A Fergana driver was fined for carrying 28 kindergarten children in Damas minivan. There were 5 children in the front passenger seat alone, the MY5 channel reported.

The Deputy Foreign Minister Furqat Sidiqov attended the inter-ministerial meeting on preparation for the second Central Asia - China ministerial meeting, scheduled for the first half of May in the Chinese province of Shaanxi, Dunyo reported.

The Cabinet of Ministers by its April 12 resolution approved the Regulation on the procedure for providing financial assistance to Uzbekistan citizens who find themselves on the territory of foreign states without means of living, Norma.uz reported.

On April 8-9, the United States, through its Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a two-day webinar: ‘Women in Crafts: Opportunities for Connectivity and Digital Trade’ for women artisans and handicraft producers across Afghanistan and Central Asia to better understand market demand, identify new markets, and improve product quality. This training was held as part of USAID’s Competitiveness, Trade and Jobs activity and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Over 130 thousand university students live in rented apartments. To address this issue, the government is preparing a program that provides for coverage of half of the rent by the state.

The reciprocal intergovernmental agreement on protection of Uzbek and Kazakh labor migrants in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, signed on April 15, 2019 during the state visit of President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tukayev to Uzbekistan, took effect on April 4, 2021, Dunyo reported.

On April 12, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umrzakov held online talks with Indian Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and will pay an official visit to Dushanbe from June 10 to 12, Asia-Plus said with reference to a source in the government of Tajikistan.

From flowering tree plantations that will grow a beekeeping industry to women-centered training in natural resource management to the restoration of salt-dried landscapes - these are some of the disruptive innovations that won the grand prize in the Global Disruptive Tech Challenge 2021: Restoring Landscapes in the Aral Sea Region.

The Russian airline Red Wings is exploring the possibility of launchng flights from Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk to the main cities of Uzbekistan on SSJ 100 aircrafts, announced the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, TASS reported.

A certain amount of Sputnik V vaccine will be delivered to Uzbekistan in late April and early May, announced Botir Kurbanov, a member of the Anti-Coronavirus Headquarters at a briefing Monday.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the newly appointed Ambassador of Russia Oleg Malginov, who replaced Vladimir Tyurdenev, who had served as ambassador to Tashkent since 2009, the Foreign Ministry said.

Experts related details of the creation of the ZF-UZ-VAC2001 coronavirus vaccine. According to the Ministry of Innovative Development, the ZF-UZ-VAC2001 vaccine against COVID-19 is a vaccine with an adjuvant of the COVID-19 protein subunit, developed by Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical in collaboration with the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS) and the Center of Advanced Technologies.

Kuwait's Jazeera Airways has received a permit to operate regular flights to Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.

The State Asset Management Agency (SAMA) announced the start of accepting bids to buy the former central building of the State Security Service in Tashkent.

On April 10, the Uzbekistan government delegation, headed by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who arrived in Doha on a working visit, met with the head of the political office of the Taliban movement in Qatar, Mullah Baradar Akhund, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on measures to develop renewable and hydrogen energy in Uzbekistan. The document approved the establishment of the National Research Institute of Renewable Energy Sources under the Ministry of Energy in place of the International Institute of Solar Energy LLC of the Academy of Sciences.

The Ministry of Health has announced that for the first time since the beginning of the year, the number of coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan surpassed 200.

On Saturday, April 10, a The EU’s special system of preferences for sustainable development and good governance (GSP +) will take effect for Uzbekistan, to which Uzbekistan was admitted as a beneficiary country under the General Scheme of Preferences (GSP).

The Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Christine Linde is expected to visit Uzbekistan on April 13-14, announced at a briefing today the spokesman to the President of Uzbekistan Sherzod Asadov. Ann Christine Linde is scheduled to be hosted by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.