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Son of Alleged Smuggling Tycoon Spent $3 Million on London Mosque
A company owned by Nur Muhammed Palvan, son of an alleged Central Asian smuggling tycoon, paid $3 million for a north London church now operating as the UK's first Uyghur mosque — raising questions about…
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Saida Mirziyoyeva Named to Chair New Energy Investors’ Council as President Cites Corruption and Bureaucracy
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced on 16 October the creation of an Investors' Council for the fuel and energy sector, placing his…
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President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced on October 16 that Saida Mirziyoyeva will chair a newly created energy sector investors council, established in…
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Trade with Britain Reaches £2.1 Billion as Ambassador Smart Ends Three-Year Tashkent Mission
British Ambassador Timothy Smart is departing Tashkent after three years, leaving behind a bilateral trade relationship that expanded nearly eightfold, a…
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Notary System Overrides National Law to Bar Visually Impaired Citizens from Basic Services
A visually impaired Tashkent resident was denied a routine power of attorney on July 24 because a 2019 Ministry of Justice…
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New Tashkent water facilities and Trans-Afghan corridor headline UAE investment talks in Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan's Deputy Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade Shohrukh Gulyamov held a series of bilateral meetings with major UAE companies in…
→Henderson Land Group Eyes New Tashkent and Renewable Energy in Talks with Presidential Administration
Saida Mirziyoyeva, Head of the Presidential Administration, met Henderson Land Group Chairman Peter Lee on October 16 to discuss potential joint…
→Saida Mirziyoyeva to chair new energy investors council as Mirziyoyev targets project delays
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced the creation of an Investors' Council for the fuel and energy sector, appointing Saida Mirziyoyeva, head…
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Six Sentenced for Fatal Gulistan Teahouse Explosion as Court Orders 8.7 Billion Soum Asset Seizure
The Akaltyn District Criminal Court has sentenced six people — including the teahouse manager and staff from an unlicensed gas-filling station…
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Energy Sector Secures US$4.7 Billion in New Agreements as State Shifts to Integrated Grid Strategy
Six energy agreements worth US$4.7 billion were signed at an investor dialogue chaired by President Mirziyoyev, adding 3,000 MW of generation…
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