Chairman of tourism development committee Aziz Abduhakimov has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister, replacing Kahramon Akramov as the head of the complex of education, healthcare, ecology, environment protection and sports, a source in the government said.

The petition, inititiated on the Mening Fikrim (transl. My Opinion) petitioning portal to award Shavkat Mirziyoyev the Hero of Uzbekistan order, gathered the required 10,000 signatures and is now being reviewed by the Parliement, with an official response to be posted on the site within 60 days.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree dismissing Kakhramon Akmalov from the post of the deputy PM, head of the governmental complex for education, health, environmental protection and sports due to his being moved to another job, a sources in the government said.

Evgeny Vladimirovich Birger has been appointed director general of the Uzbekiston Pochtasi (Uzbekistan Post), state-run postal service and courrier company Wednesday, replacing Shuhrat Atamuhamedov, who was moved to Uchtepa district mayor job, the company said.

Uzbek Foreign ministry today hosted a meeting with the delegation of Amnesty International led by Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Marie Struthers, the Foreign ministry reported.

The situation in Afghanistan is not becoming more stable, which allows terrorists to cross the country to neighboring countries, Russian Defense Minister, the Army General Sergey Shoygu said at talks with his Uzbek counterpart, Adbusalom Azizov in Tashkent Tuesday.

Uzbekistan and UNDP agreed to implement the Assistance in Implementing the Obligations under International Human Rights Conventions and Recommendations of the United Nations Charter and Treaty Bodies in the Republic of Uzbekistan Project.

At the Uzbek Foreign Ministry was held a meeting with the visiting EU delegation led by Head of Working Party on Eastern Europe and Central Asia  (COEST) Jutta Edthofer, the ministry said.

Delegation of the Tajik Interior Ministry arrived in Uzbekistan today, the Public Relations Department of the Uzbek Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today received the visiting Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, the presidential press service reported.

A national conference devoted to the use of science and technology in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) kicked off in Tashkent today with specialized seminars for healthcare providers and laboratory specialists.

Uzbek Defense Minister, Major-General Abdusalom Azizov today met with the visiting Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergey Shoygu.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday held a telephone conversation with the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidential press service reported.

Working groups of the Uzbek-Turkmen intergovernmental commission on delineation of the state border held a meeting from May 14-20, 2018 in Urgench, Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

The Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergey Shoygu arrived in Tashkent on Monday evening to discuss regional security issues, as well as the Russian-Uzbek ties.

The Amnesty International delegation including the director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Marie Strasers and her deputy Denis Krivosheev will visit Uzbekistan between May 22-25 for the first time since 2004 and meet with a number of officials, gazeta.uz reported.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today held a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Measures to Further Improve and Enhance Management of Household Waste Decree according to which Uzbekistan stores will charge for plastic bags from January 1, 2019.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his trip to Andijan province chaired a meeting in Ulugnor district Saturday. Highlights of his address to the meeting:

At a panel discussion at the National press club in Washington dedicated to the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, the deputy chairman of the Uzbek Senate Sodiq Safoev notably said: