In late 2005, the first company that specialized in custodial services to maintain common property in tenement-houses and home-site grounds were established. Today it is quite a serious “player” in the market of public utilities.
Energy supply for CIS, inexhaustible and non-polluting
08.12.2006 12:13
By Bobur Kommilov
The energy used in power generation today is based on fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). About 90% of the power comes from these materials. At the same time changes in the traditional energy structure, in which oil and gas were dominant, have become necessary in recent years. The subject has been touched in numerous international conferences held throughout the globe. Uzbekistan shares its huge potential in oil and gas sector with a fair balance in cooperation with corresponding international organizations. Now seems like the very time to see the outcomes resulting from the efforts invested into the development and preservation of natural resources for the future generation…
By determining the direction of reforms, the Uzbek Government creates favourable conditions for private enterprise development. It is difficult to underestimate the importance of economic disputes which resolve economic arguments among juridical persons, in conditions of market formation and economy liberalization.
The deputies of the Legislative Chamber, Editors-in-chief of central newspapers and representatives of the media participated in the round table entitled “Place and role of the media in the process of political reforms”.
The recent statement of the US Department of State regarding its inclusion of Uzbekistan in the list of “countries of particular concern regarding religious freedoms” has sent shockwaves not only within the Republic but also across the world. The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan indicates that the inclusion of Uzbekistan in the “so-called list of countries of particular concern regarding religious freedoms” caused bewilderment. This step demonstrates the biased approach and “double standards” of US policy in relation to issues related to freedom of religion and consciousness. A UT correspondent met with Zurab Todua, a famous Russian political scientist, and research fellow of the Institute of Religion and Politics (Russian Federation), expert on Central Asia and the Caucasus, who agreed to comment on the situation.
There is a place in Samarkand, a place of widespread veneration for people of different religions and nationalities. The mausoleum of the well-known biblical prophet Daniel, who is called Hoja Daniyar in the east, has been worshiped throughout centuries by a number of nations such as Uzbeks, Tajiks, Russians, Jews, and others.
Last week the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov introduced a number of bills to the Parliament. The signing of the bills into law, in experts’ opinion, will be an important step in the further improvement of the Republic’s political and state system.
How should the Bill of Charity Activity in Uzbekistan be? During the last few days a number of party factions of Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis have discussed this question in their meetings. As it turned out, almost all the parties had amendments to this bill. The Committee for Democratic Institutions, NGOs and Institutions of Local Governing of the Lower Chamber of the Parliament is dynamically working at the Bill of Charity Activity in Uzbekistan as well.
The Law on Arbitrations has been recently passed at the initiative of President Islam Karimov and it creates a legal foundation for the development of an alternative system of justice, independent from the state.
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