| 09 January 2007 10:02 |
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The Legislative Chamber's (lower chamber of parliament) Committee for International Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations has held a meeting devoted to the preparation of the draft law "On the order of appointment and recall of the heads of diplomatic missions of the Republic of Uzbekistan to foreign states" for the second reading. » |
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| 09 January 2007 05:15 |
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The prime minister of resource-rich Kazakhstan, Daniyal Akhmetov, has resigned, forcing the departure of the entire cabinet, according to Monday media reports. » |
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| 09 January 2007 04:31 |
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Uzbek authorities have denied a claim by human rights activist Elena Urlaeva that police were behind her beating last week, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. » |
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| 09 January 2007 04:13 |
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www.gzt.uz. On Monday night a magnitude 7-8 earthquake stroke Uzbekistan. Earth tremors were felt in Tashkent the capital of Uzbekistan, measuring 4-5 on the Richter scale. » |
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| 08 January 2007 07:42 |
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 Chinese President Hu Jintao has sent congratulatory messages to his counterparts in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan to mark the 15th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and these countries. » |
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| 08 January 2007 07:41 |
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Underground gas main "Jizzakh-Tashkent" ruptured on 2 January putting gas supply to the capital in danger, RIA Novosti quoted a source in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan. » |
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| 06 January 2007 05:24 |
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The gift of sight is one which most of us often take for granted. But for a group of 105 elderly Uzbeks, this gift was long gone – until two Israeli doctors arrived and gave it back to them. » |
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| 05 January 2007 10:18 |
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A ten-member delegation of the Senate standing committee on foreign affairs including opposition senators would leave for Iran and Uzbekistan today (Friday)... The delegation would then leave to Uzbekistan to hold meetings with the speaker, foreign minister and other leaders and would discuss with them matters of mutual interest and promotion of parliamentary affairs. » |
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| 04 January 2007 08:57 |
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Uzbekistan achieved stable economic growth and higher living standards in 2006, Uzbek President Islam Karimov stated in his New Year message to the nation. » |
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| 04 January 2007 08:42 |
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Member of the Japanese Parliament Koki Chuma noted that the draft of the Constitutional Law "On strengthening the role of political parties in the renewal and further democratization of state governance and modernization of the country" submitted by President Karimov to parliament for consideration was a real evidence of the intensification of democratic reforms in the country.
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| 03 January 2007 07:15 |
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 Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has announced Tashkent, capital city of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Cultural Capital of the World of Islam in the year 2007. This way, the Iranian city of Isfahan which was the cultural capital of the Islamic world in 2006 passed the honor down to Tashkent. » |
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| 03 January 2007 07:08 |
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Deputies of the European Parliament enthusiastically have welcomed the draft сonstitutional law aimed at strengthening the role of political parties to renovate, further democratize and modernize Uzbekistan, and the draft law on making amendments to certain articles of the Uzbek Constitution, submitted by the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov to the Legislative chamber [lower house] of Oliy Majlis [parliament] as legislative initiative. » |
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| 31 December 2006 08:59 |
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Uzbek Ambassador to Tehran Ilham Ikramov conferred here Saturday with the Head of Cultural and Islamic Communications Organization Mahmoud Mohammadi Araqi on expansion of cultural cooperation between the two countries. » |
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| 30 December 2006 08:30 |
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The annual hajj pilgrimage is getting under way in Saudi Arabia, with more than 2 million Muslims expected to take part. » |
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| 30 December 2006 08:26 |
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Another 13 people who fled Uzbekistan following the May 2005 riot in the southern town of Andizhan have returned to their home country. » |
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