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Karakul Resident Rejects 10 Million Soum Bribe Demand After Accessing Anti-Corruption Audio Guide
A visually impaired resident of Karakul district identified and refused a 10 million soum cash demand linked to a land subsidy…
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Healthcare and Education Named Top Corruption Risk Sectors for Women in New UNDP-Backed Study
A joint study by UNDP and the Anti-Corruption Agency, presented at a Tashkent roundtable on 25 May 2026, found that healthcare…
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Central Asian Law Enforcement Agencies Convene in Tashkent to Address Corruption’s Role in Gender-Based Violence
A regional round table convened in Tashkent on 29 November 2022 brought together police, prosecutors and legal educators from four Central…
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Agribusiness Delegations from Central Asia Study EU Cluster Models to Lift Export Value
Representatives from Uzbekistan and three other Central Asian states travelled to Vienna in July 2022 to study European Union practices in…
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1.2 Trillion Soums Allocated to Citizen-Voted Projects as Participatory Budgeting Reaches New Scale
The Ministry of Finance and UNDP convened an international forum in Tashkent on 30 August 2022 to assess the expansion of…
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New Scientific Models Completed to Track Dust Storms Across the Southern Aral Sea Region
A large-scale study completed in Nukus on 7 May 2025 has produced two new analytical tools for monitoring dust migration across…
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Dollar Breaks 12,000-Sum Barrier for First Time Since July After Eight-Day Rally
The US dollar climbed above 12,000 sums on October 15 for the first time since late July, closing at 12,011.65 sums…
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US Court Orders Green Card Lottery Reopened, Registration to Begin by November 1
A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to resume the Diversity Visa lottery, setting a registration window opening…
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Household Energy Use Falls 13–21% as Tariff Reforms Take Hold, Ministry Says
Average monthly electricity consumption per household fell from 212 kWh in 2023 to 184 kWh in 2025, while gas use dropped…
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SMEs Have Embraced Digital Payments — But Most Still Run Their Businesses in Fragments
A Visa survey of 249 Uzbek small and medium businesses finds digital payment adoption is now widespread, but only 37% of…
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