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Family and relatives: The meeting with a Uzbek always quickly includes the acquaintance of his family. From an Uzbek perspective, having no family seems either unthinkable or a particular misfortune. The family is a socially highly respected value in Uzbek…
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Education The education sector is in urgent need of reform and needs higher funding from the government. The new government under Mirziyoyev seems to have recognized this need for reform. According to a somewhat euphoric report by Deutschlandfunk, the country…
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Culture In contrast to the nomadic areas in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, the region of today’s Uzbekistan has been a core area of Islamic culture since the early Middle Ages. The highly developed, Persian-influenced urban culture was essential for this….
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Economic policy Even after the death of the first president, Uzbekistan pursues a very tentative economic reform policy. Privatization has only partially taken place, and important large companies are still in state hands. The President can intervene in economic processes…
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Economic data: You can find a good overview of basic economic data in the CIA World Fact Book and on the World Bank website. The German GTAI regularly publishes compact economic reports and analyzes on Uzbekistan. The German Chambers of…
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News ticker Germany-Uzbekistan: German government official “liberalizes” as Uzbek Vice Minister for Economics: a complete novelty Federal President Steinmeier in Uzbekistan: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier made a state visit to Uzbekistan from May 27th to 29th. This state visit signals…
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Mirziyoyev met his patron’s worst adversary, Tajik President Emomali Rachmon, on the sidelines of the US Islamic summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh. A photo distributed afterwards shows both presidents laughing hand in hand sitting next to each other on…
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News ticker / abroad: Will Tashkent get involved in the Afghan game again ? Human rights activists demand: Refund of corruption money to Uzbekistan only in the event of reforms Taliban liaison office set up in Tashkent: government in Kabul…
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Political parties and opposition In 1996 a new law on political parties was passed in Uzbekistan. The minimum number of members was set at 5,000. Since February 2004, 20,000 signatures are required to register a party. The establishment of parties…
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The political system: Uzbekistan gained independence in 1991. In 1992 a democratic constitution was introduced that guarantees respect for human rights, the separation of powers and other things. However, Uzbekistan remains a dysfunctional entity in which opposition parties are still…
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