A $4.7bn financing package drawn largely from China has been announced for the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Kyrgyzstan state media reports. The railway will be developed by a joint venture set up…

The World Bank has announced a $250m financing package to improve municipal infrastructure and services in Uzbekistan. The country is experiencing rapid, uncoordinated urbanisation amid ageing utility and social infrastructure,…

UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has unveiled the design for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The 23,000 sq m development will…

The governments of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to begin work on an $8bn railway to China next month, confirming a target set back in March, website BNE News reports.…

Uzbekistan’s atomic energy agency has concluded a deal with Rosatom’s export division to begin work on a power station containing six small modular reactors. The project, one of the first…

Uzbekistan will start work in September on a nuclear plant for six small modular reactors (SMRs), local media report. UzAtom, the country’s nuclear energy agency, signed a protocol with Russian…

A team led by UK architect Cross Works has been chosen by the government of Uzbekistan to masterplan the first phase of New Tashkent, the country’s new capital. Groundworks have…

Russia will help Uzbekistan build two nuclear power plants, Uzbek news agency Kun.uz reports. The agreement was reached after Russian president Vladimir Putin met Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Uzbekistan,…

Work on a 523km railway between western China and Uzbekistan through Kyrgyzstan will start in October, Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov said in a speech this week, reports The Diplomat, citing…

China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan will form a company to build a 523km rail link between western China and Uzbekistan, the Railway Supply website reports. The decision was made during a…