Press Release: Statement by IMF Executive Directors at the Conclusion of their Visit to Uzbekistan Oct 16, 2009
This visit has provided us with the opportunity to meet with a range of stakeholders, including representatives of the public and private sectors, and visited the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. This will enhance our understanding at the IMF Executive Board of the challenges facing the country and the IMF s policy advice. (IMF News)
Uzbek traders facedemolition blitz Sep 30, 2009
In the historic city of Samarkand in the west of the country, shopkeepers on one of the main central streets received letters in July telling them the buildings were scheduled for clearance, although in this case they were promised land elsewhere by way of compensation. (This article originally appeared in. (Asia Times Online)
* Rights group demands Uzbekistan free reporter Aug 5, 2009
The group said he was targeted because of his efforts to expose corruption by local officials in the Samarkand region. Saidov is well known for his courageous work to expose rampant corruption in Uzbekistan, and this conviction is clearly an attempt to stop him, Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
All aboard theTrans-Asian Railway Jun 23, 2009
So too the prospect of travel by rail from Seoul to Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Such a possibility, which would recreate - over some stretches - the once famed Silk Road, took a step closer on June 18 when an inter-governmental agreement to build the Trans-Asian Railway Network (TARN) came into force. (Asia Times Online)
Uzbekistan mixes rich and poor May 8, 2009
Timur's wooden coffin is on display in the Samarkand museum - as part of a display of Uzbek woodwork. Uzbekistan is a palimpsest of history. (Asia Times Online)
Central Asians Unite To Protect Globally Important Natural Sites Apr 13, 2009
"UzSPB members are 132. More than half of members are [non-scientists] who like birds. This year we opened affiliated societies in Karakalpakstan, Bukhara, and Samarkand regions. UzSPB [also] does much for raising the ecological literacy level of the residential population and land users. There are annual information campaigns, radio and TV reports, and publications.". With the implementation of the IBA project in Kazakhstan, Brombacher says the country s project partner, the nongovernmental... (EurasiaNet.org)
Kyrgyzstan leaves US out in the cold Feb 22, 2009
Uzbekistan has the great Silk Road cities of Bokhara and Samarkand. Kyrgyzstan has Manas. (BBC News)
The Taliban get their first wish Feb 19, 2009
The geographical borders of Bilad-i-Sham-Khorasan extend from Samarkand in Uzbekistan to the small Malakand division in the northern fringe of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) that includes the militant-dominated Swat Valley. On Monday, at a time when United States Central Command chief General David Petraeus was trying to set up a supply route. (Asia Times Online)
