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Uzbekistan and Poland’s Green Crops discuss fruit and vegetable exports to Europe
Fresh Plaza
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August 19, 2025
Diplomats from Uzbekistan's Embassy held talks with executives of the Polish holding Green Crops, including owner Mateusz Rytel and CEO Adam Ruzicki, according to Dunyo news agency. The Polish side outlined the company's operations, noting that...
Uzbekistan receives first 37-ton batch of sheep from Mongolia
Daryo
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August 19, 2025
Uzbekistan has received its first shipment of live sheep from Mongolia, according to Uzbekistan Airports. Source: Uzbekistan Airports A specialized cargo flight delivered around 1,000 "Bayad" sheep, weighing a total of 37 tons, to Navoi...
Uzbekistan’s power struggle: Price liberalization, post-socialist legacies, and red flags in the green transition.
Kun.uz
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August 19, 2025
Year after year, citizens across Uzbekistan face recurring power outages that disrupt daily life, strain household routines, and trigger growing public frustration. Once limited to remote or rural areas, these blackouts have increasingly reached...
Tashkent Islamic Civilization Center damaged by blaze.
Kun.uz
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August 19, 2025
On 19 August, around 11:00 a.m., a fire erupted at the Islamic Civilization Center under construction in the old city area of Tashkent. Footage circulating on social media shows flames spreading from inside the building to the roof and domes of...
Unemployment rate in Uzbekistan falls to 5.1% in H1 2025.
Kun.uz
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August 19, 2025
More than half of economically active citizens are formally employed, one-third work in the informal sector, and another 12% are employed abroad. Uzbekistan’s unemployment rate significantly decreased in the first half of 2025, the press service...
Oman, Uzbekistan explore ways to enhance investment, industrial and trade cooperation
Times of Oman
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Muscat: Qais Mohammed Al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, received in Muscat on Tuesday Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The meeting aimed at enhancing...
Oman and Uzbekistan seek to enhance economic relations and joint projects
The Arabian Stories
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August 19, 2025
MUSCAT – His Excellency Qais bin Mohammed Al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, received in Muscat today His Excellency Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as part...
Olympic town in New Tashkent completed after three years of construction .
Kun.uz
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August 19, 2025
The Olympic town in New Tashkent has been completed after three years of construction at a cost of nearly $290 million. The complex consists of five major sports facilities – a velodrome, a stadium, an aquatics palace, and arenas for team and...
Uzbekistan’s key role in stability of Central Asia stressed
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 19, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - TASHKENT, Aug 19 (UzA/APP) : Addressing the high-level meeting “Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Europe – Cooperation for Common Development” in Tashkent, former President of Serbia (2004-2012) Boris...
Uzbekistan may establish economic zone based on Singapore model
Daryo
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August 19, 2025
Uzbekistan is preparing to launch a pilot special economic zone modeled on Singapore’s development experience, according to the Ministry of Investments, Industry and Trade. Source: LiveJournal The initiative was discussed during a recent visit to...
Infographic: Entrepreneurship Development in Uzbekistan in 2024
Review
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August 19, 2025
In 2024, the annual open dialogue of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan with entrepreneurs was held in the Republic of Karakalpakstan. This became an important event both for the region and for the entire country, underscoring the...
Uzbekistan completes construction of Olympic Village
Xinhua News Agency
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TASHKENT, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan has completed the construction of its Olympic Village project in the capital city of Tashkent, as announced by the presidential press service on Monday. "On August 18, President of the Republic of...
Uzbekistan completes Olympic Village in Tashkent
Daryo
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August 19, 2025
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on August 18, visited the newly completed Olympic Village in Tashkent, marking the culmination of one of the country’s most ambitious sports infrastructure projects. Source: Daryo Construction began with a foundation...
How is Uzbekistan trying to improve its social protection system?
Euronews
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August 19, 2025
Uzbekistan is moving fast to modernise how it supports its most vulnerable citizens, with a two‑year overhaul that is already reshaping daily life for tens of thousands of families. Since 2023, the Central Asian country has pulled dozens of...
Uzbekistan preparing to sign Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the EU
UzDaily
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Uzbekistan 18/08/2025 Uzbekistan preparing to sign Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the EU Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced that the country plans to sign an Enhanced Partnership and...
Uzbekistan and Polish holding “Green Crops” discuss fruit …
UzDaily
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Economy 18/08/2025 Uzbekistan and Polish holding “Green Crops” discuss fruit and vegetable exports to Europe Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Diplomats of the Embassy of Uzbekistan held talks with the owner of the Polish holding Green Crops,...
The structure of legume exports from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan is changing: less peas, more chickpeas
APK Inform
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In the first 10 months of the 2024/25 MY, Kazakhstan's legume exports reached 388.4 thousand tons. This is 40.6% more than during the entire previous 2023/24 season (276.2 thousand tons), according to APK-Inform, citing official statistics. The...
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Sign Four Major Power Project Deals
TOLONews
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To meet Afghanistan’s growing energy needs, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) signed contracts for four major electricity transmission and distribution projects with two Uzbek companies, in the presence of senior officials from both countries....
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Sign $243 Million Power Agreements to Boost Electricity Infrastructure
News Central Asia
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August 19, 2025
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) and Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy have signed four major agreements worth $243 million aimed at strengthening Afghanistan’s electricity infrastructure through the construction and expansion of transmission...
New cyanide salts production complex launched at Navoiyazot
UzDaily
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — A new investment project for the production of cyanide salts has been commissioned at the joint-stock company Navoiyazot. The modern industrial complex, equipped with advanced technologies, is designed for the...