Thursday, 28, March, 2024

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Minister of Economy and Finance Sherzod Qudbiev said that the 2024 state budget would include mechanisms to encourage water saving. "We are preparing very drastic proposals on the culture of water consumption, measurement and its delivery," said the minister.

Accor, a world leading hospitality group, together with InterHotel LLC, announce the signing of Mövenpick Hotel Tashkent. The property, which originally opened in 1997 and is a popular destination among international visitors and residents of the city, is set to open under the internationally-renowned Mövenpick brand in late 2023, marking the start of a new chapter in its history.

On June 12, eco-blogger O‘rikguli (“Apricot Flower”) held another campaign in Tashkent calling to save water, stop excessive watering of lawns and pouring water on asphalt.

8,000 kilometers of power network and 2,000 transformers will be renovated with an aim to improve the power supply to households of Ferghana province, with 10,000 kilometers of roads and 170 bridges to be repaired.

The delegation headed by First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus Aleksey Lyakhnovich landed in Uzbekistan.

The regional dialogue “Scaling-up Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Landscapes in Central Asia” will be held from 15 June to 16 June in Tashkent. It will bring together international and Central Asian distinguished speakers, governmental officials, and conservation experts to address pressing challenges faced by the region’s landscapes.

Uzbekistan and Indonesia agreed to strengthen economic cooperation in various sectors, Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin stated during his talks with the PM Abdulla Aripov on Tuesday.

Presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his rally in Andijan province mentioned about the development steps of the Uzbek auto industry. He spoke about a large machine-building cluster and specified how much car production would increase.

US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick reacted to the statements of the speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin and touched upon relations between the countries of Central Asia and Russia.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 9 July early presidential election in Uzbekistan, following an official invitation from the national authorities.

Trapped by human traffickers and entangled in bureaucratic red tape, three Uzbek sisters have been languishing in a detention center in Bihar for nearly two years, despite a court order for their release. And their elder sister is running from pillar to post but to no avail.

A total of at least 93 nationals of Central Asian countries died as part of the Wagner Mercenaries Group in Ukraine, the BBC said in an investigation.

Sentences to 12 police officers who beat convict to death announced in Andijan. Another prisoner was also sentenced for brutally beating the convict beaten earlier by police officers.

1,297 foreign-invested enterprises were registered in Uzbekistan in January-May 2023. According to the State Statistics Committee, Russia was on the top spot in terms of number of newly established enterprises on 376 in January-May 2023.

Number of bus passengers in Tashkent increased after purchase of new Chinese-made conventional and electric buses, the Ministry of Transport said on Tuesday.

Uzbek Ambassador Abat Faizullaev met with the General Director of the International Center for the Migration Policy Development of (ICMPD) and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Michael Spindelegger, Dunyo said.

According to the Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Karashukeev, the meat exports from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan in 2022 increased 134 times (from 0.2 thousand to 26.2 thousand tons), and to the UAE - 8 times (from 0.3 thousand up to 2 thousand tons), Inbusiness.kz said.

Rail freighting has been launched through the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan transport corridor. The cargo train is scheduled to reach Tashkent in 15 days from the Chinese city of Lanzhou.

42-year-old woman was hit by a train traveling along the Andijan-Khiva route in Ferghana, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

Former president Islam Karimov’s son, Piotr Karimov from the first marriage sued the ex-first lady of Uzbekistan, Tatiana Karimova. Subject of Petr Karimov's lawsuit against Tatyana Karimova is a dispute arising from the right of inheritance.