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Kuwait coach targets improvement after Uzbekistan loss
Bader Tareq is helped off the pitch. DUBAI, Oct 11: Kuwait kicked off its training sessions in Dubai, UAE, in preparation for its upcoming friendly against Morocco’s local team on Tuesday. The Al-Azraq delegation arrived in the UAE the day before,...

Uzbekistan to face Kuwait today under new head coach Fabio Cannavaro.
The Uzbekistan national team will play a friendly match against Kuwait today in Tashkent under the new head coach Fabio Cannavaro. The match starts at 18:00 Tashkent time. Ahead of the game, Fabio Cannavaro spoke at a press conference, discussing...

Uzbekistan appoints its first ambassador to Monaco.
Nodir Ganiyev, who serves as Uzbekistan’s ambassador to France and Portugal, has been appointed as the country’s first ambassador to the Principality of Monaco. On October 7, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of...

Uzbekistan’s international reserves reach historic $55 billion mark.
As of October 1, 2025, Uzbekistan’s official reserve assets reached $54.99 billion – an all-time record for the country. Since the beginning of the year, global gold prices have surged by nearly 50 percent. According to the Central Bank of...

Participants of "Unity-2025" exercise left for Uzbekistan
A group of servicemen of the Azerbaijan Army has left for Uzbekistan to participate in "Unity - 2025" (Birlik-2025) joint regional exercise to be held in the Samarkand region, APA reports citing press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defence....

DP World Commits $288 Million to Uzbekistan Logistics Venture
DP World has struck a joint venture with Tashkent Invest, a firm under the Tashkent City Administration, to build and manage a multimodal logistics terminal in the Yangi Avlod Special Industrial Zone in the Yangihayot district on the outskirts of...

Construction of Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant kicks off in Jizzakh.
Excavation work has begun in Forish district for the foundation of a small-scale nuclear power plant (NPP) reactor building. The first concrete pouring is scheduled for March 2026. According to Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev, Uzbekistan and Russia...
Uzbekistan Balances Nuclear Energy Cooperation with Russia and PRC
Executive Summary: Uzbekistan is pursuing nuclear power cooperation with both Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), aiming to become a nuclear energy hub in Central Asia. Tashkent is hedging against risks in working with Moscow due to...

Uzbekistan To Lay Off More Than Two Thousand Officials After Introduction Of AI
5 The biggest cuts will affect the country's Tax Committee. As a result of the introduction of artificial intelligence in Uzbekistan, more than 2,000 officials will be cut by November 1. The corresponding decree of the head of the republic Shavkat...

DP World in deal to develop major logistics terminal in Uzbekistan
DP World, a leading provider of smart end-to-end logistics solutions, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Tashkent Invest, a subsidiary of the Tashkent City Administration, to develop and manage a state-of-the-art multimodal logistics...

DP World to develop multimodal logistics terminal in Uzbekistan
DP World, a leading global provider of smart end-to-end logistics solutions, has entered into a joint venture with Tashkent Invest, a subsidiary of the Tashkent City Administration, to develop and manage a state-of-the-art multimodal logistics...

Tashkent residents report multiple charges for trips they didn’t take, ATTO comments.
ATTO has commented on reports of funds being deducted from citizens’ bank cards. Social media users in Tashkent have been actively discussing cases where people receive messages about payments for public transport rides, even though they never...

Uzbekistan’s job market sees surge in vacancies but steep fall in salary offers.
Average salaries offered on the HeadHunter job platform dropped by 20.2% in the third quarter of 2025, with some sectors seeing declines of up to 72%, according to a new report. Number of job offers increased Between July and September, employers...

Uzbekistan expands cooperation with the European Union
Baku, October 8, AZERTAC A delegation from the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uzbekistan paid a working visit to Belgium, according to UzA. During the visit, the delegation held important meetings with representatives of the European...

Tashkent Metro grants lifetime free rides to mother and baby born at station.
A baby girl born at Tashkent Metro’s Gafur Gulyam station and her mother will be able to use the metro free of charge for life. Naima Makhamadjonova, the duty attendant who provided first aid during the delivery, will also be recognized for her...

Along the old Silk Road, Uzbekistan takes a new turn
Up a dry mountain pass an hour’s drive east of Tashkent, we finally saw it, hovering like a silver spaceship on the horizon. The Uzbekistan Solar Furnace turns its back on Parkent Valley, a series of tin-roofed villages along a parched riverbed,...

Uzbekistan reaches for more US trade and investment
Speaking at the United Nations in New York on September 23, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan made it clear that he no longer adheres to his predecessors’ post-Soviet policies of isolation and go-it-alone economic development strategy –...

Travel from Uzbekistan to Europe up 38% in 2025.
Uzbek citizens have been booking more flights to Riga and Vilnius this year, with analysts attributing the surge not only to tourism but also to work-related travel. Demand for trips from Uzbekistan to Europe has grown significantly since the...

Uzbekistan’s Navoi: eco-villages, yurts and timeless heritage
By Akis Tatsis Published on 07/10/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2 •Updated 15:18 The Navoi region of Uzbekistan is developing as a sustainable travel destination. Sentob village, named a UNWTO Best Tourist Village, promotes family-run guesthouses and...

Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan: New Horizons for Cooperation
A meeting of analysts from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan was held at the Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Turkmenistan. This time, their Uzbek colleagues, led by Javlon Abdujalolovich Vakhabov, Director of the International...