Finland’s Sanna Marin is to become the world’s youngest prime minister at the age of 34. The transport minister was picked by her Social Democratic party after its leader, Antti Rinne, quit as PM. She will be sworn in this week. She will lead a centre-left coalition with four other parties, all headed by women, three of whom are under 35. Mr Rinne stepped down after losing the confidence of a coalition member over his handling of a postal strike. When she takes office, Ms Marin will be the world’sRead More

Tashkent, Uzbekistan — On 9 December, a meeting on the issues of organization of clusters specializing in horticulture, improving the quality of harvesting and increasing the volume of export of fruits and vegetables was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Strategy for development of the country’s agriculture for 2020-2030 was adopted by the Presidential Decree to increase labor productivity in the agricultural sector and crop productivity. It identifies priority measures for diversifying production, creating favorable climate for agribusiness, the chain of formation ofRead More

Tashkent, Uzbekistan – The presentation of the next edition of the Red Book of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held at the Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. This publication is the result of five years of painstaking work by specialized specialists. It was prepared by the Chinor ENK Publishing House in conjunction with the State Committee for Ecology of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The book was published in two volumes, which contains basicRead More

Tashkent, Uzbekistan  – By a Government resolution from 9 December, Sobir Sayfievich Shukurov was appointed First Deputy Chief Director of the National News Agency of Uzbekistan. The Presidential resolution from 2 December 2019 improved the activities of the National News Agency of Uzbekistan.