What may play a greater role in the Central Asian people’s lives than traditions and customs? The traditions and customs are peoples “manual” based on which they communicate with each other. The Uzbeks have many different traditions and customs. This time, I want to write about the wedding traditions of the Uzbeks.
The weddings play […]

The prohibition on alcohol selling that the Uzbek government has recently passed is bringing its first results. Kamron wrote in his post about the possible results of prohibition. The one that was about the prosperity of the underground manufacturing and selling of alcohol beverages has already come out.
According to the information I got from […]

Lately, the Uzbek government has been taking really severe, critical approach to blogs. The proof to my point is the recent blockade of the blog Khorezm by the Uzbek censorship. It is strange though. Khorezm does not really have anything against the current regime or government individuals. All it has is reporting on ordinary […]

There is a rumor that the government of Uzbekistan has passed a resolution to decrease the planting of rice throughout the country. It is said that it is done because of the water deficit that is going to be this year in the whole country. What results may it bring to the state and […]

Government of Uzbekistan wants to take control over uncontrolled labor immigration. According to the resolution of the government “On registration of the citizens seeking employment abroad” Gastarbeiters, labor migrants, who mainly work in Russia and Kazakhstan, have to come back to Uzbekistan, go through registration, pay custom dues, get the “green flag” and then […]

This is a translation of the post by Kamron, that originally appeared on the Russian version of neweurasia.
Recently I have read in Fergana.ru an article entitled as “The holiday which was taken away from veterans of war.” Having read only a headline of it, I at once understood what it was about and made up […]

This is a translation of the post by Kamron, that originally appeared on the Russian version of neweurasia.
More than two weeks had passed since the coming into force of the decision “About measures on the further improvement of alcoholic production in retail trade”, and appreciable consequences and numerous comments of analysts had come in a […]

A human rights activist Umida Niyazova, who was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment on May 1, was finally released yesterday, May 8. Umida Niyazova was accused of illegal border crossing, smuggling, and advocating for the unrest in the country with the help of foreign funding. Niyazova pleaded guilty only on one point – […]

As usual, there are a great number of important and debatable events/processes happening in Uzbekistan that greatly influence ordinary people’s lives, as well as country’s foreign and internal policies, and they (events) are not usually reported by mass media. I want to share my thoughts on one of such delicate topics – a buffer […]