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05/20/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/20/2021 08:20 Uzbekistan Announces Winner of the Tender for Solar Power Plants in the Jizzakh and Samarkand regions Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May 20, 2021-Uzbekistan today announced the winning bidder of the public-private partnerships (PPPs) for two photovoltaic solar parks in the Jizzakh and Samarkand regions. These PPPs, tendered under the World Bank Group's Scaling Solar program, will soon add more than 400 megawatts of clean and renewable energy to the country's energy mix. Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) was awarded the...

OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MAY 12, 2021 Executive Summary The constitution provides for freedom of religion or belief and separation of government and religion. Throughout the year, the government consulted with international legal scholars regarding draft updates to the law on religion, and on August 6, it officially requested a joint opinion from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission. On October 12, the OSCE end Venice Commission issued their joint opinion, stating that while the draft provided some impr...

Manufactured Fun: Theme Parks in the Stans The Soviet's left their mark in more than one way. May 16, 2021 In the USSR, having a city meant having a theme park — no exceptions. Opened in 1928, Moscow’s Gorky Park amazed spectators with rides that showcased the epitome of Marxist-Leninist mechanical ingenuity whilst familiarising the masses with proletarian recreation. Prior to the ascendancy of the Bolsheviks, parks were meeting places for ‘undesirables,’ but the regeneration of public space was so lauded within the Communist Party that similar projects began appearing everywhere from...

Coronavirus cases exceed 96 thousand in Uzbekistan SOCIETY 11:36 164 On May 13, 291 people tested positive for coronavirus in Uzbekistan, bringing the number of total recorded cases to 96,117. “124 cases were registered in the city of Tashkent, 8 – in Karakalpakstan, 7 – in Andijan, 7 – in Bukhara, 3 – in Jizzakh, 5 – in Kashkadarya, 2 – in Navoi, 6 – in Namangan, 26 – in Samarkand, 6 – in Syrdarya, 1 – in Surkhandarya, 20 – in Fergana, 8 – in Khorezm and 68 – in Tashkent region,” the Ministry of...

New and revised entries ** Ukraine's second-largest producer of gasoline and diesel fuel, Shebelinka GPP, which operates under the Shebel brand name, completed scheduled maintenance in April, the company said. This is the first time the refinery has conducted maintenance and has continued to produce gasoline and diesel fuel. The refinery decided not to shut down operations during the maintenance work due to concerns of looming shortages of diesel fuel in the country. The refinery managed to produce an additional 14,000 mt of petroleum products in April due to optimization of maintenance works...