Dr. Sanjar G. Umarov, a resident of Germantown, Tennnessee, is a distinguished physicist, successful entrepreneur, and internationally recognized Prisoner of Conscience currently held in the Central-Asian country of Uzbekistan. Dr. Umarov founded the Sunshine Uzbekistan Coalition, an association of civil groups and intellectuals, which sought to open a dialogue with the Government of Uzbekistan […]
When it comes to a question of national identity- sports are like oil to an engine-faster, stronger, better. Look at the egocentric (applies to all of the following): Chinese (with 50? 70? medals), Russians (no comment here), US obsession with sports and being the 1ST and the “bestest”. Taking the same reasoning, however false […]
Tashkent 2200… An Englishman I recently talked to was astonished to know the city was more than 2000 years old, “English cities even aren’t that old!” he said. I don’t know whether they are or not, but I know that ironically in the wake of the 2200-th anniversary, Tashkent’s history, however long it is, […]
This is a series of a photo-response by our readers to the call for pictures of Tashkent to celebrate the 2200th anniversary of the capital city.
Here is another photo of Tashkent advised by our reader. The photo is taken from the top of the TV tower in Tashkent. It has a beautiful view of the […]
Finally, the Uzbek team in Beijing Olympics has a gold medal in its count! It was Artur Taymazov who brought the gold to the Uzbek team, defending his chempionship title from the last Olympics in the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 120 kilogram weight class by defeating Russia’s Bakhtiyar Akhmedov — judging from his name and […]
Abdulla (Abdullo) Tangriev, a 27 year old heavyweight judoist from Uzbekistan, won the silver medal in XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Tangriev is one of the outstanding sportsmen of Uzbekistan winning in several international competitions. He has already been a prizewinner in world’s and Asian championships.
Tangriev’s path to his medal was very difficult. […]
In our previous posts, we wrote about the Uzbek government being silent on the conflict between Georgia and Russian in South Ossetia. According to the Information Agency of MFA of Uzbekistan “Jahon”, President Islam Karimov has signed [ru] a decree to send a humanitarian aid to population of South Ossetia that “suffered during the […]
This is a translation of the post by Alisher Taksanov originally published in the Russian language blog.
The Uzbek government has still not expressed any opinion on the situation in South Ossetia, despite the fact that several days have passed since a bloody conflict between Georgian and Russian troops began there. Although semi-official news portals, such […]
According to the information given in Fergana.ru, the Uzbek language TV channels in southern Kyrgyzstan are at a risk of closure due to the new law passed by Jogorku Kenesh (Kyrgyz parliament) that broadcast mass media should produce at least half of the programs in state language (Kyrgyz language). Because of the new language […]
According to the governmental portal Vesti.uz, Uzbek part of Fergana valley does not need Kyrgyz electricity any more. Until today, Kyrgyzstan was partially covering the electricity needs of Andijan, Fergana and Namangan. Due to the building of new high-voltage electricity line from Novo-Angrenskaya thermoelectric power station near Tashkent to Fergana valley cities, the problem […]
