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Uzbekistan Tightens Penalties for Disobedience to Law Enforcement …
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Uzbekistan 01/08/2025 Uzbekistan Tightens Penalties for Disobedience to Law Enforcement Officers and National Guard Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Uzbekistan has increased penalties for refusing to comply with lawful orders issued by...
Tashkent East Airport to open in September for business charter flights.
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August 1, 2025
Uzbekistan Airways plans to complete construction of Tashkent East Airport in early September this year. According to the airline’s press service, only chartered business aviation flights will be transferred to the new airport. Photo: Presidential...
Uzbekistan Airways and China Southern Airlines Sign Memorandum of Understanding
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Economy 01/08/2025 Uzbekistan Airways and China Southern Airlines Sign Memorandum of Understanding Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Uzbekistan Airways, the national carrier of Uzbekistan, and China Southern Airlines, one of China’s largest...
Uzbek President Presented with Plans for Construction of New Airport and High-Speed Highway
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Economy 01/08/2025 Uzbek President Presented with Plans for Construction of New Airport and High-Speed Highway Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been briefed on the progress of major projects in...
Bangladesh Ambassador Visits Tashkent Pharma Park, Expresses Interest …
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Uzbekistan 02/08/2025 Bangladesh Ambassador Visits Tashkent Pharma Park, Expresses Interest in Investments Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On 1 August 2025, Abdullah Azizov, Director of the Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency, met with...
Uzbekistan Government Sets Strict Environmental Requirements for Sea Breeze Uzbekistan Project
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Tourism 01/08/2025 Uzbekistan Government Sets Strict Environmental Requirements for Sea Breeze Uzbekistan Project Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The all-season resort project Sea Breeze Uzbekistan, planned on the shores of the Charvak...
Trump administration pushes Azerbaijan and Central Asia toward Abraham Accords, Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry responds.
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August 2, 2025
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is engaging Azerbaijan and select Central Asian countries to join the Abraham Accords, a series of agreements aimed at normalizing relations with Israel. According to Reuters, citing five sources...
Grass Fire Near Tashkent International Airport Quickly Extinguished
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Uzbekistan 02/08/2025 Grass Fire Near Tashkent International Airport Quickly Extinguished Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On the evening of 1 August, a fire broke out in dry grass within the green zone near Parking Lot R7 of Tashkent...
Uzbekistan Airways, China Southern Airlines Join Forces To Boost Travel And Cargo Link
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, August 1. As part of efforts to deepen international cooperation, Uzbekistan's national carrier, Uzbekistan Airways, and one of China's largest airlines, China Southern Airlines, have signed a...
Uzbekistan, Santander CIB Explore Financial Sector Cooperation
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, August 1 . A meeting was held at the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan between Deputy Minister Akram Aliev and Ignacio del Pozo, Executive Director of Santander Corporate &...
Uzbekistan considers broader visa-free access under 2040 tourism strategy.
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August 1, 2025
Reformatics, a global consulting firm, has presented an interim report on the development of Uzbekistan’s tourism strategy through 2040, according to the Agency for Strategic Reforms. The presentation was attended by representatives of the Tourism...
Tashkent faces frequent power cuts, senator demands explanation from Energy Minister.
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August 1, 2025
Senator Sayyora Abdikarimova has submitted an official inquiry to Minister of Energy Jurabek Mirzamahmudov, requesting a detailed explanation for the recent widespread electricity outages in Tashkent. According to her, the disruptions have...
Drivers Warned of Possible Delays at the Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan Border
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Economy 02/08/2025 Drivers Warned of Possible Delays at the Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan Border Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Truck drivers traveling to the Kyrgyz Republic are being warned of possible queues at border checkpoints between 2 and 4...
Uzbek production rises in first half of 2025
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Uzbekistan: Cement plants in Uzbekistan produced 9.16Mt of Portland cement during the first half of 2025, according data from the National Statistics Committee (NSC). The NSC reported that this was 18.2% more than in the first half of 2024, when...
LPP S.A. to Open 20 Stores in Uzbekistan by the End of 2025
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Economy 02/08/2025 LPP S.A. to Open 20 Stores in Uzbekistan by the End of 2025 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — By the end of 2025, Polish company LPP S.A. will increase its investments in Uzbekistan to US$10 million and open 20 stores across...
Volume of Factoring Services in Uzbekistan Reaches 4 …
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Finance 02/08/2025 Volume of Factoring Services in Uzbekistan Reaches 4 Trillion Soums in the First Half of 2025 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — In the first half of 2025, credit institutions in Uzbekistan provided factoring services totaling...
Nearly 100 Billion Soums Allocated for Educational Loans in Uzbekistan in the First Half of 2025
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Finance 02/08/2025 Nearly 100 Billion Soums Allocated for Educational Loans in Uzbekistan in the First Half of 2025 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — In the first half of 2025, Uzbekistan allocated 99.4 billion soums for preferential...
New International Airport for 20 Million Passengers to Open in Tashkent Region by 2030
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Economy 02/08/2025 New International Airport for 20 Million Passengers to Open in Tashkent Region by 2030 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has reviewed plans for the construction of a new...
Uzbekistan’s Persian language professors visit Ferdowsi Mausoleum
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August 1, 2025
TEHRAN—Uzbekistan’s Persian language professors, while paying tribute to the great Iranian poet Hakim Abolqasem Ferdowsi, visited various parts of the Tus Cultural and Historical Complex in Khorasan Razavi province. According to IRIB, the director...
Uzbek Migrants Coerced to Fight in Russia’s War
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August 1, 2025
Russia has recruited at least 902 citizens of Uzbekistan to fight in its war against Ukraine since the beginning of 2025, including individuals as young as 19, according to the “I Want to Live” (Хочу жить) project, which cited sources within the...