Uzbekistan

LONDON, May 9, 2011 - The Government of Uzbekistan has distributed false and misleading statements about one of the country's largest foreign investments, say lawyers for Oxus Gold PLC (Oxus).

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, June 29, 2010 - Since the 10th of June, when significant acts of violence largely against Uzbeks in the Kyrgyz cities of Osh and Jalalabad began, Uzbekistan has opened its border to accept some 80,000 refugees - mostly women, children and the elderly - and provided significant support in terms of humanitarian aid.

PARIS, April 22, 2010 - Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, Uzbek Ambassador to UNESCO, is launching the UZ UNESCO I-Phone application with the objective of raising awareness of the international community on Uzbekistan.

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 1, 2010 - Tashkent's Centre of National Art on February 23 hosted a ceremony to award the winners of the "Social Support of Family Entrepreneurship" competition, organized by the Women's Council Public Association and the National Association of Microfinance Organisations and Credit Unions (NAMOCU).

PARIS, November 26 - Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, permanent representative of the Republic of Uzbekistan to UNESCO and founder of Fund Uzbekistan 2020, opened today, the International Astronomy Conference held in Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - CNRS, "A tribute to the Uzbek astronomer Mirzo Ulughbeg".