Some people in the west may think that Uzbekistan is a third world country where people still use horses and donkeys for transport needs. But it is not true. Uzbekistan is the only country in Central Asia that has automobile manufacturing plants - DAEWOO. Though, the tax on imported cars are really high, world’s […]
20 days have already passes since the murder Mark Weil, a legendary artistic director of the famed Ilkhom Theatre, who was reportedly killed by two young men near his house. However, police still does not have any substantial results of the investigation.
Police is reportedly doing its best in finding the murderers. As it was […]
If you have been closely following the news around the world for the past months, you must have already heard of the name Alisher Usmanov. A ferrous metal and mining tycoon, Russia’s 18th richest man, Alisher Usmanov seems to change the world by purchasing everything he can. Being one of the leaders of Gazprom, […]
Editor’s note: This post is part of neweurasia’s cross-blog survey about humour in Central Asia.
In 2006, I accompanied my Indian friend Salim who was doing food-stuff business in Uzbekistan during his visit in small village Osmat in Jizzak region.
During the lunch time we were quite free, and to make the passing of […]
Have you ever seen Islam Karimov dancing? Probably not. Here is an exclusive video where Karimov dances to traditional song. Enjoy Mr. President’s dance, though he is obviously not a good dancer
Finally, the central election committee of Uzbekistan had reported that there would be presidential election later this year. As the chairman of the committee Mirzoulugbek Abdusalomov informed mass media, the election will be held on December 23, 2007, as it is dictated by election laws - the first Sunday of the 3rd decade of […]
Since the untimely murder of Ilkhom Theatre director Mark Weil on September 7, there has been considerable discussion of possible motives for his killing on the Internet. To recap, Weil was attacked by two men on the night of September 6-7 and fatally stabbed.
The Registan was one of the first English-language outlets to announce […]
A Women’s blog of Uzbekistan with the support of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has launched an Internet competition for the best essays entitled as “Our beloved women”. Their motto is “Every woman in Uzbekistan deserves to be spoken about in Mass Media”. In order to take part in the competition the only thing […]
‘For lust of knowing what should not be known, we take the Golden Journey to Samarkand’, wrote the poet James Elroy Flecker. And indeed, there was a time when you could learn a secret or two before the Emir of Samarkand gouged your eyes out and threw you to the hounds. In Islam Karimov’s […]
A rare opportunity to view Uzbek government documents and secret ministerial correspondence online was made available a couple of days ago.
On 30 August a Swedish security researcher, Dan Egerstad has published 100 passwords to e-mail accounts of the embassies of the countries mostly belonging to the Asian continent at www.DErangedSecurity.com.
Passwords and usernames […]
