Uzbekistan ranked third in the CIS in terms of permanent population. As of January 1, 2022, the number of permanent residents in Uzbekistan stood at 35.3 million people, the State Statistics Committee said.

Seasonal charter flights could be launched between Uzbekistan and Oman. This was in particularly at a meeting held at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Oman with Hubert Peters, Sanjiv Alangad and Anil Kumar, executives of Akbar Travels travel company, Dunyo said.

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $2 million cooperative agreement to support the improvement of labor conditions and prevent forced labor and child labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry.

Kazygurt - S. Nadzhimov border customs posts have been closed. According to the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, the Kazygurt customs post (Kazakhstan) - S. Nadzhimov customs post (Kibray district, Tashkent province) will not work from 09:00 on October 6 until 09:00 on October 7.

Uzbekistan Airways resumes direct flights to Kuala Lumpur from November 1, the company said. Reportedly, the price of twice-a-week one-way Tashkent to Kuala Lumpur starts from 4,347,523 soums, while the return ticket with luggage starts from 7,596,136 soums.

Uzbekistan Railways has announced an international tender for purchase of 34 modern electric trains, the Ministry of Transport said.

The Economist Intelligence Unit prepared the 2022 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) with the support of Corteva Agriscience. In the GFSI’s index from 2019 to 2022, Uzbekistan climbed 12 places, and this year was ranked 73rd out of 113 countries. Uzbekistan became the best improver among 10 in ensuring food safety in 2019-2022.

Conference call was held between officials of the Ministry of Transport, the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Latvia, the Ministry of Investments, Uzbekistan Airports and Finnair.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Agency for Development of Pharmaceutical Industry of Uzbekistan, has facilitated the expedited registration of six tuberculosis (TB) medications over the last year and a half.

905,200 births were recorded in Uzbekistan throughout 2021, making Uzbekistan the top country in the CIS in terms of birth rate per 1000 people - 25.9 the State Statistics Committee said.

The Senate will be convened for the thirty-third plenary session on October 7. The decision on this was made at a meeting of the kengash of the upper house of parliament chaired by the head of the Senate Tanzila Narbayeva on Tuesday.

Senate Chairperson Tanzila Narbaeva hosted the visiting Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau and discussed the reforms being undertaken in Uzbekistan.

Following the talks, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed a Joint Statement on the development of strategic partnership ties between Uzbekistan and Hungary, and oversaw the signing of a total of 16 bilateral accords.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held bilateral talks at the Carmelita Palace in Budapest, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Red Wings Airlines will launch Tashkent to Stavropol and to Ufa direct flights from November 4, Uzbekistan Airports said. Reportedly, once-a-week flights will be operated on a regular basis on 100-seater SSJ100 liners.

Uzbekistan delegation attended the 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Dunyo said. Reportedly, on the sidelines of the conference, the director general of Uzatom Agency Jurabek Mirzamahmudov met with the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi.

Former U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Assistant for South and Central Asia Mark Linscott has been appointed adviser on Uzbekistan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

According to Sergey Lebedev, the chairman of the CIS executive committee, preparations for the upcoming summit of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Nations are being conducted at a very high level.

Marriage between close relatives on the lateral line could be banned in Uzbekistan in proposed amendment to the Family Code prepared by the State Committee for Women and Family Affairs.

Fire broke out in the synthesis shop of Plant No. 5 of Maxam Chirchiq enterprise On Tuesday, at about 8:30 am in Chirchik, Tashkent province, which led to an explosion. This was reported by the press service of the provincial governor office. Footage of the incident surfaced on social networks.