A Sensitive Power Transition in Uzbekistan
Orhan GAFARLI Academic on International Relations at Ankara University of Turkey Some news about the hospitalization of Islam Karimov, the former President of Uzbekistan had been spread out in late August. There was no any clear information about his illness. His daughter Lola Karimova declared on the social networks that he has been hospitalized due […]
Muslims celebrate feast all around the world
Muslims worldwide are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice,” that commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son before God stayed his hand. During the holiday, Muslims slaughter livestock and distribute part of the meat to the poor.
Moscow City Day
Moscow, the Russian capital celebrated its 869th-anniversary last weekend. Russian people enjoyed celebrations marking the Day of the City in Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.
Russia to Host CIS Summit in October 2017
A summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will take place in Russia in October 2017, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said on September 11, Sputnik reports. Russia will host the summit and will assume the CIS chairmanship, he explained. “A meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State will be held in […]
Russian Parents Name Baby ‘Stalin’
A couple in Russia’s southern city of Voronezh has named their newborn child Stalin, city authorities have confirmed, The Moscow Times reports. The newborn is not the only child in Russia to sport an unusual name. In August, the BBC reported that a Tajik family living in Russia had renamed their toddler Putin in honor […]
Mirziyoyev named acting Uzbek president
Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been appointed the acting president by a decision of a joint meeting of the Senate and the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan’s Parliament Sept. 8. Mirziyoyev was born July 24, 1957. In 1981, Mirziyoyev graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration. He served as governor of Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh […]
Making Mongolia HOME
ELISE HONNINGDALSNES – The UB Post Five years ago, Jeanett Melboe decided to leave her home country and go back to the last place where she felt happy. Today she lives with her husband and two kids in Terelj National Park outside of Ulaanbaatar and runs a popular ger-camp. A few days before Jeanett Melboe was leaving Norway to […]
Russia and Iran to begin construction work on Bushehr-2 NPP
Moscow and Tehran are set to launch the construction of the second stage of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on September 10, the ASE company said in a statement on September 6, TASS reports. ASE is an engineering company within Russian state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom. According to the statement, Rosatom’s head Sergei Kirienko will […]
Invest Mongolia Calls for Regaining Investor Trust
During this year’s Invest Mongolia, which addressed the interests of investors in the state policies of the new Cabinet, foreign investors advised the Mongolian government to take measures to regain their trust in order to improve foreign investment in the country. From September 5 to 6, the forum’s attendees discussed and exchanged views on the […]
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