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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Uzbekistan's first privately held airline, Qanot Sharq, has successfully maintained its status as the country's second-largest carrier in 2024, following the state-owned Uzbekistan Airways, according ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the past 7 years, a total of UZS 2.3 trillion ($177.7mn) in preferential loans and UZS 265bn ($20.5mn) in subsidies have been provided to support homesteaders and peasant farms. This financial ...

Uzbekistan and Switzerland signed an agreement between Uzbekistan's Minister of Justice, Akbar Tashkulov, and the Swiss Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Konstantin Obolensky on February 6, to return ...

Kazatomprom, the National Atomic Company of Kazakhstan, has announced that it has secured a subsoil use license for uranium exploration at the Inkai-Mynkuduk block. Located on the northern flank of ...

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 ...