| 28 Aprel 2007 08:38 |
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Russia hails Uzbekistan’s ratification of a treaty on the creation of nuclear weapons free zone in Central Asia, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday. » |
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| 25 Aprel 2007 09:55 |
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 When the people you love die, you reconsider your attitudes to them. I was not very close to Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first democratically elected president, although I was on his team. I began working with him shortly before November 5, 1996, when he was preparing to undergo heart bypass surgery. He wanted to give a radio address to the people, and we were looking for human words suitable for that dramatic period in his life. » |
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| 25 Aprel 2007 09:44 |
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The culture ministers of the member-countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) -- Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan - meet here on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the field of culture and mutual moral and spiritual enrichment-related matters, ITAR-TASS reported. » |
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| 25 Aprel 2007 09:42 |
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EU foreign ministers discussed the main building blocks of a draft Central Asia strategy due to be adopted at the EU Summit in June, strengthening ties with five Central Asian countries on the rule of law, education, training and energy. » |
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| 13 Aprel 2007 10:19 |
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Tribesmen in Pakistan's South Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan have joined the fight against terrorism, killing 300 gunmen from other countries in recent weeks, President Pervez Musharraf said. » |
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| 06 Aprel 2007 09:54 |
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The British Museum is unlikely to hand an ancient gold and silver collection to Tajikistan, despite an appeal by the central Asian country's president, an official said Thursday. » |
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| 04 Aprel 2007 12:09 |
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From Pakistan come reports of tribal leaders beating their war drums for the first time in years. Thousands of tribesmen have reportedly gathered in South Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan. They're trying to raise a small army to kick out foreign al-Qaida-linked militants who have been living in their midst... The death toll now stands, according to Pakistan's government, at more than 200, mostly militants from Uzbekistan. » |
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| 30 March 2007 06:16 |
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Despite the knowledge that President George Bush would veto any war-spending bill with withdrawal as a condition, the Senate narrowly passed one Thursday. » |
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| 26 March 2007 07:25 |
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Iran rejected a repeated demand by the UN Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Teheran. » |
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| 19 March 2007 07:03 |
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Uzbek president Islam Karimov’s readiness to visit Turkmenistan signals a new desire to improve the two countries’ troubled relationship. However, NBCentralAsia experts say Karimov is still wary of the apparently liberal policies adopted by his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov. » |
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| 13 March 2007 11:44 |
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Persian-speaking journalists meeting in Tajikistan have agreed to create an association, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports. » |
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| 12 March 2007 07:35 |
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Tajikistan will hold a conference of Farsi-speaking media beginning March 11. Over 60 media representatives from countries including Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Russia are expected to attend the three-day meeting in the capital, Dushanbe. » |
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| 02 March 2007 09:27 |
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Although the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO, is mainly focused on security and political issues, this year’s summit will give Kyrgyzstan the opportunity to vie for much-needed investment. » |
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| 26 Febrary 2007 05:54 |
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 Taliban fighters have launched a series of attacks this month across western, southern, and eastern Afghanistan -- signaling that their expected spring offensive is now under way. » |
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| 19 Febrary 2007 10:30 |
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A senior United Nations humanitarian official today began a five-day visit to Afghanistan to see how the world body can better deliver relief aid to the war-torn country. » |
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