Uzbekistan
PANNIER: Taliban look north for friends
Faced by a hostile Pakistan to the east and south, and a conflict-wracked Iran to the west, Afghanistan’s rulers turn to Central Asia for options.
CEVF 2026 provides window on Central Asia’s growing venture ecosystem
Held for the first time in Uzbekistan, event offered 800 investors, founders and tech leaders insights into innovation landscape.
Uzbekistan’s National Investment Fund eyes IPOs in London and Tashkent
Managed by a Franklin Templeton company, UzNIF at end-2025 held minority stakes across aviation, energy, banking and telecoms with a $2.4bn net asset value.
Mirziyoyeva appears at Mar-a-Lago as US, Uzbekistan expand ties
President’s daughter meets with Rubio, attends inaugural meeting of bilateral business investment council.
Bullion sales in Uzbekistan surge eightfold
Consumers last year rushed for gold as investment as world prices shot upwards.
BP leading effort to develop energy deposits in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
British energy giant reportedly interested in building new trans-Caspian energy corridor.
PANNIER: Uzbekistan’s air pollution officials search for lasting solutions
There’s no quick fix to a dilemma made worse by increasingly frequent dust storms.
Headline inflation in Uzbekistan edges down to 7.1% in March
Year-on-year food price growth slowed to 5.6% from the 7.6% seen 12 months previously.
Erdogan lobbies Fico in campaign to lift EU sanctions on Uzbek tycoon Usmanov
Media outlet publishes full text of letter written to Slovak PM by Turkish president.
$2bn World Bank loan to eliminate Bosporus bottleneck in China-Europe trade corridor breakthrough
INRAIL project also a boost for commerce aross Central Asia, Caucasus and Middle East.
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade expands by 7% to $11.6bn in Jan-Feb
Trade deficit posted at $4.5bn.
China and Turkmenistan cannot get their gas export numbers straight
Eurasianet’s China-Central Asia Monitor: March 20-26, 2026.
TCHAKAROV: Shockwaves from Tehran in the Caucasus and Central Asia
The spillover effects of recent developments in Iran have already begun to manifest themselves in ways that demand investor attention.
India striving to keep trade pace with Pakistan, reaching out to Central Asia
South Asian rivalry adding new dimension.
Middle East conflict fallout to slow growth, push up inflation in Emerging Europe and Mediterranean region, EBRD says
Development bank says economic fallout is already spreading, through higher energy and fertiliser costs, damage to tourism and higher debt-servicing costs.
Tashkent overpass wall “built to last century” collapses into road below
Recalling other infrastructure failures, observers ask how it is that Uzbekistan allows such poor construction work to take place.
Russian power entities appear plagued by financing troubles in Central Asia
Chinese firms stepping in.