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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...

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...

Switzerland provides over 12 million Euro to support small businesses in Central Asia since 2017
Switzerland provides over 12 million Euro to support small businesses in Central Asia since 2017 AKIPRESS.COM - Since 2017, the Swiss government has provided over €12 million as part of an initiative to support small businesses in Kyrgyzstan,...

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 –...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Amazon Signs Project Kuiper MoU With Uzbekistan
Amazon Project Kuiper signed an MoU with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Digital Technologies. Photo: Ministry of Digital Technologies Amazon’s Project Kuiper has made inroads into the Central Asian market of Uzbekistan, a country with a population of...

Excavation works begin for Uzbekistan small modular reactor
About 1.5 million cubic metres of soil will be excavated during the digging of a pit 13 metres deep for the RITM-200N small modular reactor being built in Uzbekistan. The first cubic metres of soil were excavated in a ceremony attended by Pavel...

Uzbekistan establishes framework for managing state defense orders.
A new law has been adopted in Uzbekistan to regulate the process of forming and executing the state defense order, which defines the key objectives of ensuring timely and reliable supply of the Armed Forces with military and dual-use products. The...
Leaders of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan hold talks on expanding strategic partnership
10:41, october 10Author: Asia-Plus Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met in Dushanbe with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during the Central Asia–Russia Summit and the meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council, according to the...

DP World, Tashkent to develop 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...

Uzbekistan’s Priorities in the Organization of Turkic States: A Factor Ensuring Sustainable Development of Turkic Countries
Fourth, alongside deepening cooperation in humanitarian, economic, and legal spheres, Uzbekistan consistently develops avenues of interaction related to coordinating responses to threats to regional stability. For example, at the Shusha Summit in...

Tashkent to expand public transport fleet with 200 new electric buses in October.
Tashkent will receive 200 new electric buses in October 2025 and an additional 1,000 buses in 2026. As a result, the total number of buses operating in the capital will reach 2,891, with the average route duration expected to be 30 minutes and the...

Russia increases gas deliveries to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan by 15%
TASHKENT, October 10. /TASS/. Russia boosted its gas supplies to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan by 15% in January-August 2025, the press service of the Russian Trade Mission in Uzbekistan reported. "Over the first eight months of the year,...

Logistics for Success: How Jana Post is Developing E-Commerce in Central Asia
When Jana Post founders Serzhan Tokay, Bolatbek Dalelkhanuly, and Almas Rysbekov launched their business in 2022, the prospect of officially partnering with the mega-platform PinDuoDuo and Alibaba and shipping over 5 million parcels in three years...