Afghanistan and Uzbekistan Reach Agreement On Railway Project
February 26th, 2025
Via AMU.tv, a report on a new agreement between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan on a railway project: Taliban’s deputy chief minister, Abdul Ghani Baradar, said on Sunday that they reached an agreement with Uzbekistan on the planned Hairatan-Herat railway project as the Uzbek side will send its team for feasibility studies. Addressing reporters upon returning from […]
Read more »‘It Risks Becoming a Venice in the Desert’: The Dark Side of Uzbekistan’s Tourism Boom
February 14th, 2025
Via BBC, a report on Uzbekistan’s ambitious tourism drive: The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious tourism drive – but is sparring with heritage experts over how to protect its historical sites. The sound of a jackhammer rattles through the air. In Bukhara, a former trading hub on the ancient Silk Road in what is […]
Read more »Uzbekistan: The Next Critical Minerals Hub?
February 3rd, 2025
Via Global Trade Review, an article on how Uzbekistan which has an abundance of high-value commodities – minerals and metals – that will be vital to the energy transition. Could this resource-rich, landlocked country become a key supply source for the US and Europe? Uzbekistan, one of Central Asia’s largest economies, was for many years […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Targets Growth With Expansion To Its Capital
November 25th, 2024
Via CNN, a report on Uzbekistan’s growth plans: This render depicts New Tashkent District 1. The 6,000-hectare (15,000 acre) site will be the first development phase of Uzbekistan’s capital expansion. Cross Works About five million people live and work in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, making it the largest city in the country, and one of the most populous […]
Read more »Central Asia Investing in Itself
November 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how – while foreign investment has long been a focus for Central Asia – regional countries are now increasingly investing within the region itself: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to Astana in August 2024 marked the inaugural meeting of the Supreme Interstate Council of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. As both […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Signs Major Green Energy Pact With Central Asian Nations
November 16th, 2024
Via Arab News, a report on Saudi Arabia’s new major green energy pact with Central Asian nations: Saudi Arabia has signed a joint executive program with Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan to strengthen collaboration on renewable energy development and transmission. The deal was signed on the sidelines of the 29th UN Climate Summit in Baku by […]
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