A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited the Republic of Uzbekistan from 4 June through 13 June 2007. The mission was headed by Ms. Sena Eken, assistant director in the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the IMF.
The first group of Muslims of Uzbekistan left on 14 December for Medina (Saudi Arabia) to make pilgrimage – hajj (a ceremony of pilgrimage) by special flights of Uzbekiston Havo Yollari (Uzbekistan Airways), the Board of Muslims of Uzbekistan said.
A sociological survey conducted by Uzbekistan's Social Opinion Center indicates that people in Uzbekistan are opposed to religious extremism and are satisfied with the way the rights of believers in their country are guaranteed.
A monument to the great Uzbek mathematician and astronomer of the Middle Ages, Akhmed Al-Fergani, will be opened in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, where Al-Fergani spent his last years.
Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed a law to ratify a protocol on restoring Uzbekistan's membership of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) into law.
Uzbekistan’s Rustam Saidov retained his title in impressive fashion against Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan in boxing`s super heavyweight contest.
Uzbekistan’s Rustam Saidov retained his title in impressive fashion against Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan in boxing`s super heavyweight contest.
