Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's Airports Authority recorded a +42% increase in passenger traffic in Q1 of 2024 with 3,1 million passengers

Car production in Uzbekistan increased 1,5 times in Q1 compared to January-March 2023

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended a ceremony to launch new industrial and energy projects; according to the presidential press service, 4.600 industrial enterprises were launched in the country in 2023 alone, with industrial output growth of 6%

Yunusabad District Market will be rebuilt to six stories; due to extremely limited space in Tashkent, there is a need to develop industry and commerce through vertical growth of existing infrastructure

The Gavhar Jewel Group company in Yangi-Namangan district has an industrial production capacity of 1.200 kilograms of jewelry per year; launched in 2022, it has equipment from Turkey, Italy, the United States and Germany at a total cost of $6,5 million

Mobile operator Perfectum has been privatized: 100% of the legal entity, Rubicon Wireless Communication, is now owned by Abdumalik Iminov; privatization was ordered by presidential decree in October 2020

A new project to support Uzbekistan's capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public and animal health threats was launched by USAID, in collaboration with FAO and the Veterinary and Livestock Development Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The male students of school No. 2 in Navoi were gathered in the gymnasium and had their hair cut en masse by the school headmaster, Nurkobil Yusupov, who allegedly invited a hairdresser and ordered the boys from different classes to get their hair cut

Uzbekistan's courts found 666 people guilty of sexual harassment under the new Article 41-1 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility in 2023, said Supreme Court spokesman Aziz Abidov

Forest cover has increased by 1 million hectares to 11,9 million hectares in the last six years, now reaching 26,4% of the country's total area, said Forest Agency Director Nizomiddin Bakirov

A bill to mitigate penalties for the illegal import of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been passed by the Uzbekistan Senate; it introduces administrative liability instead of criminal liability

The 'sandal', a low wooden table covered with a blanket and equipped with a heat source underneath, is becoming popular in modern Uzbekistan due to the country's energy crisis