The Russian government-sponsored Heat International Music Festival, scheduled for May 20-21 in the New Uzbekistan Park in Tashkent, may be rescheduled, the organizers said, noting that more detailed information would be provided in the near future.

High-altitude cyclone will set the weather for the week with ocassinal rains with thunderstorms expected, Uzhydromet reported. On April 3-4, they will be strong in places in Navoi, Samarkand, Jizzakh, Kashkadarya provinces.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by his March 24 decree, approved a new program for the privatization of state-owned assets for 2023.

Director of an orphanage in one of the provinces of Uzbekistan allegedly forced three underage pupils to have sexual intercourse with the head of the provincial department of justice and the head of the district department for emergency situations for 10 months.

Minister of Justice Akbar Tashkulov at a press conference on March 28 answered the question of social justice in court sentences for various crimes.

Bill on rallies is being reviewed by the Administration of the President of Uzbekistan, said at a press conference on March 28 by the head of the department of legislation of the Ministry of Justice Mirzhalol Allakuliyev.

On March 29, with the organizational support of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, a ceremony was held to sign bilateral agreements on cooperation in the fields of energy and trade between the provinces of Uzbekistan and the People's Republic of China.

Minister of Justice Akbar Tashkulov answered questions at a press conference on Tuesday regarding the difficulty of registering political parties in Uzbekistan.

This year Uzbekistan will host a session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization. Samarkand will become the capital of world tourism in 2023.

The eighteenth meeting of the secretaries of the security councils of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) took place in New Delhi. Uzbekistan was represented by the president Mirziyoyev’s security aide Viktor Makhmudov.

On March 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to reduce state participation in the economy Decree.

On 28 March UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in cooperation with local partners distributed humanitarian aid sent to Mazar-i-Sharif through Termez, Uzbekistan, among internally displaced persons in Balkh province of Afghanistan. 241 persons benefitted from this aid, including blankets delivered in February 2023 from UNHCR Regional Humanitarian Logistics Hub in Termez with support of the Government of Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoev is now chairing a government meeting via conference call on swift development of the Uzbkistan’s tourism potential. Shavkat Mirziyoev stressed that 5 new private airlines were established in recent years, the fleet counting brought to 44 aicraft. Last year, the number of weekly flights increased from 46 to 78, and the number of passengers increased from 6,500 to 10,000. 

The national team of Uzbekistan will hold a training camp in Sofia, Bulgaria in September. During the camp Uzbekistan will play a friendly match against Bulgaria.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party/Secretary of the Party Committee of the Communist Party of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Ma Xingrui, the presidential press service said.

Ministry of Natural Resources of Uzbekistan) - Five Central Asian countries have jointly confirmed their interest to mitigate the risk of zoonosis emergence in the region by enhancing overall landscape resilience through the One Health approach. The commitments were shared today, closing out a three day regional workshop in Tashkent, co-hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources of Uzbekistan and IUCN.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree to increase the minimum pensions, wages and the basic settlement unit (BSU) by 7%. This was announced at a briefing by his spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

The German Armed Forces have funded the upgrade of security and surveillance technology at Termez airport in line with international aviation standards, the Telegram channel of the German Embassy in Uzbekistan reported.

Today Erkinjon Turdimov, Samarkand province governor and Zsuzsanna Hargitai, EBRD Managing Director for Central Asia launched the Samarkand Green City Action Plan (GCAP).

On March 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to reduce state’s participation in the economy Decree, UzA reported.