The Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade has posted amendments to the Uzbek Citizenship Law for public input. The amendments proposed to introduce a simplified procedure for granting Uzbekistan citizenship for foreign citizens or stateless persons who invested at least $1 million equivalent in investment projects in the country.

Uzbekistan is lobbying the EU to lift sanctions on Alisher Usmanov and his sister as the Uzbek-Russian billionaire struggles to disentangle himself from the fallout of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, the Financial Times said.

Delegation led by the Minister of Justice Ruslan Davletov and Deputy Foreign Minister Furkat Siddikov met officials of the US Ministry of Justice and the State Department in Washington D.C.

China CAMC Engineering landed a contract worth USD289 million to build the main competition and service facilities for the 2025 Asian Youth Games in Uzbekistan.

The delegation led by the Justice Minister Ruslan Davletov and the Deputy Foreign Minister Furkat Siddikov held talks in Washington with representatives of international human rights organizations, the leadership of the International Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the Institute of Global Engagement (IGE) and experts of the Helsinki Commission, Dunyo reported.

On 3 November in Samarkand, on the first day of the II Uzbekistan Economic Forum in Samarkand, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding on expanding the scope of cooperation in the area of financing for sustainable development.

In the USA, Australia, Great Britain and a number of EU countries, the situation with the coverage of children aged 3 to 6 years with preschool education has deteriorated sharply. Indicators collapsed amid pandemic restrictions and budget cuts for social programs in OECD countries. At the same time, developing countries have demonstrated greater resilience to the crisis: for example, Uzbekistan topped the ranking in terms of growth in dynamics of the coverage with preschool education.

The Tashkent city mayor Jakhongir Artykhojaev and Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, who is on a visit to the capital, laid a stone on the site of the planned monument "Leningrad Monument" in Victory Park on November 7, the press service of the St. Petersburg administration reported.

Uzbek security forces unjustifiably used lethal force and other excessive responses to disperse mainly peaceful demonstrators on July 1 and 2, 2022 in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan’s autonomous region, Human Rights Watch said today.

Uzbekistan plans to make money on the privatization of state facilities in 2022, announced the director of the State Assets Management Agency (SAMA) Akmalkhon Ortikov during the II International Economic Forum in Samarkand on November 3.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili. The parties discussed the ways to further expand the cooperation with the United Nations’ organization.

In another 4 days, on November 11, Samarkand will host the next major event - the first Turkic Summit. Now officials of the organization and a number of representatives of the member states have arrived in Uzbekistan and are attending various events and meetings organized before the summit. In particular, the General Secretary of the organization, Baghdad Amreev, is currently in Tashkent and he gave an interview to the Kun.uz.

At the Uzbekistan Economic Forum 2022 held in Samarkand on November 3-4, the World Bank and the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan (MEDPR) presented the findings and recommendations of a new joint report titled “Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan.”

In Uzbekistan, only 3% of schools have training fire arms, said at the plenary session of the Legislative Chamber on November 1 by Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Sports, MP, People's Poet of Uzbekistan Ikboljon Mirzaaliev.

This is a difficult moment for policymakers. With the global economy facing an uncertain outlook amid extraordinary challenges, leaders around the world are confronted with a pressing question: What policies and reforms can they implement now to prepare their countries for what lies ahead?, the Gazeta.uz reported.

Negotiations were held at the Ministry of Investments with representatives of the Ventspils Freeport (Latvia) and a delegation of the free economic zone adjacent to it.

Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan November 6-11 to reinforce the United States’ commitment to each country’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and our shared goal of a prosperous, secure, and democratic Central Asia.

On November 1, the Takhiatosh district mayor Ilhom Matkarimov was arrested and charged with fraudulently taking 100 million soums from the head of a farm.

Uzbekistan was placed third five countries of Central Asia. In terms of comparing average monthly salary before tax. In January-September 2022, the average monthly salary before tax topped 3.72 million soums ($335), a 24.9 percent growth compared to the same period in 2021, the State Statistics Committee reported.

Secretary General of UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili landed in Uzbekistan. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, the high-ranking guest was welcomed at the Samarkand International Airport by Aziz Abduhakimov, the Deputy PM/Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.