Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley will benefit from a new rural enterprise development project approved today by the World Bank’s Executive Directors. The project will be supported by a US$ 200 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The Government of Uzbekistan has recognized the need to reform its…

Uzbekistan plans to start producing the Russian Sputnik V vaccine from next week. The vaccine production will be established at the production facilities of Jurabek Laboratories in Almalyk. The head of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that initially the enterprise will produce up to 2 million doses of vaccine per month.