Around 2,6 million mobile phones worth $236,2 million were imported into Uzbekistan in January-August 2024, more than 10.000 phones per day, according to the local Statistics Agency

A Russian company will build a $100m aluminium can production unit in Navoi with an investment of $100m

French language courses will be set up in 12 kindergartens in Uzbekistan for one year using the innovative Kokoro lingua platform

The Anti-Corruption Agency said it found cases of conflict of interest in three other ministries, Transport, Pre-School and School Education and Culture, and related organisations, whose 107 officials hold shares in 116 business entities

Increasingly influential first daughter is seen as successor to President Mirziyoev, who amended the Uzbek constitution last year to pave the way for him to potentially stay in power for another 14 years and looks keen of keeping power within his family