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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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Uzbekneftegaz fuel depots post first-ever profit after years of losses
Uzbekneftegaz's petroleum depot network has posted a net profit of 25.2 billion soums in the first nine months of the year,…
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Uzbekistan GTL Privatisation Begins With Debts Undisclosed and Trial Under Way
Uzbekistan has begun formal preparations to privatise the $3.42 billion Uzbekistan GTL plant, with an IPO also under consideration, but the…
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Uzbekistan Doubles Land-Use Fines for Unauthorised Occupation from 2018
Amendments to Uzbekistan's Tax Code that took effect on 1 January 2018 set fines for unauthorised land use at four times…
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Turkish Courts Weigh Allegations That Uzbek Tycoon Seized Bodrum Hotel Through Fraudulent Cheque
Batyr Rakhimov, the Uzbek businessman and former owner of the Paxtakor football club, faced sustained negative coverage in the Turkish press…
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ADB Lends Uzbekistan $200 Million to Modernise Creaking Power Grid
The Asian Development Bank will lend Uzbekistan $200 million to reconstruct 60 substations, cut transmission losses and unlock grid capacity for…
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Senate Speaker: Over 301 Billion Soum Stolen From Budget Institutions in 2020
Senate Speaker Tanzila Norboyeva told a plenary session on 23 April 2021 that more than 301 billion soum was stolen from…
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Senate Speaker Rebukes Hokims for Seeking Approval of Already-Spent Budgets
Senate Chairwoman Tanzila Norboyeva told a plenary session that hokims are wrongly seeking council approval for money already spent, and demanded…
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Uzbekistan Freezes 80 Billion Soums in Construction Funds Over Quality Failures
Deputy Construction Minister Kozim To'laganov told the Senate that nearly 80 billion soums in project funding has been frozen pending correction…
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Uzbekistan Lets Taxpayers See Where Their Income, Land and Property Taxes Were Spent
A new module on Uzbekistan's openbudget.uz portal, launched 1 January 2026, lets citizens log in and trace how revenue from their…
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