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Uzbekistan to open two technoparks in Tashkent

TASHKENT (TCA) — Specialized innovative technoparks will be established in Yashnobod and Olmazor districts of Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent in the near future, the Jahon information agency reported. Continue reading

NATO to close Central Asian office in Tashkent

TASHKENT (TCA) — The NATO Liaison Office in Central Asia will be closed early next year, Rosaria Puglisi, head of the Liaison Office, said in an interview with Fergana information agency. The liaison office is currently based in Tashkent but coordinates the alliance’s activities and cooperation with all the countries in the region.   Continue reading

ADB loan to improve water supply in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent province

TASHKENT (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says it has approved a $120 million loan to improve access to safe, reliable, sustainable, and affordable water supply services for over 260,000 inhabitants in the Kibray and Zangiota districts of the Tashkent Province in Uzbekistan. Continue reading

South Korea to invest $250 million to build new terminal at Tashkent airport

TASHKENT (TCA) — South Korea and Uzbekistan on September 29 signed a memorandum of understanding on Korea’s participation in building a new passenger terminal at Tashkent Airport.   Continue reading

Uzbekistan after Karimov: a scenario of discord?

BISHKEK (TCA) — The death of President Karimov is watched by International media and all Central Asia republics, as well as such powers as Russia, China and the United States, due to the fact that what will happen next in Uzbekistan may outline a future scenario and alliance of the entire Central Asia. The following article is an excerpt from what has been written by Rene Cagnat, an expert in Central Asia, who for many years served as the military attache at the French Embassy in Tashkent. Now Mr. Cagnat is living between Paris and Bishkek, and the following excerpt was translated from French into English by The Times of Central Asia. The full article in French can be read here Continue reading

Uzbekistan after Karimov

LONDON (TCA) — Will the death of Uzbekistan’s longstanding ruler cause an “Uzbek Spring” with room for more public input and a less oppressive state apparatus, without hollowing out the state itself? As things look, the disappearance of one of the last remaining “Soviet heirs” and his replacement is an affair to be settled within a very narrow circle of men-behind-the-throne. That does not mean, however, that things on a slightly longer term could not change for the better. Continue reading