Year: 2016

19 february 2016
Hospital or Bazaar?
For any person, a disease is an unpleasant affair. But in Uzbekistan, where free medical care is practically dead, ...
15 february 2016
Diagnoses in Uzbek: “If the money won’t be here within the next five minutes, you will die”
The Uzbek government claims that more than half of the country’s budget is spent on social services, especially education ...
22 january 2016
Uzbekistan: Corruption everywhere
Over the last ten years, in an international corruption ranking, Uzbekistan annually landed among the top ten of the ...
19 january 2016
“I want my daughter’s money back!”
In August 2012, the Lausanne-based magazine “L’Hebdo” reported that two Uzbek citizens were arrested in Geneva on corruption offenses. ...
17 january 2016
“With your old passports you can get home on a flying carpet!”
Since January 1, 2016, Uzbek citizens are allowed to leave Russia only with biometric passports of the Republic of ...
16 january 2016
“We sell the child and I’ll buy a car for my husband”
According to the publishing house “Huquq”, Khalid Sharipova, mother of five children, lived in a Sharia marriage with Sharifjon ...
16 january 2016
Bird hanged himself mourning a severed plane tree
Over the past few years, hundreds of trees have been felled across Uzbekistan, including ancient plane trees, that, for ...
9 january 2016
“It’s not of interest to us whether you have gas or not…”
Artist: Elsevar
7 january 2016
Tajik President performs Umrah
On January 4, the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon performed a pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Umrah,  as part ...
7 january 2016
“So, you have a broken arm…”
Artist: Elsevar