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On April 30, 2026, the launch event of the project “Lombardy Meets Samarkand: Investment Opportunities” took place at Palazzo Lombardia. The initiative was organized in collaboration with Unioncamere Lombardia and Promos Italia, with the support of CIUZ. The event, held within the framework of the agreements signed in 2025 between the Regione Lombardia and the …

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On March 23–24, the Italy–Central Asia Business Forum “Innovation, Regenerative Agriculture, and Digitalization for Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems” took place in Tashkent, bringing together institutions and companies from the agri-food sector from Italy, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan. The Forum, strongly promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and organized in collaboration with the Italian Trade …

Italy–Central Asia Business Forum dedicated to the agri-food sector: CIUZ in Tashkent together with its member companies in the industry Read More »

On March 18 and 19, Match4 2026 – East Europe & Central Asia took place in Pordenone, an event in the furniture and design sector that brings together leading Italian companies with key buyers, designers, and developers from the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Organized by CIUZ member Médinit and Pordenone Fiere, the event …

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On March 7, the Uzbek Ambassador to Italy, Abat Fayzullaev, was received in Florence by the President of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani. The meeting was organized by the Honorary Consul of Uzbekistan for Tuscany and Umbria, as well as CIUZ Advisor, Leonardo Comucci, and took place at Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati, the headquarters of the …

Ambassador Fayzullaev visits Florence: a twinning agreement between the Tuscany Region and the Bukhara Region has been announced Read More »

During the last week of February, a commercial scouting mission in Uzbekistan was organized by CIUZ for its member PEG Italy. Accompanied by Giuseppe Ferrario, Executive Vice President of CIUZ, and Oibek Irgashev, CIUZ local representative in Tashkent, PEG (Progetti Europa & Global), an international leader in the development of EPC projects in the Oil & …

Mission in the Oil & Gas Sector for Member PEG Read More »

On February 16, a gastronomic presentation was held at Affresco Restaurant in Tashkent, organized by CIUZ members Sarba International and Interra Advisory. The event spotlighted two iconic products of the Italian culinary tradition — pasta and extra virgin olive oil — represented respectively by the brands Pasta Mancini and Olio Roi. The presentation opened with …

Italian flavors in Tashkent: CIUZ Members Sarba and Interra Advisory present Italian products for the Uzbek market Read More »

On February 18, 2026, the second Italy–Uzbekistan Rectors’ Forum opened at Roma Tre University, organized by the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) in collaboration with the Ministry of University and Research, Roma Tre University, and the Uzbek Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation. The Forum was attended by the Italian Minister of University …

Cooperation in Education and Research: The Second Forum between Italian and Uzbek Rectors Read More »

On January 21, the concert of the Soloists of the Academy for Advanced Training of Opera Singers was held at Teatro alla Scala. Among the evening’s leading performers was Akilbek Piyazov, an Uzbek baritone, who performed two arias, one from La Gioconda by Ponchielli and one from Linda di Chamounix by Donizetti. Piyazov is one …

Uzbek talents on the Italian stage: Akilbek Piyazov at La Scala theatre Read More »

On January 19, on her return from a trip to Asia, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was received in Tashkent by the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. This was the first meeting between the two leaders since Prime Minister Meloni’s official visit to Samarkand in 2025, during which Italy and Uzbekistan signed the Joint Declaration …

Premier Meloni was received in Tashkent by President Mirziyoyev Read More »

The Italy–Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce wishes to extend its congratulations to H.E. Guido De Sanctis, who was appointed Ambassador of Italy to Tashkent on January 5. Ambassador De Sanctis has a thirty-year diplomatic career, with postings in Ukraine, Switzerland, Libya, Qatar, Russia, and Albania. In 2017, he also headed the Unit for the Russian Federation, …

Guido De Sanctis is the new Ambassador of Italy in Tashkent Read More »