On 25 January, representative of TUV International Certification (TUV Thuringen, Germany) Riad Ibragimov handed over golden international certificate on ISO 9001 to Deputy Director General of Sharq Ravshan Hamzayev.

The publishing and printing joint-stock company Sharq originates from created in March 1921 of printing house and in 1924 of “Sredazkniga” publishing-house.

Subsequently there was a merge of two independent structures in the uniform publishing and printing complex publishing and issuing all republican newspapers and magazines. Today, the Sharq is the largest journalese complex of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Central Asia.