Uzbekistan’s cultural gems are becoming more accessible with new trains. Here, how to see the Silk Road by rail.

Samarkand. It’s a name that rolls off the tongue, conjuring up images of adventure, exploration and far-away mysteries. Founded in around 700 BCE, it’s one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities ...

Soar over Samarkand, Uzbekistan’s ancient Silk Road city, where majestic blue-tiled madrasas, grand mosques, and centuries-old domes create a mesmerizing skyline—captured in stunning drone footage ...

The word Samarkand, for many, conjures up exotic images – from majestic blue tiled mosques to fragrant spice markets. Located in east-central Uzbekistan, it is one of the oldest cities in ...

Speaking at the session titled 'EU-Central Asia Partnership: The Road from the Samarkand Summit', Klaar praised Uzbekistan's ...

Although the EIB has been active in Central Asia for over a decade, Monguzzi noted that "a major step up is happening" as the ...

Air Samarkand expands flights to Georgia, Turkey, and Israel, launching new routes to Tbilisi and Batumi while increasing service to Istanbul and Tel Aviv.

Uzbekistan will host the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 59th Annual Meeting on 3 to 6 May 2026. The meeting will be held in the historic city of Samarkand, one of the oldest continuously inhabited ...

That search is increasingly focused on Central Asia, as the recent European Union-Central Asia summit in Samarkand showed. The summit, at which the EU announced nearly 12 billion euros in investments ...

Air Samarkand is adapting flight operations, route planning, and tourism models to lead the region’s aviation sector into a climate-smart future.

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