On 10 September, a special screening of “A New Look: Uzbek Fashion Following Independence,” a documentary by young British filmmaker Dan Akhm exploring the development of fashion in independent Uzbekistan, took place in London.
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The World Nomad Games 2026 in Kyrgyzstan attracted genuine public enthusiasm. Yet transport failures, overcrowding, ticketing disorder and complaints from competitors revealed how far the organisation lagged behind the spectacle.
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On September 2, the Uzbek premiere of the short documentary film "A New Look: Uzbek Fashion Following Independence" by British director Dan Akhm took place in Tashkent
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A special screening of "Kurmanjan Datka: Queen of the Mountains," one of the most significant historical films from Central Asia, will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 7.
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On July 31, the Kyrgyz resort city of Cholpon-Ata hosted an informal meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia and Azerbaijan.
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On World Nature Conservation Day, July 28, Uzbekistan officially launched ECODATA, an electronic geo-information database for biodiversity and protected natural areas.
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Uzbekistan’s exports totaled $14.4 billion in January–June 2026. Compared to the same period last year, exports increased by 32.2% ($3.5 billion).
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On 29 July, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan, the European Union (EU), and the Government of Kazakhstan officially launched the project "Advancing Local Governance Reform in Kazakhstan"
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On July 28, Bishkek hosted the Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan Business Forum titled “Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan: Industrial Cooperation, Investment and Trade.”
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Astana witnessed its first-ever demonstration flight of an air taxi based on an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft on July 24.
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On July 25, Kyrgyzstan launched the operation of the Balykchy-Kochkor railway line and Kochkor station in the Naryn region. The new 63-km line is the first stage of the Balykchy - Kara-Keche - Makmal railway construction project
At the Russia–Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk on 25 July, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivered one of the more striking diplomatic interventions in the debate over the Russia–Ukraine war.
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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 22nd Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum, “Forming a Global Logistics Ecosystem: New Horizons for Russia-Kazakhstan Cooperation.”
On July 24, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov and Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov took part in the first meeting of the Council of Heads of Regions of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which was held in the Kazakh city of Aktau
At the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee in Busan, Republic of Korea on July 25, a decision was adopted to inscribe the “Rock Mosques and Associated Sacred Sites of Mangystau” on the UNESCO World Heritage List, according to Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry