Swedish employers eye Uzbek workers for healthcare, farming at Stockholm forum
2026-11-14
Swedish employers and recruiters expressed interest in hiring specialists from Uzbekistan in healthcare, ag...
Uzbekistan pitches $15 billion in infrastructure projects to investors in Paris
2026-11-14
Uzbekistan presented seven major infrastructure projects worth more than $15 billion in total to internatio...
Uzbekistan targets $65 billion in foreign investment in 2027, president says
2026-11-14
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has ordered officials to prepare plans to attract $65 billion in foreign inves...
New law bans sexual harassment at work, obliges employers to prevent it
2026-11-14
A law amending the Labor Code of Uzbekistan now prohibits sexual harassment in employment and occupation an...
Central Bank raises 2026 inflation forecast, signals tight policy to persist
2026-11-14
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has raised its end-2026 inflation forecast to 7% from 6.5% and signalled tha...
Komil Allamjonov attends latest meeting of George Washington University President’s Advisory Council
2026-11-14
Komil Allamjonov, Minister-counsellor at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington and representative of the Administra...
ICSID tribunal rejects all claims against Uzbekistan in Obuz case
2026-11-13
An arbitration tribunal at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Oct. 2...
From 5.3 million to nearly 40 million: A century of growth
2026-11-13
Uzbekistan’s population stood at 3.9 million in 1897, 5.3 million in 1926, 6.3 million in 1939 and 8....
Uzbek teen detained over killing of mother in St. Petersburg
2026-11-13
A 15-year-old boy has been detained on suspicion of strangling his mother, a woman from Uzbekistan whose bo...
Dry, warm weather forecast for weekend after days of rain and snow
2026-11-13
Dry and warm weather is expected to prevail across Uzbekistan over the weekend after several cold days of h...
Statistics committee raises 2025 GDP by 15% to $169 billion in revision
2026-11-13
Uzbekistan’s National Statistics Committee has revised its GDP figures for 2017-2025, raising nominal...
Uzbekistan, Ukraine foreign ministers meet on sidelines of COP31
2026-11-13
Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on the sidelines of th...
President signs law requiring debt risk warnings in bank loan advertising
2026-11-13
President Mirziyoyev signed amendments to the Advertising Law on November 10 requiring banks to warn of fin...
Turkish-Qatari consortium wins tender to build and operate New Bukhara airport
2026-11-13
A consortium of Turkish company Limak İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Qatari company Hamad Bin Khalid ...
Police foil planned robbery at Tashkent training center, detain three suspects
2026-11-13
Officers of the Tashkent Police Department and the State Security Service have prevented a planned robbery ...
Regulator approves rules for trading foreign securities under capital market sandbox
2026-11-13
The National Agency for Perspective Projects (NAPP) has approved regulations allowing trading of foreign se...
$1.8 billion expansion of Bukhara oil refinery presented to president
2026-11-13
The Bukhara Oil Refinery plans to more than double its annual output of petroleum products under a project ...
Over 5.48 million tonnes of coal mined in January-October
2026-11-12
Uzbekistan mined more than 5.48 million tonnes of coal in January-October 2026, Uzbekkumir JSC’s pres...
Mirziyoyev approves seven national programs for 2027-2031
2026-11-12
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved seven national programs for 2027-2031 aimed at enhancing the hono...
Japarov says unnamed politicians are discussing ways to provoke Uzbek-Kyrgyz conflict ahead of January vote
2026-11-12
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has warned of possible attempts to provoke ethnic clashes between Uzbeks and...