Asia Uzbekistan Last year, agriculture consumed 39 billion cubic metres of water, of which 36% was lost in canals and ditches with earthen beds; in the past two years, subsidies have been allocated to the water sector also to inroduce water-saving technologies
Asia Uzbekistan The restriction that limited importing of vehicles to one per year for persons or companies, for their personal or corporate needs, has been lifted
Asia Uzbekistan Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Tashkent have negotiated and signed a trilateral protocol formalizing the agreed volumes and schedule of water releases from the Toktogul reservoir for the next two months
Asia Uzbekistan Classrooms with more than 35 students have been diminishing, but 5,2% - some 13.500 out of 259.636 - still exceed; senior officials from the Ministry of Preschool and School Education outlined their plans for addressing the shortage of school places
Asia Uzbekistan Legal amendments are being considered that would introduce fines for online insults and obscene language; The proposal aims to regulate behavior on digital platforms, with authorities seeking to curb abusive content