Uzbekistan News

After causing a storm of speculation by alleging that Uzbek President Islam Karimov had suffered a heart attack in March, exiled opposition leader Muhammad Solih has said he sees no role for himself in a post-Karimov Uzbekistan.

Ashgabat may be the capital of one of the most closed societies in the world and home to Central Asia's most repressive regime, but even here the walls occasionally shake with the sound of rock 'n' roll.

Oberthur Technologies, one of the world's largest providers of security and identification solutions and services, announced today the signing of the final acceptance of the Uzbekistan e-Passport system, in the presence of Mr Elyor Majidovich GANIEV, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On 4-5 May Asrlar sadosi traditional festival of culture took place in Navbahor district of Navoi region.

Adventurous David Barden has already put the wheels in motion and is cycling 2,000 miles from Erzurum, in eastern Turkey, Europe, to Samarkand, in Uzbekistan, Central Asia.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with State Unitary Enterprise for a Hyatt Regency hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The leaders of the Central Asian states of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan like talking about media freedom, and now and then they ask journalists to come out and criticise them.

Some 170 prisoners escaped on Tuesday from a prison in Libya's Sebha, some 800 km south of the capital of Tripoli, local official told Xinhua.

In all of the history of the world there has always been the infamous, those despots of terror who instilled fear and horror where ever they went.

Vox Populi presents a photo report [ru] about what they call the "first ever lesbian wedding" in Kazakhstan.

According to Uzbek President Islam Karimov's decree, Shuhratbek Abdurahmanov was appointed governor of Andijan region.

Assistant Secretary Blake: Good morning, everybody. I'm very pleased to be back here in Tashkent and to see a lot of familiar faces.

With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912.

An update on the story we brought you earlier regarding a possible bicycle ban in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Ghana striker Prince Tagoe made a late entrance for Al Ettifaq in their Asian Champions League win over Pakhtakor on Wednesday night.

WAM TASHKANT: Tashkent's Palace of Symposiums hosted an international conference entitled "Modern housing construction as a driving force of comprehensive development and transformation of rural areas, enhancing the living standards of population" organized at the initiative of President Islam Karimov.

U.S. officials have long expressed the hope that its web of military transport lines through Central Asia to Afghanistan, the Northern Distribution Network, would eventually spur non-military trade as well.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov attended the opening ceremony of the international conference "Modern housing construction as a driving force of comprehensive development and transformation of rural areas, enhancing the living standards of population" at Tashkent's Palace of Symposiums on April 17.

Amendments to the law on 'Regulation of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan' envisaging the expansion of the role of factions of political parties at all stages of the legislative process came into force in Uzbekistan.

Uzmetronom, a website that frequently features leaks and opinions from well-placed sources, reports that Beeline subscribers in Uzbekistan have been experiencing "serious difficulties" with the company's connection over the past couple of days.