Posts Tagged ‘tashkent’

The Proud Greeks of Tashkent, Uzbekistan

The Greek community in Tashkent celebrates the 200th anniversary of the War of Independence. Credit: Greek Cultural Center Tucked away among Central Asia’s rolling deserts and sand dunes, in the eastern part of Uzbekistan is a small community of people, vestiges of Cold War politics, the Greeks of Tashkent. By Christianna Kontou A Greek diaspora […]

Discussions on the Afghan Problem Continued in Tashkent

Another meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers held July 13-14 in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, mainly discussed the Afghan problem, where the level of uncertainty (and the danger to neighbors) is sharply increasing due to the accelerated withdrawal of the US and some NATO countries’ remaining military contingents from the country. […]

Iran should take advantage of ‘historic opportunity’ provided by Brexit

According to the Iranian deputy chief of staff for Political Affairs, the country should take advantage of the historic opportunity that the UK’s vote to leave the European Union presents. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Iran should take advantage of the historic opportunity that the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union presents, Iranian Deputy Chief of Staff for Political […]

Inside Silicon Valley’s Robot Pizzeria

Inside Silicon Valley’s Robot Pizzeria June 24th, 2016 Via: Bloomberg: In the back kitchen of Mountain View’s newest pizzeria, Marta works tirelessly, spreading marinara sauce on uncooked pies. She doesn’t complain, takes no breaks, and has never needed a sick day. She works for […]

Deputy FM explains reasons why Zarif left SCO meeting

Moscow, June 24, IRNA – Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour on Friday said the reason why Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting was to say prayers. Rahimpour rejected rumors claiming that Zarif has left the SCO meeting in protest. An Iranian media carried a news item […]

Britain decides to leave European Union

The United Kingdom has chosen to leave the European Union (EU) after more than 51 percent of Britons voted to leave the 28-member bloc in a historic referendum on June 23. With more than 90 percent of Thursday votes counted, some 51.90 percent of voters opted to leave the EU, while roughly 48.10 percent of […]

SCO conference opens in Tashkent

Moscow, June 24, IRNA – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference opened in the Uzbekistan capital, Tashkent on Friday with the participation of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Zarif who leads the Iranian delegation is to address the gathering. Iran has currently observer status in the SCO.and it is expected that Iranian full membership […]

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