Uzbekistan is expanding knitted fabric production as its textile industry moves toward higher-value products and deeper domestic processing. Large textile enterprises produced 70,100 tons of knitted fabric in 2025, up 32.5% from the previous year. The strategy focuses on processing more cotton into yarn, fabric, knitted products, and finished garments instead of relying mainly on…
Uzbekistan’s poverty rate will drop to 9% by the end of the year, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated. According to him, if collaboration with entrepreneurs continues, “we can confidently reduce this figure to 6% in the coming years.” The president also discussed plans in tourism, taxation, exports, and infrastructure development. Photo: Presidential press service On December…
Italy’s Ansaldo Energia Holding may be engaged in Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) project, the Agency for Atomic Energy under the Cabinet of Ministers (Uzatom) reported. On 20 October, Uzatom Director Azim Akhmedkhadjayev met with representatives of Ansaldo Energia and its subsidiary Ansaldo Nucleare, which specializes in nuclear power technologies. The parties discussed expanding cooperation…
The company may act as a technical consultant, overseeing the implementation of the plant’s construction. Photo: Uzatom Italy’s Ansaldo Energia Holding may be engaged in Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) project, the Agency for Atomic Energy under the Cabinet of Ministers (Uzatom) reported. On 20 October, Uzatom Director Azim Akhmedkhadjayev met with representatives of Ansaldo…
Specialists are studying the causes of an oil-containing fluid seepage at the M-25 (25 Years of Independence) gas field in Baysun district of Surkhandarya region. Photos and videos of the incident appeared on social media in early January. Gazeta learned that the first release of a black fluid — a mixture of oil, gas and water — was recorded on 22 December. This occurred at the site of a gryphon, a fluid discharge point formed…





