Uzbekistan's first privately held airline, Qanot Sharq, has successfully maintained its status as the country's second-largest carrier in 2024, following the state-owned Uzbekistan Airways, according ...

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim have agreed to initiate a new phase of innovative development in bilateral relations, strengthening economic, ...

Over the past three years, Uzbekistan’s service sector has seen significant expansion. More than 1.5mn people have gained permanent employment in the industry, while the sector's total volume has ...

Uzbekistan and Switzerland signed an agreement between Uzbekistan's Minister of Justice, Akbar Tashkulov, and the Swiss Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Konstantin Obolensky on February 6, to return ...

Templeton Global Investments, a leading investment manager under Franklin Templeton, has been appointed as the Trustee and Manager of the National Investment Fund of Uzbekistan (UzNIF). This ...

Uzbekistan aims to employ 5.2mn people, lift 1.5mn out of poverty, attract $42bn in foreign investment, and boost exports by over $30bn in 2025. On February 3, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a ...

Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in early December 2024, Iran has stepped up its presence in Central Asia, marking a shift in its foreign policy priorities. The loss of Syria as a critical ...

Uzbekistan's startup carrier, Centrum Air, has surpassed an impressive milestone, carrying over 500,000 passengers in 2024, its first full year of operations. According to a representative of the ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan has filed applications for arrest warrants against two senior Taliban officials, Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court ...

Uzbekistan allocated UZS 12.18bn ($940,903) in subsidies to citizens under the Solar Home program in 2024 for the electricity generated by their solar panels, according to the Tax Committee's press ...

Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have renewed their agreement on the use of the Hairaton-Mazar-i-Sharif (also spelled Hairaton-Mazar-e-Sharif) railway, further solidifying ...

Kazatomprom, the National Atomic Company of Kazakhstan, has announced that it has secured a subsoil use license for uranium exploration at the Inkai-Mynkuduk block. Located on the northern flank of ...