Once home to ruler and astronomer Mirzo Ulugbek’s legendary observatory — a beacon of science in the 15th century — the Uzbek city of Samarkand is set to reclaim its place among the stars. In 2028, ...

Termez is nobody’s idea of an exciting place. History does at times blow through this southern Uzbekistan city, however. When Soviet forces departed from Afghanistan in the late 1980s, many of them ...

In its haste to build a national identity and squeeze more tourism income out of its ancient past, Uzbekistan may have killed the goose that lays the golden eggs in the ancient southeastern city of ...

The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation has announced that the inaugural Bukhara Biennial will debut in the ancient Uzbekistan city on September 5, 2025. This first edition, titled ...

Visiting Central Asia had been on my bucket list for quite a while. So when I finally got the chance to head to Kazakhstan, I decided to take a pit-stop on my way there. This is how I got to Tashkent, ...

A landlocked central Asian country is planning to launch a visionary new urban project, designed to house millions of residents and become a hub for innovation and sustainability. Dubbed "New Tashkent ...