site.news_by_theme Uzbekistan
Echo of Asia circus festival in Astana
International Circus Festival Echo of Asia was taking place in Astana, Kazakhstan from 1 to 8 July.
09 July 2014
Kazakhstan to host joint military equipment enterprises
Kazakhstan is ready to partake in collaborative defense companies to manufacture weapon and military equipment in the country.
06 July 2014
Kazakhstan ratifies treaty with Uzbekistan on strategic partnership
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the law ratifying the Strategic Cooperation Treaty between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
16 May 2014
Judo: Maxim Rakov wins gold in Baku
Kazakhstan judoka Maxim Rakov has won the prestigious Grand Slam competition in Baku on May 9-11, 2014.
14 May 2014
Central Asia step closer to nuclear weapons free zone
Five nuclear powers signed a new Protocol to the existing Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty in New York on Tuesday.
08 May 2014
George Krol may become new US Ambassador in Kazakhstan
George Krol, the U.S. Ambassador in Uzbekistan, has been nominated to the position of the Ambassador in Kazakhstan
06 May 2014
'Letters to father' deepen Uzbek first daughter mystery
The appearance of rambling letters said to have been written by Uzbekistan's once all-powerful first daughter Gulnara Karimova has heightened the mystery over her astonishing fall from grace in the ex-Soviet state.
02 April 2014
Jeff Monson KOed by Kazakh MMA fighter in Almaty
Kazakh mixed martial arts fighter Shakhmaral Dzhetpisov has KOed Jeff Monson.
25 March 2014
Customs Union: No low-cost cars in Kazakhstan?
Import of some of the low-cost cars has been banned in Kazakhstan.
21 February 2014
Uzbekistan resumes gas supplies to the South of Kazakhstan
February 4 Uzbekistan cut gas supplies to South Kazakhstan Oblast, leaving many Kazakhstan residents without gas for cooking and heating.
05 February 2014
Uzbekistan cuts gas supply to Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan has cut gas supply to South Kazakhstan Oblast, leaving many Kazakhstan residents without gas for cooking and heating.
04 February 2014
Uzbek activists jailed for backing Ukrainian protests
An Uzbek court has sentenced a group of activists including a well-known photographer to 15-day prison sentences and fines for rallying in support of anti-government protests in Ukraine, the activists said.
01 February 2014
Judo: Kazakhstan judoka won Grand-Prix in Tashkent
Kazakhstan judoka Gulzhan Issanova won a gold medal at the World Judo Grand-Prix stage in Tashkent
17 January 2014
3D/4D ultrasonography made in Shymkent
3D/4D ultrasonography devices are now being produced in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan.
16 January 2014
EU is slow in implementing its Central Asia assistance plan
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has concluded that the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) had developed a good plan of assistance to Central Asia, but was implementing it slowly.
16 January 2014
Kazakhstan artist wins literary festival in UK
Asol Bilyalova from Kazakhstan has won in the Artistic Illustration category at the Literature Festival 2013 in London and Cambridge.
09 January 2014
When traditions meet innovations: Kazakhstan to show falconry at EXPO 2017
Visitors to the 2017 EXPO will be shown falconry, traditional hunting with trained Golden Eagles.
02 December 2013
UN watchdog demands Uzbekistan halt use of torture
Uzbekistan must halt its routine use of torture and cease reprisals against human rights campaigners who expose state abuses, United Nations monitors said Friday.
24 November 2013
Central Asia not ready for integration
Kazakhstan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Idrisov believes it premature to discuss integration in Central Asia and more appropriate to think of it as cooperation.
07 November 2013
Tethys Petroleum selling 50 percent of Kazakh assets to Chinese equity fund
Tethys Petrolium is selling 50 percent of its Kazakhstan assets to SinoHan Oil and Gas Investment.
07 November 2013