updated Fri. February 16, 2024
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http://www.kazakh-tv.kz/
April 12, 2018
Uzbekistan's tourist potential was presented at the “Las Fallas” festival in the Spanish city of Valencia. Kultura.uz news website reports that Uzbek diplomats organized the event titled “Samarkand is the Silk Road's Greatness and Beauty.” According to the President of the UNESCO's Silk Road onlineÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
April 10, 2018
Third, Uzbekistan faces food security challenges. Uzbeks' purchasing power has rapidly declined while food prices are significantly lower in the bordering cities of Kazakhstan. For the first time since the easing of travel across the border with Kazakhstan, Uzbek consumers have begun to travel toÃâà...
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...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 3, 2018
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has been shaking up several government structures, in particular the security service. ... Uzbekistan has arrested several former senior law enforcement agency officials -- including a former top prosecutor and an ex-interior minister -- in recent months after PresidentÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 27, 2018
For people living in Panjakent and nearby, going to Samarkand will become considerably simpler than a trip to Dushanbe or even Khujand, Tajikistan's second-largest city, in the north. Before, many thought in terms of importing wares from as far afield as Istanbul, but Uzbekistan now presents a moreÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 22, 2018
In a very rare move, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has marked the Norouz new year holiday in the ancient city of Samarkand in neighboring Uzbekistan, a sign of improving ties following the death of divisive Uzbek leader Islam Karimov in 2016. Norouz is the pre-Islamic Persian New YearÃâà...
Astana Times
March 16, 2018
The Uzbek delegation visiting an agricultural operation was surprised by the large size of Edilbai sheep, which originated in northern Kazakhstan. The Samarkand entrepreneurs suggested crossing the Edilbai sheep with Gissar sheep from Uzbekistan. Samarkand entrepreneurs also met with the DirectorÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 16, 2018
Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines started flights from Istanbul to the historic Central Asian city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on March 16, according to a company announcement. “Samarkand, part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list, has been added to the flight network as the 302ndÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
“They have always been an organic part of Uzbek society, and people here need them,” said Sodiq Safoev, Uzbekistan's former ambassador to ... Among them is Lev Leviev, an Israeli billionaire and supporter of the Chabad movement who was born in Samarkand, an Uzbek city east of Bukhara.
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