Turkey has suspended all trade relations - exports and imports - with Israel since Thursday. The country's government has not given official information about it. However, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz confirmed the news and said that countermeasures will be taken.
In the Jalalabad region of Kyrgyzstan, a small truck loaded with ice cream ran over a group of schoolchildren who were participating in a nationwide action to read the epic "Manas". According to the latest information, 31 children were injured in the incident. The driver was arrested.
Starting from May 1, citizens of 25 countries could visit Tajikistan without a visa for up to 30 days. Citizens of 16 countries over the age of 55 were allowed to enter without a visa for up to 14 days. Citizens of 14 countries will be able to get visas to Tajikistan in a simplified manner.
In recent days, Russian border guards have been mass-prohibiting not only citizens of Tajikistan, but also immigrants from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan from entering the territory of Russia at airports and ground crossing points. Human rights defender Valentina Chupik said that only a quarter of those detained are citizens of Tajikistan, two percent more are immigrants from Uzbekistan, and the rest are representatives of Kyrgyzstan.
In his speech at the Tashkent International Investment Forum, Shavkat Mirziyoev III presented a number of proposals aimed at strengthening the protection of investors' rights. In particular, the "Investment" law, which complies with the procedures and standards of the World Trade Organization, will be adopted, the International Commercial Court will start working in the country, and the period for leasing land to foreign investors will be extended twice.
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Vice President of Turkey Javdat Yilmaz. Yilmaz also held talks with Senate Chairman Tanzila Norboeva and Minister of Economy and Finance Jamshid Kochkarov.
Anorbank and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector have agreed to jointly implement the project of establishing the first Islamic bank in Uzbekistan.
More than 40 billion tenge ($90 million) seized from oligarchs who tried to launder money abroad in Kazakhstan will be spent on social programs, including relief from the consequences of floods in the north of the country, it was announced.
Erlan Turgumbaev, the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, was arrested in connection with the 2022 riots. He is accused of abuse of office with serious consequences.
By the decree of the President, from January 2025, it was allowed to organize and conduct risk-based games (online gambling - ed.), bookmaking activities on the Internet in Uzbekistan. How did the public accept this decision? Azon Global studied the reaction of social media users to this decision.