Uzbekistan News » Surkhandarya News Uzbekistan » Surkhandarya » Politics: In Uzbekistan, ‘Farmers Have No Freedom’
News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/02/in-uzbekistan-farmers-have-no-freedom/
Published on: Monday 16 February 2026
The Uzbekistan government, in recent years, has ended state-imposed forced labor by cotton pickers and has committed to undertaking Soviet-style agricultural sector reforms more broadly. While there ...
News Uzbekistan » Surkhandarya » Politics: Uzbekistan to Modernize Transport Infrastructure and Reform the Sector with Support from the World Bank
News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/03/23/uzbekistan-to-modernize-transport-infrastructure-and-reform-the-sector-with-support-from-the-world-bank
Published on: Sunday 22 March 2026
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2026 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $200 million project to help Uzbekistan modernize transport infrastructure in the country’s Surkhandarya ...
News Uzbekistan » Surkhandarya » Politics: Uzbekistan: A Silk Mirage
News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/11/uzbekistan-a-silk-mirage/
Published on: Tuesday 11 November 2025
It’s impossible to discuss today’s Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s “New Uzbekistan,” without making a comparisons to the old Uzbekistan, the country Islam Karimov built. The stories of ...