04/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published by the Slovenian presidency of the Council of the EU on 4 January, the European Union has welcomed the abolition of the death penalty - effective since 1 January 2008 - in Uzbekistan. The EU encourages the Uzbek government to implement this decision fully and to carry out further reforms of the judicial system. It reaffirms its objective of working towards the universal abolition of the death penalty and hopes that the decision by...