“Even if there is one person in the concert hall, I will sing!”
Philipp Kirkorov, a famous Russian singer and producer.
The concert of Dado and DJ Piligrim was canceled for unknown reasons. However, rumors say that the singers refused to go to the stage due to the low number of the audience.
Thereby, our […]
Continuing the topic on water… The recent heavy rainfall in Tashkent city caught people napping, as no one was ready for such a shower with elements of hail. Please, see the results.
This is a translation of the post by Provincialka published in the Russian language blog.
Each year, twenty students, who have been studying for 9 semesters (4.5 years), are sent to undergo internships at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan. It is a dream of thousands of students and potential graduates of universities of Uzbekistan, […]
This year Navruz has brought lots of surprises to the people of sunny Uzbekistan: Decree of the President on 5 March 2008 On increasing the salaries, pensions, stipends and social allowances, traditional national khashar (nation-wide gathering of people to clean up streets and territories), unforgettable colorful show with the participation of the head of […]
Nadira Alieva, Craig Murray’s Uzbek girlfriend, told the British tabloid press how difficult it had been arriving in the UK with the former ambassador back in December. The story took on some uncharming shades and revealed maybe too much of the couple’s private life.
After overcoming the initial financial hardships that made the couple eat toast […]
Most of you, especially those who like American football, know that Superbowl, which is held once every year in US, is one of the most prestigious football matches. Every year, thousands of football fans go to Superbowl to support their teams. However, there are a lot of people who go to Superbowl with some […]
Information Agency Fergana.Ru is known for its timely and objectively given information about Central Asian countries. Its council of experts includes famous historians, journalists and political analysts from different countries of CIS. The information that Fergana.ru gives is very often used as a credible source in many academic writings. Therefore, it has a big […]
Only four candidates out of six were given a “green light” by Central Election Committee to start their pre-election campaign. All leading newspapers and internet sites of the country have published biographies and programs of all four candidates. All of them are in Russian. Once the English versions are available, we will post them […]
WOW! This was my reaction to the video report that I have uploaded below. The video report, made for CNN World Report, tells about an Uzbek guy, who is 2,44 m (aprox. 8 feet) tall! Can you believe it? It is the first time I see such talk Uzbek. His name is Isroil Hushbokov […]
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 […]
