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17.05.2013 18:14

Singer Yulduz Usmanova outperforms Gulnara Karimova

22.01.2013 01:57

Uzbekistan gets new chief boxing coach (correction)

Uzbekistan’s Boxing Federation has elected Mars Kuchkarov as new coach of the country’s national team. The decision was cheerfully welcomed by many boxers.

18.01.2013 00:11

Uzbekistan’s chief boxing coach retains job

Today’s closed session of Uzbekistan’s Boxing Federation re-elected Sharaf Hudoyberdiyev as the chief boxing coach while well-known ex-boxing champion Rifat Riskiyev was not allowed to attend the meeting.

21.12.2012 22:20

Gulnara Karimova nominated for M&TVA

The M&TVA 2012 awards ceremony will be held on 22 December in Tashkent, where one of the contenders will be Googoosha.

05.12.2012 22:29

Italian envoy doubts authenticity of Veronese painting

An international examination should confirm the authenticity of Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese's painting which was discovered in Tashkent, the Italian ambassador to Uzbekistan believes.

04.12.2012 05:18

Uzbek singer Yulduz Usmonova’s show cancelled for lack of audience in Ukraine

Uzbek top pop singer Yulduz Usmanova’s performance scheduled for 3 December in Simferopol has been cancelled because of poor ticket sales, the Argumenty Nedeli-Krym newspaper has reported.

04.12.2012 04:24

Uzbek legendary boxer gets pension rise

Uzbekistan’s former boxing champion Rufat Riskiyev has been receiving a nearly three times bigger pension, $90, since last October than previously.

30.11.2012 02:02

Gulnara Karimova releases new music video

The Uzbek president's elder daughter Gulnara Karimova has posted a new music video for her How Dare song on the Internet where she again appears as a witch-beauty.

28.11.2012 23:40

Veronese painting's authenticity confirmed in Tashkent

Specialists of Tashkent's Museum of Arts yesterday presented the proof of authenticity of Paolo Veronese's The Lamentation of Christ which was discovered in its repositories.

26.11.2012 17:06

Veronese original found in Tashkent

On 27 November, the State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan (SMAU) will display Paolo Veronese’s painting The Lamentation of Christ which was found in the museum’s repositories.

10.11.2012 06:05

Uzbek wrestler Tigiyev stripped of his Olympic bronze

Uzbek authorities have not commented on a scandal growing around wrestler Soslan Tigiyev who has been stripped of his Olympic 2012 bronze over doping.

30.10.2012 20:44

VideoArt.uz: “Our response to Chamberlain”?

The poster of the 24th mini-festival VideoArt.uz that has become a kind of response to Gulnara Karimova’s Golden Leopard film festival has invited a lot of reaction among Tashkent’s cinema fans.

13.10.2012 14:11

Shoot Me: Art Week Style.uz like island of culture or imitation?

An art week, Style.uz, has involved tens of cultural events in Tashkent, which Shoot Me experts believe was just an imitation of a culture event rather than a festival.

11.10.2012 01:51

Turkish television star advertises Uzbek presidential daughter’s scents (1)

Halit Ergenc who starred in the television series Magnificent Century has become the face of Guli perfume for men, but has been unavailable for comment on his cooperation with Gulnara Karimova.

09.10.2012 21:41

Tashkent welcomes Asian football champions

The youngest Uzbek national football team who won the AFC U-16 Championship final in Iran returned to homeland on Sunday.

29.09.2012 21:11

Uzbek football centennial celebrations cancelled

Authorities in Uzbekistan have changed their mind to mark the 100th anniversary of the country’s football and reduced today’s event to the modest opening of the Bunyodkor stadium without Shakira and Pele.

14.09.2012 02:22

Uzbekistan to open largest stadium on 28 September

The official opening of Uzbekistan’s largest stadium Bunyodkor in Tashkent is expected to take place on 28 September.

23.08.2012 16:51

Centennial celebrations of Uzbek football pushed back to September

The date of celebrations in connection with the 100th anniversary of football in Uzbekistan has been pushed back again: a new date has not been made public yet.

26.06.2012 12:30

Tashkent marks Sabantuy

On 24 June, several thousand people came to Tashkent’s park named after Babur to celebrate “the holiday of plough” Sabantuy, the festival of Tatar, Bashkir and Chuvash people.

20.06.2012 10:05

US embassy to support Uzbek artists

On 15 June the US ambassador to Uzbekistan, George Krol, held a reception in his residence for Tashkent-based artists and showed works by their American counterparts to them.

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22.05.13 16:14

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21.05.13 21:11

Jailed journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov gravely ill

18.05.13 17:13

Uzbek media remains silent on anniversary of Andijan massacre

17.05.13 18:11

Uzbek schoolchildren forced to weed cotton fields

16.05.13 17:08

ANALYSIS / COMMENTARY / INTERVIEW

03.05.13 UN “applies pressure” while Uzbekistan “extricates itself”

Human rights activist Surat Ikramov has said in an interview with Uznews.net that the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Uzbekistan will improve the situation within the country.

30.04.13 Are Uzbek media outlets becoming more liberal?

Some media outlets based in Uzbekistan have recently dared to criticise and raise previously taboo topics. Does this mean there is a thaw in political repression within the country?

26.04.13 Gigantism in Islam Karimov's constructions

Uzbek President Islam Karimov wants to remain in the history as a great builder, so all new buildings in Uzbekistan are big and pompous in style.

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