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TASHKENT (TCA) — A company from the UK, Aggreko, has been implementing a pilot project to create an efficient heat and power supply system in Tashkent region’s Yangiyul city, the Jahon information agency reports.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Project results have been finalized containing detailed plans for the sustainable remediation of the uranium mining and processing legacy sites at Degmay and Istiklol in Tajikistan. It is now clear what type of work needs to be done to effectively improve the situation for the local population and to stop spreading the contamination, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The death of a schoolteacher who relatives and colleagues say was hit by a truck while cleaning streets in Samarkand ahead of a visit by President Shavkat Mirziyoev has sparked controversy in tightly controlled Uzbekistan, where compelling teachers and medical personnel to do cleaning work is a longstanding practice, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Human rights activist Gaybullo Jalilov has been released after serving eight years in prison in Uzbekistan, his relatives told RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The rise of the Islamic State in Afghanistan poses a threat to both the Kabul government and neighboring Central Asian states, while the rivalry between the IS and the Taliban (both in terms of ideology and the scope of terrorist attacks) would only mean an increase in insurgency and terror. We are republishing this article on the issue by Sudha Ramachandran, originally published by the CACI Analyst:
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The President of Uzbekistan has approved the decision to create a free economic zone “Sport” in the Tashkent region. It will represent an industrial cluster with dozens of enterprises specializing in the production of sportswear and sports equipment, with the participation of the world’s leading manufacturers, the Jahon information agency reported.
The FEZ “Sport” will be created before June 30, 2018. It is planned to attract such well-known brands as Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Li Ning, Eleiko, Janssen-Fritsen, Gymnova, and others. Negotiations with foreign partners will be conducted by the State Committee for Investments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, as well as the National Project Management Agency and the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports.
To date, the sports goods industry in Uzbekistan is in its infancy. Basically, these products are produced by enterprises of the automobile industry. So, the joint Uzbek-Korean enterprise Uz-Tong Hong Co., which produces seats for cars, in parallel produces basketball, football, volleyball, tennis and other kinds of balls. It also produces many types of sports equipment — trampolines, tennis and badminton racquets, and sports shoes.
At the same time, most of the market is occupied by cheap Chinese products that are not always of the appropriate quality. Therefore, one of the immediate tasks of the new free economic zone is the saturation of the domestic market and the ousting of Chinese imports first from the country and then from the region.
