Uzbekistan: Switzerland to help with water project

Uzbekistan and Switzerland signed an intergovernmental agreement on realization of a project “National management of water resources in Uzbekistan”. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Water Management of Uzbekistan Shavkat Hamraev and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Deputy Ambassador of Switzerland in Uzbekistan Thierry Umbehr signed the document. According to information service of the ministry, Switzerland will issue…

Uzbekistan: minimum wage to go up

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a decree to increase the wage of employees of budgetary institutions and organizations, pensions, stipends and grants on average 1.15 times (15%). The document comes into effect on October 1. According to the decree, the minimum wage rate on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan will…