Samarkand, Uzbekistan News

The Republican final round of Kelajak ozovi , one of Uzbekistan largest-scale competitions, is under way in Tashkent on 19-26 December.

WB country manager for Uzbekistan L.Brefort and First Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan R.Azimov The World Bank and the government of Uzbekistan have signed a $55 million IDA credit for Bukhara and Samarkand Sewerage Project to help mitigate the environmental impact from wastewater pollution, and improve the efficiency and sustainability of ...

ACCESS, a joint project of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Uzbekistan and the United Nations Development Program held a Project Board meeting on 11 December devoted to the annual report on project's activity in 2009.

In April of 1336, Tamerlano , also known as Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, or Timur the Lame, was born in what is now Uzbekistan.

The painting is significant because it could prove Korea sent envoys to Uzbekistan in the 7th century.

The book fair opened in Samarkand city's information and library center. The event has been organized by the press and information, and public education departments, as well as Uzkitobsavdo company.

A conference of regional territorial office of the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan took place in Samarkand.

The specialized exhibition of the projects of individual housing for the rural residents ended in Samarkand.

Chinaa s claim that Arunachal Pradesh is nothing but southern Tibet and hence ita s part of China has had interesting repercussions.

People much more important than us have been enchanted by Samarkand. One of the key hubs of the silk road, and critical for its significant location between Italy and China, Samarkand is allegedly one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.

Although the attitude of officials at the airport and embassies of Uzbekistan must have been frustrating, I hope Douglas Whitehead's experiences will not deter other travellers from experiencing an extraordinary country.

Samarkand hosted an international round table on "Civil society institutions and elections to representative bodies" on 9-10 September.

The ancient city of Khiva in Uzbekistan. Photograph by: Ted Davis/Canwest News Service, Canwest News Service After the unexpected green landscapes and even snowy peaks of Kyrgyzstan, the Silk Road starts to take on a more arid, expected aspect as it proceeds east.

Uzbek President Islam Karimov has presented the Azerbaijan-based leader of the Caucasian Muslims Office with a golden miniature replica of legendary Registan Square located in the Uzbek city of Samarkand.

Lost in the rough of present-day economic hardship and environmental degradation, Uzbekistan's state art museum in Nukus is a little-known treasure that houses a trove of the Soviet era's unacknowledged cultural heritage.

The decision was made on September 11, when the Samarkand provincial court reviewed Sayid's appeal.

This has been made possible thanks to the anti-crisis program that is being implemented in all regions of Uzbekistan.

In need of a wash in historical Uzbekistan, Douglas Whitehead encounters a socially inept German in a grungy hostel.

The seventh international musical festival Sharq Taronalari completed in Samarkand.

The seventh international music festival Sharq Taronalari is continuing in the city of Samarkand.