Economic Times
March 26, 2018
One of the vital steps in this direction was it accession to the Agreement on the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Ashgabat Agreement) last month, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Oman and the India visit ofÃâà...
BBC News
March 26, 2018
The government of Uzbekistan has warned citizens to use their kitchen gardens "efficiently" or face a triple land tax, it's been reported. According to the Daryo.uz news website, officials will monitor every household twice a year to "study the public's interest in farming, building a greenhouse, and keepingÃâà...
Long War Journal
March 26, 2018
After the US State Department designated the Uzbek jihadist faction Katibat Imam al Bukhari (KIB) as a global terrorist organization last week, several jihadi figures and groups, including KIB itself, released statements denouncing the move. In its own statement, which was released on its Telegram channel,Ãâà...
TOLOnews
March 26, 2018
President Ashraf Ghani left Kabul for Uzbekistan on Monday to participate in the Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan that will bring together senior officials from around the world to discuss the prospects of peace in the country. “I left Kabul for Tashkent to attend Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan. On theÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 26, 2018
Uzbek human rights activist Musajon Bobojonov has been handed a suspended three-year prison sentence after being convicted on extremism-related charges that he rejects. At a March 26 hearing, the Quva District Court in the Ferghana region found Bobojonov guilty of preparation, possession,Ãâà...
The Diplomat
March 24, 2018
From March 25-27, delegations from across the region and around the world will gather in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, specifically to confront the Afghanistan problem. The conference, co-hosted with the Afghan government, follows innumerable other efforts to breathe life into the peace process inÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 17, 2018
Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum on international military cooperation during the meeting between Uzbek Foreign Minister General-Major Abdusalom Azizov and British ambassador in Uzbekistan Christopher Allan, Uzbek media reported on March 17. The agreement provides forÃâà...
International Atomic Energy Agency
March 17, 2018
The IAEA conducted an Operational and Maintenance Assessment for Research Reactors (OMARR) mission to Uzbekistan's sole operating research reactor, WWR-SM. The mission, which took place last week upon request by the Government, was aimed at improving operational and maintenanceÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 16, 2018
Some 4 million tourists are expected to visit Uzbekistan in 2018, Uzbek media reported on March 16 citing data of the Uzbek State Committee on Development of Tourism. According to Deputy Chairman of the State Committee Shakhrukh Sharakhmetov, a number of tourists visiting Uzbekistan is constantlyÃâà...
Egypttoday
March 16, 2018
CAIRO – 16 March 2018: Egypt's embassies in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Uzbekistan started early Friday to receive Egyptian expatriates who will cast their ballots for the 2018 presidential election. Egyptian expatriates began lining up at polling stations in different countries such as Australia and NewÃâà...
BBC News
March 16, 2018
There's always someone who will say your wedding plans are OTT, but what if the voice of reason is your president? A government document proposing radical restrictions on weddings has had a mixed response on social media in Uzbekistan. Guest lists of 400 and motorcades are the norm in theÃâà...
Gandhara
March 16, 2018
President Shavkat Mirziyoev has changed the name of Uzbekistan's national security service, a move seen as another step aimed at shaking up the long-feared main successor of the KGB in the Central Asian country. Mirziyoev signed a decree on March 14 changing the name from the National SecurityÃâà...
The New Yorker
March 16, 2018
On a recent visit to Nargis, a new Park Slope outpost of an Uzbek restaurant in Sheepshead Bay, I found myself excitedly making connections. The pan-fried beef dumplings called chuchvara, small and dense, blanketed in caramelized onion and dill and served with sour cream, had a nuggety shape thatÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 16, 2018
TASHKENT -- A judge says that a medical examination has not confirmed torture claims by an Uzbek journalist who is on trial. Judge Zafar Nurmatov said on March 15 at the trial of Bobomurod Abdullaev that "results of a complex medical examination" on Abdullaev had come back negative. On March 7Ãâà...
Reliefweb
March 16, 2018
Over the past 20 years, the number of preschools in Uzbekistan has decreased by almost half (45%) and today, only 818,000 out of 2,450,000 children have access to preschool education. In order to increase enrollment, the Government of Uzbekistan is actively investing in the preschool sector. The WorldÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 15, 2018
President Shavkat Mirziyoev has changed the name of Uzbekistan's national security service, a move seen as another step aimed at shaking up the long-feared main successor of the KGB in the Central Asian country. Mirziyoev signed a decree on March 14 changing the name from the National SecurityÃâà...
BBC News
March 15, 2018
Police in the Uzbek capital are now banned from hiding behind trees "and other objects" while carrying out transport checks, it's reported. The Tashkent police department issued the decree on 12 March, as part of a string of ongoing transport reforms in the country. Uzbek citizens can now report complaintsÃâà...
Economic Times
March 15, 2018
The initiative of regular consultative meetings of the Central Asian leaders was put forward by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev during the international conference 'Central Asia: Shared Past and Common Future, Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity' held on 10-11Ãâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 15, 2018
Not counting the Aral Sea summit of April 28, 2009, which was dedicated to one topic, there have been only five such meetings since the U.S.S.R. collapsed in late 1991 and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan became independent. There have been 17 total solar eclipsesÃâà...
International Monetary Fund
March 15, 2018
Uzbekistan has embarked—with great determination—on reforms to address the country's most pressing challenges, foremost the lack of jobs. The country's working-age population has increased rapidly over the last two decades, and about 500,000 new job seekers continue to enter the labor market eachÃâà...
AzerNews
March 14, 2018
Uzbekistan has seriously taken up the issue of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). In this regard, the country is implementing a number of measures, podrobno.uz reported. In particular, not only international experts and domestic ministries and agencies are involved in this process, but alsoÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 14, 2018
On March 7, prominent Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev attended his hearing, arguing that his jailers had subjected him to torture and threatened to rape his daughter. Judge Zafar Nurmatov presided over the hearing of Abdullayev and his co-defendants: blogger Havot Hon Narsriddinov, along withÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 13, 2018
The Taliban is likely to miss an Afghan peace conference at which participants are set to call for direct talks between the militant group and the government of President Ashraf Ghani, the foreign ministry in Uzbekistan said on Monday. Reuters reported that representatives of the group have made noÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 13, 2018
Relations between the two countries, and especially between former Uzbek President Islam Karimov and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon, have been tense for more than two decades, due to Uzbekistan's support for one of the “losing sides” in Tajikistan's civil war, from 1992 to 1997. Rahmon, whoÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 13, 2018
The statement comes after the foreign ministry in Uzbekistan said on Monday that the Taliban are likely to miss an Afghan peace conference at which participants are set to call for direct talks between the militant group and the government of President Ashraf Ghani. Representatives of the group have madeÃâà...
ITCM
March 13, 2018
Turkish Airlines, the airline which flies to more countries than any other, has today announced it is launching flights to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 16 ... The route's inaugural flight will take place on 16 March 2018, and representatives from the Uzbek government, Samarkand International Airport andÃâà...
Gulf Times
March 13, 2018
Al Sadd are in revenge mode as they seek to make amends for their upset loss to Uzbekistan's Nasaf last week when they clash in their AFC ... Azizjon Ganiev's penalty just after the hour secured a 1-0 victory for Nasaf in the southern Uzbekistan city Qarshi as the hosts recorded back-to-back home wins toÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
March 13, 2018
On March 9, Shavkat Mirziyaev landed at Dushanbe airport, the first president of Uzbekistan to conduct a state visit to Tajikistan since 2000. Embraced by his local counterpart, President Emomali Rahmon, he rode through Tajikistan's capital city past thousands of flag-waving citizens (YouTube, March 10).
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 10, 2018
Once known as a ruthless inquisitor, Farrukh Tokhtimametov insists there was no mistreatment of detainees in the notorious jails of Uzbekistan's powerful National Security Service (SNB), arguably the most feared institution in the country. But just minutes later Tokhtimametov, a former senior SNBÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 10, 2018
March 9 and 10, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is visiting Tajikistan. As I've discussed previously — and as Bruce Pannier explains with aplomb in this particular article — the thawing of relations between these two is nothing short of momentous. One of the region's most damaged, there's a lot to beÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 8, 2018
Uzbekistan and Russia will open a joint business incubator (organization that supports young entrepreneurs' projects) for young entrepreneurs, said Kamoliddin Beknazarov, deputy chairman of the Union of Youth of Uzbekistan during the Uzbek-Korean business forum, Uzbek media outlets reported.
ANI News
March 8, 2018
New Delhi [India], Mar.8 (ANI): Uzbekistan has always been an advocate for the peaceful political settlement of the situation in Afghanistan. Keeping this in mind, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has taken up the initiative of organising a global conference on Afghanistan on March 26 and 27 in capital Tashkent. The them of theÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 8, 2018
A controversial Uzbek imam has suggested that homosexuality is a “disease that worries the world community” and offered advice on how couples can prevent having gay babies. Rahmatulloh Saifutdinov, the chief imam of Tashkent's Mirzo Yusuf Mosque, told worshippers that fantasizing about someoneÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 8, 2018
An Uzbek court agreed to look into allegations of torture by journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev, as his trial got under way in Tashkent on March 7. The first day of Abdullaev's trial was adjourned after he was asked to remove his shirt to display traces of torture he claims to have suffered while in detention.
EurasiaNet
March 7, 2018
Authorities in Uzbekistan last month arrested long-serving former General Prosecutor Rashid Kadyrov on corruption charges and have now broadened the investigation to include immediate members of his family. The Interior Ministry this week posted a wanted notice for Kadyrov's 38-year-old son, Alisher,Ãâà...
Trend News Agency
March 7, 2018
Uzbekistan is interested in attracting investments for promotion of joint projects with Russia, as well as in cooperation in training highly qualified specialists at the leading specialized educational facilities of Russia, Uzbek media reported on March 6 citing the Uzbek president's press office. The cooperationÃâà...
