On April 30, President signed the Measures for comprehensive systematization of national legislative base Decree, which provides for a number of key issues to ensure the quality and stability of legislation, the Ministry of Justice reports.

On May 5, 452 coronavirus cases were recorded in Uzbekistan (the day before - 404) - this is the highest daily record since the beginning of the year. The total number of officially confirmed cases stands at 93,176, the Ministry of Health said.

Uzbekistan decided to close its diplomatic mission in one of the European countries, the spokesman to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yusup Kabulzhanov said at a briefing on Wednesday.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to Brussels, the spokesman to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yusup Kabulzhanov said at a briefing on Wednesday.

The authorities of Uzbekistan and the United States are planning to hold the first meeting in the format of a strategic partnership dialogue in Tashkent before July, the spokesman to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, Yusup Kabulzhanov, told reporters on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the sixth Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, purchased by Uzbekistan Airways, landed at the Tashkent airport. According to aviation tradition, the liner was greeted with a water salute from fire engine cannons.

On May 3, the IV meeting of the Uzbek-Saudi intergovernmental commission was held in Riyadh chaired by the Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan S. Umurzakov and Minister of Investments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid al-Falih, the press service of the Uzbek Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade reported.

All fears over the signing by Uzbekistan and Russia of the Strategic Partnership Program in the military field until 2025" are absolutely groundless and have no logical justification," the Uzbek Ministry of Defense said. The program was signed during the visit to Uzbekistan on April 27-28 by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

Henk Stigter has been working as an Agricultural Councellor at the Netherlands embassy in Moscow since September 2020. His working area includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.

On May 3, the State Inspectorate for Quality Control in Education hosted a meeting on the new project of the Swiss Embassy on the development of vocational education, the department said.

The launch of the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan- China railway project, in particular, the field work milestone, depends on the stabilization of the pandemic, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.

The government of Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) signed a memorandum of cooperation on April 30. The document was signed during the visit to Kazan of a government delegation of Uzbekistan led by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov to attend a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council as an observer state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The prominent Uzbek rights activist Surat Ikromov died on May 3 at the age of 77 in Tashkent city. According to his family, Surat Ikromov has been seriously ill since February 2021. The cause of his death was chronic pneumonia, diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer.

During the visit of the Government delegation to Saudi Arabia on 3 May, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umrzakov met with the leadership of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development and the State Investment Fund.

The State Tax Committee has published data on tax payments to the state budget in the Q1 of 2021 by foreign companies providing online services.

A humanitarian cargo was sent from Uzbekistan to Turkey on the instruction of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to help country in the fight against coronavirus, UzA reported.

Uzbekistan Airways will re-fit A320 aircrafts for economy class and create a wing air carrier - Loukost, the company outline in its "road map" to expedite the carrier’s transformation processes, approved by the presidential decree of April 30.

On the instruction of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, humanitarian aid was delivered to India on May 1, Dunyo reported. At the Delhi airport, the Uzbek Ambassador Dilshod Akhatov handed over mobile oxygen concentrators kits and necessary medicines to officials of the Red Cross Society and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India.

The head of the UNICEF office in Uzbekistan Munir Mammadzade was vaccinated against COVID-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday, April 30.

The UzAssets investment company under the State Assets Management Agency announced its intention to sell a 100% stake in the Fergana Oil Refinery LLC through an open sale process.