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Fergana Summit Yields $350 Million Industrial Pipeline and Wildberries Logistics Hub
Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khojayev and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov led talks in Fergana that produced plans for…
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Low Pay, Abuse and Bribery Are Pushing Teachers Out of Public Schools
A third of the country's teachers have been rated unsatisfactory in their own subjects, base salaries remain well below a presidential…
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Aksa Enerji to manage power grids in Tashkent, Jizzakh and Syrdarya regions after presidential talks
Aksa Enerji's chairman announced plans to sign grid management agreements for three additional regions within a week, following a meeting with…
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Safia Plans 25 Kazakhstan Branches by Year-End as $100–150k Per-Site Investment Bets on Scale
Safia, one of Uzbekistan's largest confectionery chains, plans to grow its Kazakhstan network from 11 to 25 branches by the end…
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Bellissimo Pizza reaches 11 Kazakhstan locations in a year, acquires Papa John’s franchisee assets
Founded in Uzbekistan in 2015, Bellissimo Pizza has moved from 100 domestic locations to an 11-branch footprint in Kazakhstan within a…
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Apple and Potato Export Market at Risk as Kyrgyzstan Moves to Ban Seasonal Imports
Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Agriculture has proposed banning apple imports until February 2027 and potato imports until March 2027, a move that…
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Corporate filing contradicts SAMA chief’s denial of UzPost trust management deal with Wildberries
A protocol from an extraordinary general meeting of UzPost shareholders has confirmed that the national postal operator's 92.9% state stake was…
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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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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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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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