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.

Civil pilot training school will be opened at the Tashkent State Transport University in cooperation with the French National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC). This is stated in the President’s April 30 Measures to transform and support civil aviation enterprises decree.

On April 29, Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umrzakov held online talks with the World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde as part of the spring meetings of the World Bank Group.

Kyrgyzstan has said it agreed to a ceasefire with Tajikistan after the heaviest clashes in years erupted along the neighbouring countries’ disputed frontier.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during a working visit to Ashgabat on Thursday, attended an iftar in memory of the father of the President of Turkmenistan, Myalikguly Berdimuhamedov, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan requested Russia to increase the supply of Sputnik V vaccine and consider the possibility of its production in Uzbekistan, stated the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin, TASS reported.

The attractiveness of Uzbekistan Airways, which bought its aircrafts on lease, is low. We need to boost the company's attractiveness before selling some of its shares, said the Transport Minister/Chairman of Uzbekistan Airways Ilhom Mahkamov.

The single integrator and the administrator - UZINFOCOM announced the introduction of DNSSEC secure domain names. The transfer of web services to the use of this technology will enhance the security of digital transactions.

On April 29, in Ashgabat the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov hosted the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the presidential press service said.

The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev signed decree opening the Consulate General of Kazakhstan in Samarkand, the Dunyo news agency reported.

Today, April 29, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan and Ukraine will resume direct flights in May 2021, announced the Minister of Transport/ Chairman of Uzbekistan Airways Ilkhom Makhkamov at a press conference on Wednesday.

On April 29, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan, the presidential press service said in a statement.

The valid regulations in Uzbekistan do not yet allow Qanot Sharq to switch over to the low-cost business model, a representative of the airline said.

Flights to Egypt will be launched from Uzbekistan’s several provinces, the Ministry of Transport said. On April 26, Minister of Transport Ilhom Mahkamov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Uzbekistan Amira Fahmy to discuss the ways to step up cooperation between the two countries in the field of civil aviation.

2 thousand Asian bustards, or beauty bustards have been set free in Kungrad district of Karakalpakstan. This unique and rare bird is listed in both Uzbekistan’s and the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red Lists of Threatened Species.

The strategic military partnership program between Uzbekistan and Russia for 2021-2025 was signed on Wednesday in Bukhara by the defense ministers of the two countries, Bakhodir Kurbanov and Sergei Shoigu, RIA Novosti reported.

The National Chamber of Innovative Healthcare held talks with AstraZeneca on the possible cooperation in a number of areas, the chamber said in statement.

The defense ministries of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation have prepared a strategic partnership program between the countries in the military field for 2021-2025, said the Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu.

A project to improve energy efficiency in construction has been launched in Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the UN news service said in a statement.