Nukus

Yangi Avlod: Tashkent stage

the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan hosted the Tashkent stage of Yangi Avlod (New generation), the Republican Festival of Children's Creativity, on 9-10 November. This year the Festival is being held with the assistance of the...

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GRP of Karakalpakstan grows by 4% year-on-year in 3Q 2009

The results of the socioeconomic development of the Republic of Karakalpakstan were considered at the session held in Nukus. According to the presented data, the gross regional product in the first nine months of 2009 increased...

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Fish breeding develops in Aral Sea area

Fish breeding is developing in the Aral Sea area, leading to increased volumes of sales of fish and creation of new workplaces. The Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan has approved a program of measures to develop fisheries...

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Doctors in Karakalpakstan consider issues of women's rights protection

Seminar on the "Legal guarantees of women's rights protection from discriminative customs, forced and early marriages" for doctors was held in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, on 21 October. It was organized by the Women's Committee and...

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Uzbekistan: Nukus Contemporary Art Museum Survives amid Hardship

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...

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Tajik journalist Shuhrat Shodiev Pardoned in Uzbekistan

Shuhrat Shodiev, a journalist from Tajikistan was set free on September 7 under an amnesty announced by the president Islam Karimov commemorating the anniversary of Uzbekistan’s independence. Shuhrat Shodiev was arrested...

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Karakalpak schools reconstructed, ready to accept students

The students of the Nukus city school No.20 will start the coming academic year in the new building. The old building of the school has been capitally renovated and can now accept 642 students. The school has been equipped with...

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Uzbekistan: Soviet Pesticides Leave Bitter Legacy

Farmland still contaminated with DDT from past decades, experts say. By IWPR in Central Asia (RCA No. 583, 13-Jul-09) Experts say agricultural land in northwest Uzbekistan is so permeated with pesticides from past decades that...

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Bible and Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ” Banned in Uzbekistan

The senior religious affairs official for the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic of north-western Uzbekistan, has banned specific religious books and films confiscated from religious believers on at least three occasions in 2009.

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Beeline expands Third Generation Programme in regions

Sing communication operator Beeline (Unitel and Buzton) said it expanded Third Generation Programme. Third Generation Programme was launched in early May in regions of Uzbekistan and it is aimed at selecting candidates for...

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