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The new constitution that Uzbeks will vote on next month would give leader Shavkat Mirziyoev a path to remain in power until 2040, but the state machine is choosing to ignore those changes and highlight other ones.
Uzbek parliament's upper chamber, the Senate, has approved a bill on the Central Asian nation's new constitution that would allow President Shavkat Mirziyoev to run for a third term in office.
Uzbek lawmakers have agreed to hold a referendum on a new constitution that would allow President Shavkat Mirziyoev to run for a third term in office.
Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office said on March 9 that Russian journalist Aleksandr Nechayev had died in Tashkent from a heart condition.
An Uzbek singer has been barred from performing because the clothes she wore at a recent performance were deemed by officials to be inappropriate and "immoral." But Shahrizoda Ahmedova, aka Kaniza, is fighting back, saying she hasn't done anything wrong.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed bilateral ties with acting Uzbek Foreign Minister Baxtiyor Saidov.
An explosion at an iron foundry in Uzbekistan's eastern region of Namangan has killed two workers and injured one.
Uzbekistan's Anti-Corruption Agency said on February 10 that the chief of the State Pharmacy Agency, Sardor Kariev, and several of his subordinates have been arrested over the deaths of 20 children in December allegedly caused by a medicine imported from India.
An investigation by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reveals that President Shavkat Mirziyoev's major energy projects came under withering criticism from a secret government working group -- and that a network of Russian and Uzbek political insiders are reaping profits from them.
A noted Uzbek investigative blogger known for his criticism of the government has been detained in Tashkent. The city police said on February 9 that Abduqodir Mominov is suspected of alleged fraud and extortion.
A court in the southwestern Uzbek city of Bukhara has handed sentences to 22 people -- including lawyer and journalist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov -- for taking part in unprecedented anti-government protests in the autonomous Karakalpakstan region last year.
An explosion in a residential building in Uzbekistan's autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan has killed at least five people.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has cut the staff of the government and state entities by 24 percent.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has fired the mayor of the capital, Tashkent, and several other officials for failing to properly prepare for the winter as a deep freeze makes its way across Central Asia.
The Soviet-era leader of Uzbekistan, Rafiq Nishonov, has died at the age of 96 in Moscow.
Prosecutors at the trial of 22 people accused of undermining Uzbekistan's constitutional order for taking part in anti-government protests last year have asked a court in the southwestern city of Bukhara to convict all the defendants and sentence 20 of them to prison terms between five and 18 years.
Uzbekistan has arrested four people over the deaths of 19 children who consumed a cough syrup made by Indian pharmaceuticals company Marion Biotech, the state security service said on January 6.
Former Uzbek Prosecutor-General Rashidjon Qodirov, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on corruption charges in June 2019, has been released on parole.
Uzbekistan has suspended the sale of all products by Indian pharmaceuticals company Marion Biotech, after a cold syrup made by the drugmaker was blamed for the deaths of at least 19 children in the Central Asian country.
Authorities in Uzbekistan say 18 children have died after taking a medicinal syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical company for relief of cold and flu symptoms.
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