Dry and relatively warm weather is expected over most territory of Uzbekistan on March 28, Uzhydromet said in a statement on Monday.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is addressing priority environmental issues in western Uzbekistan by extending long-term sovereign loans of up to US$ 120 million for the benefit of Toza Hududs, the regional utility companies responsible for solid waste management in Horezm and Karakalpakstan.

The owner of Korzinka grocery supermarket chain and investor Zafar Khashimov commented on the first Tashkent International Investment Forum and spoke about how Uzbekistan should not miss the unique economic opportunity.

Today, Uzbekistan received the delivery of 2,108,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine under the global Covax program, the Ministry of Health reported.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI, Central Asia Representative Office) jointly with University of Manchester, UK organized a workshop under the FutureDams project for government organisations and interested stakeholders working on the interaction of water-energy- food and the environment.

On March 23, the Tashkent City Police Department’s Counter-Terrorism and Extremism Division received a report that a woman named Sevara was sending young girls to Istanbul, Turkey, for prostitution.

CEO of Uzbekistan Airports Rano Juraeva unveiled some details about the new local airline Silk Avia. She underscored that at the first stage, three 70-seater aircraft are expected to be delivered. It is planned to launch about 40 routes across Uzbekistan - not only from the capital to the provinces, but also between provinces.

The delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lieutenant-General Baktibek Bekbolotov, arrived on an official visit to Uzbekistan to discuss the state of bilateral relations in the field of regional security and defense, the bilateral military ties and the ways to expand them.

Three-times-a-week Tashkent to Almaty high speed train service will be launched after two years of restrictions, the Uzbekistan Railways said in a statement.

The Hyatt hotel chain will open a new hotel in Uzbekistan next year, said the company’s regional vice-president Punit Tandon during a panel discussion on investments in the tourism industry on the sidelines of the Tashkent Investment Forum on March 24.

President signed of the Joining International Treaty on Cooperation in the Field of Official Statistics Decree. The treaty was signed on May 31, 2013 in Minsk at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Skype is now accessible in Uzbekistan. The messenger was excluded from the register of violators of the Personal data law, to which it was included in July 2021.

On March 24, on the sidelines of the Tashkent International Investment Forum, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted a delegation of the United Arab Emirates headed by Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail al-Mazrui.

On March 24, the first Tashkent International Investment Forum kicked off in the capital, which opened with a plenary session, which was attended by the Uzbek President.

Three Belgian and two German Shepherds are expected to serve at customs posts on the Afghan and Tajik borders today.

Launch ceremony was held for the thermal power plant project in Angor district of Surkhandarya province as part of the Tashkent International Investment Forum, which was attended by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the presidential press service reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on March 29-31, it was announced at a special event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Uzbek-Turkish ties.

Interest rates on mortgage programs and educational loans in Uzbekistan will remain unchanged, announced the Minister of Finance Timur Ishmetov after a government meeting chaired by the President on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Tashkent International Investment Forum, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Odile-Reno Basso spoke about the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in creating sustainable jobs and economic development in Uzbekistan addressing the plenary session and mentioned three main areas of focus of the organization in Uzbekistan.

Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) jointly with the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan and the World Health Organization commemorated World Tuberculosis Day in Uzbekistan. USAID marked the day with a donation of 16 GeneXpert diagnostic machines to the Ministry of Health (MOH); by organizing a children’s paintings exhibition and campaigns to prevent tuberculosis (TB), stigma and discriminationm and a charity concert in Djizzak, Gulistan and Ferghana cities to raise awareness about TB.