Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in early December 2024, Iran has stepped up its presence in Central Asia, marking a shift in its foreign policy priorities. The loss of Syria as a critical ...

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim have agreed to initiate a new phase of innovative development in bilateral relations, strengthening economic, ...

Templeton Global Investments, a leading investment manager under Franklin Templeton, has been appointed as the Trustee and Manager of the National Investment Fund of Uzbekistan (UzNIF). This ...

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed major transport infrastructure projects, including the establishment of a dry port in the Navoi region in collaboration with the AD Ports Group (UAE) on February ...

Uzbekistan saw a rise in inflation, with the consumer price index (CPI) increasing by 0.72% in January 2025. According to the latest report from the Statistics Agency, this was an uptick compared to ...

Experts have raised concerns about the reliability of data from IQAir, the world’s largest free air quality monitoring platform, questioning its accuracy and highlighting that it cannot always be ...

Tax payments by foreign IT companies operating in Uzbekistan surged by 1.5 times in 2024, reaching UZS 115.8bn ($8.96mn) according to the press service of the Tax Committee. This marks an increase ...

A step was taken in enhancing cooperation between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, as two important documents were signed by the foreign ministers of both countries on January 27. Photo: Foreign ministers ...

Uzbekistan aims to employ 5.2mn people, lift 1.5mn out of poverty, attract $42bn in foreign investment, and boost exports by over $30bn in 2025. On February 3, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a ...

Kazakhstan experienced a 1.1% increase in the monthly consumer price index in January 2025, up from 0.9% in December 2024. The rise was driven by higher food prices, which increased by 1.4%, paid ...

The 10th Meeting of the Customs Administrations’ Heads of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a focus on boosting trade efficiency, fostering regional ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that cuts to international aid and an impending freeze in U.S. foreign funding are leaving millions of Afghans facing hunger this winter as per Reuters.