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Uzbekistan Widens Financial Regulatory Sandbox With Three Testing Tracks
Uzbekistan's Central Bank has restructured its financial regulatory sandbox, adding three testing tracks, opening applications to foreign firms, and requiring consumer…
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Uzbekistan Plans Private Firms to Maintain Schools and Kindergartens
Uzbekistan's construction minister says a new system bringing certified private maintenance firms into schools and kindergartens will launch next year, starting…
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Rubio Pitches Small Modular Reactors and Critical Minerals to Tashkent
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a Samarkand business forum that Washington is deploying American small modular reactors in Uzbekistan…
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Nearly 5,000 Lifts Past Their Service Life as Uzbekistan Races to Modernise
Construction minister Sherzod Khidoyatov told parliament that 4,973 lifts have exceeded their service life, while a presidential decree orders nearly 5,000…
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Tashkent’s 720 Unauthorised Tower Blocks Become a Test for Uzbekistan’s Building Laws
Uzbekistan's construction minister told parliament that more than 720 multi-storey buildings in Tashkent were built without architectural permits, the General Prosecutor's…
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ADB’s $760m Karakalpakstan push: water, roads and wind power in Uzbekistan’s west
The Asian Development Bank's outstanding loans to Karakalpakstan exceed $760 million — a fifth of its entire Uzbekistan portfolio — financing…
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Uzbekistan’s Constitutional Court to stream hearings live under new law
A revised law signed by President Mirziyoyev on 14 October requires Uzbekistan's Constitutional Court to livestream hearings and introduce digital case…
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Uzbekistan’s Accounts Chamber and Procurement Agency Agree Anti-Corruption Drive
The Accounts Chamber, the procurement agency and the Presidential Administration's Compliance Service have agreed a joint programme — including automated bid…
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Uzbekistan clears VEON’s $207m Perfectum acquisition with strict competition conditions
Uzbekistan's Competition Committee has approved VEON's roughly $207 million purchase of mobile operator Perfectum on conditions including a three-year operational separation…
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Uzbekistan clears Veon’s acquisition of Perfectum with seven binding conditions
Uzbekistan's competition regulator has approved Veon's purchase of all shares in Perfectum mobile operator, imposing seven conditions including a three-year independence…
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