Historical documents until to 1917, in particular those belonging to the Office of the Governor-General of Turkestan, have been declassified.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its new five-year water and environment activity in Uzbekistan, “USAID Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment.” The program covers the five countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan and will strengthen regional cooperation on the management of shared water resources in the Syr Darya and Amu Darya river basins.

The UN Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan Helena Fraser issued a statement on March 30 regarding the anti-LGBT protes and related violence in Tashkent.

An amendment has been inserted to the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan, establishing liability for public insult or defamation against the President of the country using telecommunication networks or the Internet. The Law on this was signed on March 30 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The document was passed by the Legislative Chamber on March 4 and approved by the Senate on March 12.

The Informatization Law has been amended to harshen the requirements for website owners and bloggers to disseminate information on the Internet. The amendments were approved on March 30 by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The document was passed by the Legislative Chamber on March 4 and approved by the Senate on March 12, 2021.

On March 30, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited the Uzbek-Hungarian Scientific Potato Research Center in the Yukorichirchik district of the Tashkent province.

On December 16, 2020, the State Assets Management Agency, Ltd. announced the end of the next stage of bidding for sale of the government’s stake in Coca-Cola Ichimligi Uzbekistan. According to the agency, as per the decision of the State Tender Commission, non-disclosure agreements were entered into with the bidders who qualified for the second stage.

The Hungarian OTP Bank will buy stake in one of the Uzbek banks, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on March 30 during the signing ceremony after the Uzbek-Hungarian talks.

In 2021, in order to increase the supply part vegetable oil by local producers, to cut imports, the area for planting sunflower, soybeans, sorghum, rapeseed, sesame and flax will be increased.

Following the talks on March 30, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed the joint declaration on strategic partnership ties between Uzbekistan and Hungary, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan said.

On March 29, a meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council took place. During the meeting, the steps taken in the public health are and public procurement for the implementation of the Sector With Zero Corruption project was analyzed.

The Uzbek delegation led by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers, which will be held April 1-2, 2021 in Moscow.

On March 30, the Kuksaroy residence hosted an official welcoming ceremony for the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit yesterday, the Uzbek presidency website reported.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree on March 29 appointing Shokhrukh Shorakhmetov as the chairman of Antimonopoly Committee of Uzbekistan.

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán today landed in Uzbekistan on an official visit. At the Tashkent International Airport, he and his wife were welcomed by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov.

On March 28, Uzbekistan again recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in recent months - 196 people, the Ministry of Health said. 

Electric vehicles could get separate license plates in proposed draft resolution published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The discussion of the draft will run through April 11.

Uzbekistan Airways has changed the baggage rules to the piece concept, previously the weight concept (by weight) was in effect, the company said in a statement.

On March 28, at about 15.00, an anti-LGBT protest took place in downtown Tashkent. In the evening, the Tashkent city police department (TPD) reported of the arrest of 12 people and the initiation of a criminal case by the Mirabad district police department on the grounds of part 2 of article 277 "Minor Misconduct" of the Criminal Code. 

On March 30, 2021, a delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Dushanbe (Tajikistan) to attend the ninth ministerial conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process Dialogue.