President Shavkat Mirziyoyev gave a number of instructions at a government meeting today to create equal conditions for doing business, ease exports and eliminate price differences between local and imported goods.

Following all stages of the tender for modernization and management of the Urgench International Airport under public-private partnership (PPP) terms have been completed, Incheon International Airport Corporation (South Korea) has been awarded the assignment, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

At a government meeting today on problems in the standardization and certification system, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed to lift barriers for the food industry.

At a government meeting today on problems in the standardization and certification system, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sharply criticized the approach of some officials who, instead of supporting entrepreneurs, are themselves becoming a barrier to doing business.

Tashkent hosted a major international conference and a series of expert sessions within the framework of the German-Uzbek Dialogue on Climate-Resilient Agriculture program on April 14-17.

Officers of the Customs Committee, the State Security Service and police seized 45 kg of the potent substance Pregabalin, which they tried to import into Uzbekistan in batches hidden in packages of washing powder, the spokesman of the Customs Committee, Khusan Tangriev said.

Tashkent international airport got automatic storage lockers both in the international and domestic terminals, where any passenger can leave their luggage to spend time in the city, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

The Fergana Valley, which for decades has been called a potential "powder keg" in Central Asia, is today becoming a symbol of peace, sustainable development and good neighborliness, the President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said on his Telegram channel.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will land in Uzbekistan on an official visit on April 22-23. During his visit to Tashkent, he is scheduled to hold talks with the President of Uzbekistan, as well as detailed negotiations with the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on April 15 entitling banks to sell collateral property not sold at auction directly at market price.

Corpses of four Uzbeks were found in an apartment in the Russian city of Kaliningrad. Investigators found no signs of foul play in their deaths Wednesday.

The National Agency for Promising Projects (NAPP) filed a complaint to the Tashkent city police department against the finance blogger Otabek Bakirov for his post entitled: Illegal Superregulator on the restrictions on Chinese Temu markeplace alleging it to be an attempt to damage the Agency's reputation.

The Uzbek-Indian bilateral military exercise: Dustlik (Friendship) - 2025 commenced at the Pune foreing training node, India, the Uzbek Defence Ministry said.

For the first time ever an Uzbek city, Samarkand will host the UN Civil Service Forum from June 23 to 25, the press service of the Ministry of Digital Technologies said.

A minor girl driving a GM Spark fell into a canal in the Uchkurgan district of Namangan province on March 23, the provincial road safety department said.

The Central Asia - Gulf Cooperation Council Summit will take place on 5 May in Samarkand, the Foreign minister Bakhtiyor Saidov said on his Telegram account.

Restoration projects for a number of historical sites were reviewed and approved at the extraordinary meeting of the Scientific Expert Council on April 9, including the Khazrati Imam (Khast-Imam) complex, the agency's press service said.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber passed the Regulating Use of Artificial Intelligence Bill in its first reading. The bill was initiated by a group of MPs.

During his trip to the Andijan province on April 15, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with a presentation of the main development goals in the province for 2025.

Kremlin officials continue to set informational conditions to demand that Ukraine surrender territory that Russia does not currently occupy and to justify Russia's ambitions of asserting control over independent countries, including NATO member states.