On May 18, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the Leaders’ Summit held as part of the 13th session of the World Urban Forum in Baku. At the forum, participants discussed sustainable urban development, expanding access to affordable housing, improving the quality of the urban environment, strengthening climate resilience, and enhancing housing finance
Specialists from Russia and Uzbekistan are currently conducting technical and economic studies for the trans-Afghan railway project, TOLOnews reported citing Russian Railways. The project aims to establish a railway corridor linking Central and South Asia through Afghanistan. Sergey Pavlov, First Deputy General Director of Russian Railways, said during a meeting of the Railway Transport Council
The delegation of Uzbekistan, headed by Adviser to the President on Environmental Issues and Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change Aziz Abdukhakimov, participated in the 21st session of the United Nations Forum on Forests held in New York City, the National Committee reported. The forum brought together delegations from UN Member
Hosted by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, an informal Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held on 15 May in Turkistan, the spiritual capital of the Turkic World. The summit was also attended by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President
Of course, the transition of the Former Soviet Republics from Communism to Market Economy witnessed a dramatic fall in infrastructure spending. Consequently, different republics progressed at different speeds, though with an increasing realization that such spending is necessary to develop their economies. Ironically, it is their western counterparts who are arguably underinvesting in their own
According to a study by the Scientific Research Institute of Family and Gender, in 2025, there were an average of 175 divorces per 1,000 families in Uzbekistan. Experts note that this figure is significantly lower than international standards, confirming the stability of family values in the country, Tashkent Today reported. Comparison with some post-Soviet countries
On May 14, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on measures to expand industrialized intensive orchards across the country’s regions. Uzbekistan is consistently implementing measures to develop fruit and vegetable cultivation, expand the production of export-oriented products, and increase rural incomes. Today, the country has 572,600 hectares of orchards and vineyards, generating annual exports worth
Aziz Abdukhakimov, Adviser to the President of Uzbekistan on Environmental Issues and Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, met with the leadership of Vision Invest and SUEZ to discuss the implementation of a project aimed at establishing a high-tech industrial waste management cluster in Uzbekistan, the National Committee reported. The project
On May 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved proposals to ensure high-quality and safe passenger services, as well as increase the efficiency of the Tashkent metro. The growth in the population and the number of visitors to the capital, the expansion of the city, and increasing demand for public transport require taking metro development to a new
Samarkand will once again become a global platform for discussions on some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. From 30 May to 6 June, the Silk Road Samarkand complex will host the Eighth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change has announced. The Assembly will bring
The VI Tashkent Anti-Corruption Forum is taking place on May 12-13, bringing together 220 national and international stakeholders to advance joint discussions and actions supporting corruption-free governance. The Forum was organized by the Anti-Corruption Agency and the National Anti-Corruption Council of Uzbekistan, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
The Governor of Uzbekistan’s Fergana region, Khayrullo Bozorov, met with Stanislav Kushnir, the founder of the U.S. company Sayat LLC., to discuss the implementation of an investment project in the Fergana region aimed at generating alternative thermal energy through the disposal of medical waste. Sayat LLC specializes in the construction of plants that produce alternative
The 2026 Venice Biennale exposed an uncomfortable truth once again: Central Asia is increasingly becoming a beautiful exotic backdrop for the Western art world rather than an equal intellectual voice within it. Uzbekistan is now investing heavily in building its cultural brand. The pavilions are more polished, visually stronger, conceptually cleaner. The Aral Sea, memory,
An informal summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) will be hosted by Kazakhstan on 15 May 2026 in Turkistan, the spiritual capital of the Turkic World, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development.” The summit will bring together the heads of state and government of
Uzbekistan Airports JSC and Allied Biofuels FE LLC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support future cooperation on the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and e-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) in Uzbekistan. According to Allied Biofuels, the agreement marks an important milestone in the development of Uzbekistan’s sustainable aviation fuel ecosystem. It supports the country’s ambition to become a regional hub for cleaner
The collapse of the Soviet Union is rarely seen as a deliberate project. Rather, it is viewed as a crisis or a chain of events that spiralled out of control. Yet, when the early years of independence across the post-Soviet space are examined through the lens of sustainable development, it becomes clear that this period
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has joined the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) under the President of Uzbekistan as a full member. The FIC is an advisory body under the President of Uzbekistan, established to attract foreign direct investment and improve the investment climate. Its members include leading international financial institutions and major foreign companies operating
A new transit corridor has been established for transporting goods from China to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan, TOLOnews reported. Officials from the country’s transport sector and the company Uztemiryulkonteyner have stated that this route is a combination of rail and road transport. According to the plan, containers first move from China by railway, pass through Kazakhstan
On May 6, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Pre-school and School Education of Uzbekistan handed over 4,060 Climate Box educational toolkits to schools across the country, UNDP Uzbekistan reported. The initiative aims to strengthen climate education nationwide by equipping teachers with practical, ready-to-use materials and increasing students’ awareness
During the ADB Annual Meeting in Samarkand on May 6, the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) signed a Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev and Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade Shokhrukh Gulamov on behalf of