Maiden meeting of special envoys of Afghanistan's neighboring countries kicked off this morning in Tashkent, Dunyo reported. Reportedly, the meeting was opened by the Special Envoy of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev.

Tashkent will host the 7th international jazz festival from April 25 to May 13, the Culture and Art Development Fund of Uzbekistan said. The festival is being organized under the auspices of the UNESCO office with the assistance of the embassies of a number of countries. Uzbekistan has been participating in the global jazz celebration since 2015.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin. According to the press service of the Uzbek President, the head of state and Putin discussed "topical aspects of the bilateral agenda", including issues of regional cooperation.

Kyiv has opened a criminal investigation into what it said was Russia’s “brutal and brazen shooting of an unarmed person” depicted in a video spread on social media which prompted a public outcry in Ukraine, Reuters said.

The Russian airline Pobeda is set to launch Moscow to Tashkent charter direct flight from April 21 and twice-a-week Moscow to Samarkand flight, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the participants of the international conference dedicated to the study of the heritage of the Jadids. The text of congratulatory message was published by the presidential press service.

The Committee for the Development of Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights will check the Russian Yandex Go taxi ride hailing, food package delivery service on the anti-trust grounds, the press service of the department said.

On March 13-15 of this year, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will pay a visit to Uzbekistan. According to UzA, during the visit Volker Türk plans to hold meetings at the National Human Rights Center of Uzbekistan, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office, with the leadership of the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice and the Ombudsman.

The government issued an order announcing the national hashar (work-for-the-nation day) for March 11 across Uzbekistan.

The popular winer and founder of the humorous project Mittivine Farhod Mannopov passed away aged 27 on Sunday night, announced his friend Shodibekov Ulugbek (Mittime).

Journalists, bloggers, deputies and public activists made an open appeal to the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The appeal notes that with the coming to power of Shavkat Mirziyoyev in 2016, “major transformations began in Uzbekistan”, “freedom of speech, freedom of thought began to emerge, which our people have been waiting for a long time and with impatience”, and in recent years “a noticeable atmosphere of freedom has emerged in the media."

Saudi ACWA Power will build two new PV plants in Uzbekistan. The investment agreements were signed on March 4, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade said.

Over the year following Russia's illegal and unprovoked war against Ukraine, the U.S. government has used its economic tools to degrade Russia's economy and war machine.

Yutong will deliver 300 E12 electric buses and 500 CNG buses to Uzbekistan in batches. The delivery ceremony of the mega 800 Yutong buses order was successfully held at Yutong New Energy Plant.

On March 3, the Senate approved the candidacy of Furqat Sidiqov for the post of Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the United States.

Today, on March 3, an informal meeting of the Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will take place in Shymkent in Kazakhstan, the presidential press service said.

The Uzbekistan Boxing Federation has issued its stance due to the boycotting by some countries of the Boxing World Championship in Tashkent in May.

Indian IndiGo could launch four-times-a-week Delhi to Tashkent direct flights from August 2023. This move was voices by the company executives during negotiations with the officials of Uzbekistan Airports attended by officials of the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Embassy of Uzbekistan in India.

Gas imports to Uzbekistan from Russia, previously scheduled from March 1, have not been commenced yet. According to the Ministry of Energy, there is still no specific deal, additional study is ongoing.

In his recently telecasted annual national address, The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, H. E. Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev put forward the next year's agenda, and shared the action plan the government will take in order to achieve them. The president declared that ‘2023’ will be the “Year of Human Care and Quality Education.”