Tanzila Narbayeva urges officials to adhere to ethical standards when dealing with journalists

Officials must correctly accept criticism from the media and adhere to ethical standards when dealing with journalists, Senate Chairperson of Oliy Majlis Tanzila Narbayeva said on Saturday, Kun.uz correspondent reports. Read more

UZEX: Price of gasoline and liquefied gas declines, gold rises in price

As a result of exchange trades, held on November 18 - 24, 2019 at the UZEX, prices on various commodity segments of the exchange market declined. Read more

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow arrives in Tashkent

At the invitation of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit, UzA said. Read more

Vladimir Norov: SCO will become a key center for global development

In the short term, the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will become a key center for global development, whose economic scale will reach 40% of the world GDP by 2030. Read more

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov invites Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Kazan

The President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov invited the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to visit Tatarstan as part of his visit to Russia. This was reported on the presidential website of Tatarstan. Read more

CB Chairman: “The refinancing rate will be reduced in 2020”

In Uzbekistan, the refinancing rate will be reduced. This was stated by the Chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan Mamarizo Nurmuratov, Kun.uz correspondent reports. Read more

XXIV plenary session of the Senate to be held in Tashkent

On November 30, the XXIV plenary session of the Senate of Oliy Majlis will be held in the capital city. The decision on this was made today, November 25, at a meeting of the Council. Read more

How many Uzbek people were granted Russian citizenship in 2019? 

In 2019, 48% more foreigners were granted Russian citizenship in comparison to 2018. Vechernyaya Moskva reported about it.  Read more

Central Bank establishes new exchange rates of foreign currencies against the Uzbek soum

Upper limit of attracting external public debt established

Uzbekistan will introduce a mechanism for setting the upper limits of public debt attraction. This is stated in the “roadmap” to reduce inflation and ensure price stability in 2020. Read more

Major General Dmitry Pan arrested on charges of abusing power

A criminal case has been instituted against the former commander of the Guard Troops of the Interior Ministry, Major General Dmitry Pan. Read more

State owes 1.1 trillion soums to owners of demolished properties

On November 21, at a meeting of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, deputies considered the report of the Cabinet of Ministers on implementation of the state budget and the budgets of state trust funds for the nine months of 2019. Read more

Shavkat Mirziyoyev dismisses Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and the Commander of the Guard Troops

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for the maintenance of public order, Colonel Muhiddin Jurayev resigned, a Kun.uz source reported. Read more

EBRD to provide nearly $250 million loan to Uzbekistan

On November 20, an interim session of the Council of Foreign Investors under the President of Uzbekistan, organized by the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), was held in Tashkent. Read more

Interior Ministers of Uzbekistan and India sign an agreement on combating transnational crime

Uzbekistan’s Minister of Internal Affairs Pulat Bobojonov held a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Amit Shah on November 20, the ministerial press service reports. Read more

Kun.uz editorial team meets with the capital’s khokim Jakhongir Artikhodjayev, clears up mutual misunderstandings

In recent days, social media and local internet websites have been actively discussing the audio recording of the khokim of Tashkent Jakhongir Artikhodjayev, who insulted and threatened Kun.uz journalists. Read more

Senate Chairperson Tanzila Narbayeva to pay an official visit to St. Petersburg

Branch of a prestigious UK university to be established in Tashkent region

A branch of a prestigious UK university will be established in Kibray district of Tashkent region. Read more

Turkey to deport 82 Uzbek citizens, who used to be ISIS members 

Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries to meet in Tashkent on November 15

Mirziyoyev appoints 28-year-old scientist as Deputy Minister of Innovative Development

In accordance with the presidential decree, Olimjon Tuychiev has been appointed Deputy Minister of Innovative Development. Read more

Tashkent to host consultative meeting of the CA heads of state

On November 27, Tashkent will host the second consultative meeting of the CA heads of state. This was announced on Tuesday by the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. Read more

Shavkat Mirziyoyev addresses participants of the Valdai Discussion Club

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev hopes that the 10th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club, which takes place in Samarkand, will be fruitful and outline new prospects for interaction between the countries of Central Asia. Read more

Turkic Council Secretary General plans to visit Tashkent again to strengthen cooperation in trade and investment

On November 9, 2019, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilhom Nematov met in Antalya with the Secretary General of the Turkic Council Baghdad Amreyev. Read more

MMA Association established in Uzbekistan. Otabek Umarov elected as Head of the Association

A document confirming the creation of this Association was issued on October 23 of this year. Read more

EBRD ready to help Uzbekistan develop road economy strategy

The PPP agency held a meeting with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to discuss improvement of public infrastructure in Uzbekistan, the Finance Ministry reports. Read more

IMF sees 4.5% economic growth in Uzbekistan in 2019-2020

Economies in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) will expand by an overall 4.5% in both 2019 and 2020 despite global trade tensions and slowing growth in key trading partners, Reuters writes with reference to the International Monetary Fund report. Read more