President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was awarded the award of the U. S.-based StrategEast Center for social and economic reforms in Uzbekistan.

During a workshop hosted by the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) in Tashkent, the World Bank presented the Human Capital Project and its recent report analyzing current challenges observed in Uzbekistan’s education sector.

Uzbekistan delegation led by Deputy PM/Finance Minister Jamshid Kuchkarov will attend the 81st meeting of the CIS Economic Council in Moscow on March 15, 2019.

The Uzbekistan airports will be closed for Boeing 737-8 MAX and Boeing 737-9 MAX aircrafts for a period of one month to take effect as of 5:00 PM March 13, a source in the Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport (formerly State Aviation Supervision Authority) said.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov yesterday hosted the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi, who arrived in Tashkent as part of the official delegation to attend the meeting of the Uzbekistan UAE Intergovernmental Commission for trade economic and technical cooperation.

The E-visa.gov.uz will be unavailable for 24 hours from 9 AM Tashkent time (GMT +5) on March 13 due to system maintenance works, the Foreign Ministry said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit the United Arab Emirates on March 25, the UAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori said at the third meeting of the Uzbekistan-UAE Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation Tuesday.

The Government of Uzbekistan issued a resolution ordering the creation of “green spaces” across the country, the Ministry of Justice said.

The Tashkent city mayor Jahongir Ortiqkhojaev launched the Green Initiative environmental campaign Saturday. The mayor together with his team planted oaks, chestnuts, catalps and fruit trees in different parts of the city.

Uzbekistan Airways has received one of the two Airbus A320 Neo aircrafts it had ordered, the carrier said in a statement. The A320 Neos accommodate 150 passengers in two classes (business class - 12, economy class - 138). A320 Neo family is a development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners.

The Uzbekistan Ministry of Health has purchased 200 units of General Electric ultrasound machines, which were installed in all prenatal diagnosis cabinets of multi-profile central polyclinics across the country, the Ministry said.

On March 8, we will celebrate International Women’s Day in recognition of women’s rights and the unique challenges women continue to face around the world, including in Uzbekistan.  Empowering women throughout the world is a top priority for the United States.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that finding a solution to gender inequality is a marathon, not a sprint.  Closing the gender gap will take time and persistence, but we must steadfastly move towards more inclusive societies if we want peace and prosperity.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the visiting Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn Wednesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today hosted the co-chair of the Uzbek-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation/Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Making Changes and Addenda to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill into Law.

A branch of the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Medical University will open in Uzbekistan as of the 2019/2020 academic year. The decision of opening of the branch was discussed today at a meeting between the ministers of health of Uzbekistan Alisher Shadmanov and Russia Veronika Skvortsova in Tashkent, the Uzbek Health Ministry said.

The draft Use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes Bill was examined and unanimously adopted on first reading (conceptually) at a plenary session of the Legislative Chamber on March 5, the Uzatom Agency said.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting Afghanistan delegation, headed by President’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib.

The daughter of the late president Islam Karimov, Gulnara Karimova, who was sentenced to five years of restriction of liberty on July 1, 2018 was transferred to a penal colony on Tuesday, the General Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. The statement provides a number of facts that were not previously not disclosed.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Ratification of the Convention on the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the States-Parties to the Commonwealth of Independent States (Minsk, May 26, 1995) Bill into Law.