Euronews office opens in Tashkent: A new chapter for media landscape of Central Asia

By&nbspRushana Aliakbarova

Published connected 01/07/2025 - 18:21 GMT+2•Updated 02/07/2025 - 6:35 GMT+2

On June 30, a symbolic time for nan state celebrating Youth Day, Euronews officially opened its location agency successful a move that indicates nan strengthening of its beingness successful Central Asia arsenic it creates a caller level for media development.

The event’s first portion took spot wrong nan brand-new Euronews agency successful Tashkent.

During nan agency tour, nan Press Secretary of nan President of Uzbekistan, Sherzod Asadov, met pinch nan section editorial squad and praised nan activity already accomplished successful a short time.

The opening ceremonial brought together much than 100 guests, including elder authorities officials, ambassadors, and representatives of world organizations.

As noted by nan Chairman of nan Euronews Board of Directors, Pedro Vargas David, nan agency will go a unsocial media bridge, because Euronews is not conscionable an accusation platform, but besides a abstraction for intercultural speech and interaction.

"Our agency is driven not by borders, but by absorbing stories. So we look for them present and bring them to nan full world. We are highly willing successful economical reforms, really nan state is processing and presenting itself to nan full world," Vargas added.

“The liberalization of nan accusation sphere is 1 of nan priorities of New Uzbekistan. Thanks to nan governmental will of nan president, we person made important advancement successful strengthening journalistic freedoms, expanding entree to information, and encouraging unfastened speech betwixt media, society, and nan state”, Asadov stated.

He added that nan Euronews beingness successful Uzbekistan will service arsenic a cardinal instrumentality successful helping young group entree objective, world perspectives and foster captious thinking.

The Euronews Tashkent squad has already deed nan crushed running. Local journalists and producers person been moving to create contented crossed a assortment of flagship formats including “Focus”, “Silk Road Adventures”,“Changemakers”, “Business Line”.

These programs are not only telling nan communicative of Uzbekistan’s past and present, but besides its aspirations for nan future, done nan voices of those making a quality connected nan ground.