On October 27 Moscow-based Memorial human rights center disseminated the press-release, where it criticized total cancellation of EU sanctions against Uzbekistan as "unjustified friendly move towards one of the most offensive dictatorships". It has to be reminded that arms embargo

On October 27 at the meeting in Luxemburg EU Foreign Ministers decided to cancel arms embargo against Uzbekistan, reports with the reference to EU Council press-service. Earlier such move was approved by EU ambassadors; therefore, the ministers made a decision

Twenty-seven individuals have been arrested in Uzbekistan on suspicion of religious extremism. A source tells the authorities are building a case that connects the detainees to a series of murders in Tashkent during the summer.The 27 men, who are all

The military from Spain and France left Transit Center (TC), located in Manas International Airport near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.It has to be mentioned that TC is the new name of international coalition airbase that supports military operations in

By the end of 2009 OJSC SINO, based in Samarqand (Uzbekistan), will start the production of LG Electronics refrigerators.At this point, the final installation of refrigerators assembly line, based on the technology of famous South Korean company, is in progress.

Two years ago on October 24, 2007 Alisher Saipov, the independent journalist and the publisher of Siesat (Politics) newspaper, was shot in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan. He was shot by a killer while waiting for taxi. The