The Democratic
Party Milliy Tiklanish and the Social Democratic Party Adolat convened for
their sessions last week in Tashkent
to review their activities in the past year and outline their plans for the year
in progress.
On the eve of International Women’s Day, 8 March,
the National Press
Center of Uzbekistan
awarded winners of Atirgul contest among representatives of the mass media, traditionally
held by Uzbekistan’s
Creative Union of Journalists.
Young
journalists are attached an extraordinary priority these days around. An
encouraging environment is being arranged for their fruitful activity. Youth
studios have been instituted at the regional centers of Kelajak Ovozi on the
basis of local TV and radio stations. Students from various educational
establishments acquire practical journalist skills there. New studios with all
necessary technical facilities were built for them with the support of local
nongovernmental television stations. Seminar trainings and media forums are
held to enhance quality of youth programs.
Initiatives
of President Islam Karimov aimed at improving the efficiency of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) during Uzbekistan’s presidency in the Organization have
been reviewed in Turkmenistan.
In the face of continuing fall
in demand for commodity and material resources in many countries, Andijonkabel
increased production and sale of cables and wires in 2009 by 12% as compared to
that in 2008. Sales realized 76 billion soums. And in the LAN-cable production
used for structuring communication systems and information technologies, the
company became the leader among the 60 cable manufacturing factories in CIS.
One of the leading companies in the electrical industry produces over 30 types
of cables and wires, more than 50% of which is exported.
Premiere of the opera Pearl
Fishers strikes a “sold-out” tone.
Dilbar Babadjanova, UT
Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theater’s
troupe has once again awed and enraptured the art admirers by reinventing a
masterpiece of world classics – Georges Bizet’s opera Pearl Fishers, on the country’s
principal stage.
Prospects for progress in higher education
institutions
By Sanjar
Anvarov, UT
The number of enterprises certified in
accordance with the ISO: 9000 quality standards grows. This is the outcome of
the execution of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers “On additional
measures for intensification of introduction of quality management systems in
the enterprises of the republic, meeting the respective international
standards”. The resolution is aimed at the enhancement of competitiveness of
products and services by national enterprises. The introduction of the similar
quality control systems in universities is gaining topicality, think
specialists from the Republican Higher and Secondary Special and Professional
Education Centre and make some research in this direction.
A prominent Uzbek surgeon Mirjamol Zufarov has
been awarded the highest international award - “Occupation is Life” prize in
the nomination “For Faith to Profession”.
Basketball balls of domestic production passed
the test in a Cup tournament
Sergey Danilov,
UT
Seven men's teams from Tashkent,
Andijon, Navoi and Nukus participated in the Uzbekistan
Cup in the basketball center of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan.
traditional tournament among representatives of
foreign embassies
Sergey Danilov, UT
House of Receptions at Uzbekistan’s Ministry for Foreign
Affairs has hosted the 6th chess tournament among teams of diplomatic corps and
international organisations accredited in the country. It is traditionally
organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Service and the Republican
Chess Federation.
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