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“HoReCa Expo Uzbekistan 2025” will be held in Tashkent

The Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan invites interested persons to visit the international exhibition “HoReCa Expo Uzbekistan 2025”, which will be held from October 21 to 23, 2025 in Tashkent at the “Uzexpocentre”.

The exhibition will showcase modern technologies and equipment for hotels, restaurants, catering and trade.

Visitors to HoReCa Expo Uzbekistan will be offered a full range of kitchen equipment, food and beverage products, furniture, textiles, IT solutions, security systems and many other solutions.

The main theme of the exhibition “Investments in service and comfort: business solutions for HoReCa” will include sessions on the following topics:

  • “The future of hotel architecture and design: sustainability, technology, comfort”
  • “Digital hotel: caring technologies”
  • “Investments in service and comfort: business solutions for HoReCa”
  • “Gastro Hotel Forum Tashkent 2025: culinary trends, food design, gastronomic marketing”
  • “Jobs for young people: career and development in the hospitality industry”

Exhibitors and guests of the exhibition will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the latest trends in the hospitality industry, establish contacts with key market representatives, new suppliers, partners and investors within the framework of organized B2B and B2C meetings, take part in master classes and seminars by international experts, and discover the latest innovations in the HoReCa sector.

For more details and registration, please follow the link.

INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES

For the attention of Ukrainian business representatives interested in establishing business relations with Uzbekistan, please find below some commercial offers for the supply of Uzbek goods and promising investment projects for consideration:

Commercial offers – http://bit.ly/4k1wNkk

Investment projects – http://bit.ly/3HRnPJ4

Exhibitions and fairshttp://bit.ly/4lczZKQ

If you have any questions, you can contact the Commercial Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Ukraine at the following contact details:

e-mail: info@uzbekistan.org.ua

tel.: +380445014184, +380445015000

 

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Moldova plans new high-speed highway to Ukraine

The Moldovan government is preparing to build a high-speed highway that will connect the border with Romania and run to Odesa. Doina Nistor, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Economy of Moldova, said this at the opening of Moldova Business Week.

Currently, a feasibility study is being prepared to determine the possible route of the road and whether parts of the new route will use existing roads.

In addition, Moldova is modernizing both rail and road corridors. The feasibility study for the Ungheni-Chisinau-Odesa corridor is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2025.

The road will be of particular importance for Ukraine’s reconstruction, as it will help shorten routes, reduce logistics costs and increase the resilience of supply routes.

Once the feasibility study is completed, a final decision on the route and construction details will be made. The project will depend on funding, international support, and cooperation between the governments of Moldova and Ukraine (and possibly Romania).

 

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Ukrainian ambassador presents credentials to Cypriot president

Ukrainian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cyprus Serhiy Nezhynskyy in Nicosia has presented the original credentials signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Cypriot President Nicos Christodoulidis. This was reported by the Embassy of Ukraine on its Facebook page.

Cyprus will act as the next President of the Council of the European Union.

In his speech, the Ambassador of Ukraine thanked President Christodoulidis for his unwavering support of Ukraine and expressed hope for a mutually beneficial partnership, which will further strengthen ties between Ukraine and Cyprus.

The President of Cyprus, in turn, emphasized the maximum support for the independence of Ukraine and the European course of the country.

 

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Gas reserves in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities fell by 2% to 11.5 bln cubic meters

The total level of natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (UGS) at the end of last week was 11.5 billion cubic meters (including 4.7 billion cubic meters of long-term storage gas), which is 2% lower than last year’s figure.

This was reported by former Energy Minister Olga Buslavets on her Facebook page.

“Daily gas consumption in Ukraine over the past week has fluctuated at 23-24 million cubic meters per day, which, according to AGSI (the European platform Agregated Gas Storage Inventory – IF-U), allows more than 50 million cubic meters per day to be pumped into UGS facilities,” she wrote.

This daily injection volume is possible thanks to the available gas import volumes, which, according to the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System Operator (OGTSU), have amounted to about 23-24 million cubic meters per day from Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia since the beginning of September (excluding short-haul transit).

In turn, as Buslavets noted, at the end of last week, natural gas reserves in European UGS facilities increased to 84.5 billion cubic meters with a fill rate of 79%, which is 7% below the average for the last five years and 16% below last year’s level, or 16 billion cubic meters.

As reported, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine plans to accumulate 13.2 billion cubic meters (or 8.6 billion cubic meters without taking into account “buffer gas”) by November 1, 2025, which, according to former OGTSU head Serhiy Makogon, is too low and will require additional imports of 1.5 billion cubic meters in winter.

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Israeli NextSilicon opens R&D center in Belgrade

Israeli deep-tech company NextSilicon has officially opened a new research and development center in Belgrade, Serbia.

The center is located in B23 Office Park, occupying approximately 1,200 m² on the 8th floor. It already employs more than 70 engineers and developers, with plans to hire about 50 more people by the end of 2026.

According to founder and CEO Elad Raz, the Serbian team is already having a significant impact on the company’s key technologies. “Serbia has exceeded expectations in terms of engineering talent and work culture,” he said.

The new center expands NextSilicon’s capabilities in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence, including the development of the Maverick-2 product.

NextSilicon, founded in 2017, specializes in solutions for HPC and AI. Globally, the company has R&D centers and divisions in Israel, the US, Germany, Switzerland, and India. Its flagship product is the Maverick-2 chip, an Intelligent Compute Accelerator (ICA) focused on AI and HPC tasks. The company has a total of over 350 employees.

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New restrictions for Ukrainians and other foreigners on “800 plus” benefit in Poland

The Polish Sejm has passed a law introducing new conditions for foreigners, including Ukrainian citizens, to receive the “Rodzina 800+” child benefit. The law links the payment of benefits to the mandatory employment of parents, as well as to children attending Polish schools. businessinsider.com.pl+2rmf24.pl+2

A foreigner will be entitled to the “800+” benefit only if they were employed in Poland in the previous month. If the parent was not working, the benefit will be suspended. A mandatory condition is that the children of foreigners must attend Polish schools. Foreigners must earn at least 50% of the minimum wage in Poland. In 2025, this is approximately PLN 2,333 gross.

The document must now be signed by Polish President Karol Nawrocki to enter into force. The temporary protection period for Ukrainians has also been extended until March 4, 2026.

According to a report by the Union of Polish Metropolises, in May 2025, approximately 3.37-3.85 million Ukrainians were living in Poland, many of whom had arrived since the start of the war in 2022. According to another source, about 1.55 million Ukrainian citizens live in Poland with documents, with different statuses (temporary residence, work, etc.).

There is also an estimate that before the war and before the active phase of migration began, there were about 1.35 million Ukrainians who were there legally as migrant workers and others.

Source: http://relocation.com.ua/new-restrictions-for-ukrainians-and-other-foreigners-on-the-payment-of-800-plus-in-poland/

 

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