European Union Envoy on Sanctions David O'Sullivan plans to visit Uzbekistan, he said on March 28 during his visit to Kyrgyzstan. The EU Delegation to Uzbekistan daid that his arrival could take place on April 27-28.

Meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Uzbekistan took place today and reviewed the next issues on the preparation and holding of a referendum in the country.

Afghanistan is actively advancing the project to build a giant Kushtepa canal in Balkh province on the border with Turkmenistan. The launch of the project was announced a year ago.

Gas explosion occurred early in morning on March 17 in a house in the Madrasa neighbourhood of Kattakurgan district of Samarkand province, in which four people sustained severe burns.

The opening ceremony of the Uzbek Embassy took place in the Hungarian capital Budapest on Monday, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Andijan International Airport will temporarily closed from April 1 due to the reconstruction of the airfield complex, Uzbekistan Airports said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev today spoke to the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over the telephone and reviewed in detail the progress of the bilateral accords reached at the highest, the Uzbek president’s press service said in a statement.

The ex-chief of VKontakte social network and the co-founder of KupiKupon are eyeing to create an IT holding in Uzbekistan. Part of the VK and AliExpress Russia team, as well as former employees of Ozon and Yandex, joined the project.

Military servicemen of the Ministry of Defense, junior sergeants Anvar Tursunov and Azamat Kenzhaev attended the Best Warrior 2023 Competition, which took place on March 17-24 at the Camp Shelby military training base in Mississippi, USA.

The Prosecutor General's Office reported of violations of the Public procurement law in the former Tashkent Culture Department (the Tashkent branch of the Ministry of Culture).

For the first time, a man who was on the international wanted list was extradited from Sweden to Uzbekistan through Interpol, the National Central Bureau of Interpol of Uzbekistan said.

The Agency for External Labor Migration reported that agency chief, Afzal Irmatov, was arrested by law enforcement agencies in connection with a criminal case being investigated against him.

The Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Court of the Republic of Karakalpakstan is considering a criminal case against Amanbay Sagidullayev and Nietbay Urazbaev in an open trial, announced the head of the press service of the Supreme Court Aziz Abidov.

Romanian film - The Windseeker will be screened in Tashkent at the French Alliance in Tashkent on Monday, March 27, 2023. 

The European Union could slap trade restrictions on countries helping Russia acquire washing machines and used cars to repair its battle-stricken fleet of tanks.

Turkish national Riza Beler, 61, killed his civil partneran Uzbek national Umida Tulyaganova, 40, with a stone on the head In Istanbul, on Thursday, the Cumhuriyet newspaper reported.

On March 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting to discuss the progress of privatization of state-owned assets and plans for the current year.

Man in Samarkand, who promised to send a local resident to the United States via the EU countries and Mexico, was detained, UzA said.

Ulugbek Rozukulov has been appointed CEO of Uzautosanoat, the company said. Ulugbek Rozukulov, 53, a graduate of Lomonosov Moscow State University, holds postgraduate degree of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is PhD of economic sciences.

Gas production in Uzbekistan has been decreasing for the third month in a row, according to the report of the Agency of Statistics on industrial production.