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Airbus and Kratos Complete First Flight of Rocket-Launched Combat Drone in Northern Europe
The U740 Valkyrie, a European adaptation of the American XQ-58A, reached 960 km/h and demonstrated in-flight mission reprogramming during a test…
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U.S. sanctions Central Asian logistics firms on second anniversary of Ukraine invasion
OFAC has blacklisted Uzbekistan's Polarstar Logistics representative office alongside two Kazakh companies and a Kyrgyz firm accused of routing American-made aircraft…
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Nearly 6,000 Road-Construction Violations Found in Uzbekistan in Nine Months
Uzbekistan's road inspectorate found 5,815 violations at construction, reconstruction and repair sites in the first nine months of 2026, issuing more…
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Central Asia locked at bottom of Freedom House democracy rankings as scores slide further
Uzbekistan's Democracy Score fell to 1.18 out of 7 in the 'Nations in Transit 2024' report, as all five Central Asian…
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Gas utility workers caught hoarding subsidised cylinders for resale across Uzbekistan
Joint raids by five Uzbek agencies between 19–21 October uncovered more than 120 cases of illegal gas-cylinder hoarding and above-rate resale,…
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Japarov calls for Central Asian Schengen as Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border deal nears ratification
The Kyrgyz president revived a long-stalled regional visa proposal days after signing a landmark border agreement with Tajikistan that ends a…
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Sindarov named FIDE’s Best Male Chess Player after a two-year run that reshaped world chess
The Uzbek grandmaster beat out Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh Dommaraju and Fabiano Caruana to win the inaugural FIDE Excellence Award, capping a…
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Uzbekistan scraps paper document requirement across 33 regulatory instruments
Amendments to 33 departmental instruments, registered by the Ministry of Justice on 20 October 2026, require banks, notaries, domestic airports and…
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Eleven top football clubs to go to private trust managers under new UFA tender
Bunyodkor, Pakhtakor and nine other professional clubs will be offered to entrepreneurs who commit to covering at least 20% of annual…
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Tashkent’s Center for Contemporary Arts to open 21 March in restored 1912 power station
The CCA, housed in the city's first diesel power station, will become Uzbekistan's first permanent contemporary art centre, with a debut…
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