It seems likely that the British Government will support the continued suspension of the visa ban on Uzbek officials when the matter comes up for discussion at the end of the month. On 29 April the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will meet in Luxembourg to discuss a range of affairs […]
His name must not be unfamiliar for those who like Uzbek musical instruments. Abbos Kosimov is a living legend among Uzbek musicians. Not a single event in Uzbekistan is hold without his or his bands participation. In his hands, doira seems to become alive.
A few notes for those who may not know what […]
An Uzbek human rights activist has urged the EU not to soften its line on Uzbekistan. Writing in the guardian, Abdujalil Boymatov - who has been granted refugee status in Ireland - argues that, ‘Repressive as Soviet rule was, I can say that the regime of President Karimov is five times more repressive.’
Boymatov’s rap […]
A new source of information about our country’s life, including domestic and foreign policy, human rights and its violations, national security, history, economy, etc. was founded by immigrants living abroad in order to bring news for the international community about Uzbekistan in more or less objective way. First post was posted on the 21st […]
The Embassy of the United States in Tashkent makes a lot to provide locals (ordinary people) with access to information. Sometimes they try to provide with access to banned sources of information such as blocked internet sites and banned international reports [of the US State Department and international organizations].
Information Resource Center (IRC) based at […]
This video is for Uzbekistanis abroad, who miss Uzbekistan, their motherland. Today, we have so many Uzbek citizens living abroad. It is not because now Uzbeks have more money to travel or study in foreign countries. No, it is because a great part of population has to leave their motherland (in Uzbekistan, this word […]
For me day starts at 10 or 10:30 a.m. You may say it’s too late. I’d agree you if you asked the same when I started internship at March while being under the impression of making internship at the governmental structure responsible for foreign affairs. But after a week I understood that staff is […]
To the celebration of 2200 years of Tashkent in 2009 the authorities and its more or less not well-thought orders made the population think about their future in this country: if it’s safe or not?
The visit of militia lieutenant early in the morning forced me to think if I’ve done something wrong with the […]
This is a translation of the post by Provincialka published in the Russian language blog.
Part 2. You can read the Part 1 here.
The minibus carried us though the beautiful city center. However, we stopped at the house in city slums. She told us that she would come later in the evening. She said she was […]
The Ilkhom Theater, a legendary theater founded by a murdered Mark Weil, is traveling through the world showing their best performances to the admirers of acting. Today, they are in the United States. Here is the video on how the audience reacted to Ilkhom’s acting after their Seattle debut.
Very soon, Ilkom will hit the […]
