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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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Uzbekistan commits $350mn to rebuild A-380 highway and expand water access for 1.25mn in Kashkadarya
President Mirziyoyev has ordered officials to advance a package of infrastructure projects in Kashkadarya including a $350mn ADB-backed highway reconstruction and…
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‘Rise of the Conqueror’: How a Danish actor and a Kazakh rainstorm brought Timur to 120 countries
The film about the 14th-century Central Asian ruler premiered on 2 April, shot entirely on location across Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan with…
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Uzbekistan Sets Out Rules for Accrediting Educational Institutions
A draft regulation published for public comment sets out the rules, principles and timelines for state accreditation of Uzbekistan's educational institutions,…
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Tashkent breaks ground on 12 new-format schools across 11 districts
Built in partnership with BI Group, the five-storey campuses are designed to add 18,000 school places by the next academic year,…
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No cause for alarm over Irkutsk plague case, health officials say
Uzbekistan's Sanitary and Epidemiological Committee says border controls and laboratory networks are in place as the WHO monitors an unconfirmed suspected…
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At 40, Cape Verde’s Vozinha became the World Cup’s most unlikely hero
A goalkeeper who spent his career at obscure clubs across four continents stopped Messi four times, drew tears from a stadium…
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From Santiago to Tashkent: A Mathematician Who Sees His Work as Art
Chilean-Canadian professor Waldo Arriagada has taught in the Bahamas, Abu Dhabi and China. Now at New Uzbekistan University, he reflects on…
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Tashkent Metro eyes 14 new five-car trains as city council backs foreign-funded procurement
Seven manufacturers were assessed, but only China's CRRC and Russia's GTS submitted commercial proposals. A decision is expected before a 2027…
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