President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today signed a decree on awarding the founder and CEO of the Russian USM Holding Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov with El-Yurt Hurmati (appr. transl. Homeland's Esteem) Order.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today arrived in Tashkent province to familiarize himself with socio-economic facilities, the Presidential press service reported.

The Ministries of Justice of Uzbekistan and Iran signed a memorandum of cooperation, the Uzbek Ministry of Justice. The document was reportedly signed in Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyz Republic) within the framework of the Sixth Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO Member States.

Uzbek Foreign Trade Minister Jamshid Khodjaev met with the Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin in Tashkent Monday.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Creation of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree Monday reorganizing the Office of the President of Uzbekistan into the Administration of the President.

Uzbekistan foreign minister Abdulaziz Khafizovich Kamilov on Monday met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul where he discussed issues of mutual interest between the two nations with a special focus on major economic, regional and transit projects, Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process and the fight against terrorism.

The Office of the President of Uzbekistan has been reorganized into the Administration of the President, which will ensure the activities of the head of state and monitor the execution of his orders and decisions, the sources in the government told the Tashkent Times.

Uzbek PM Aripov signed a resolution on Friday instructing the central and local authorities to draft specific work regulations. According to the document, from now on various level meetings, councils, sessions and other events shall be held only on a schedule, maximum 2-3 times a week and must last 1-1.5 hours. If this event is of national level, then a maximum of 2 hours.

Uzbekistan Railways announces deals for all domestic travels between 31 August to 4 September on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of Uzbekistan's independence.

The Uzbek Prosecutor General's Office reported about the degree of injuries of the drivers and passengers of the accident involving a government car in Bekabad district of Tashkent province.

On August 21, Umid Shadiev, the newly appointed Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to UNESCO, left Tashkent for Paris, replacing Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, the younger dughter of the late president Islam Karimov, who served Uzbekistan's Ambassador to UNESCOsince 2008. She stepped down from this post on 2 February, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Last evening, Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and deputy PM/chairman of Uzbekneftegaz Alisher Sultonov got into a car accident when they were travelling from Bekabad to Tashkent, a source in the government told The Tashkent Times.

Police held a riot control and protest dispersal drill on August 12 and earlier - June 20 in a residential district of Samarkand, the third largest city in Uzbekistan.

The Uzbek and Tajik border guards held joint tactical-special exercises, Uzbekistan 24 reported. The first ever military drills of the two countries were held in the Termez district of the Surkhandarya province of Uzbekistan. According to the scenario of the drill, the border guards of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan held off the imaginary invasion of militants. The military established the location of the militants and engaged into a combat with them, using a drone, armored vehicles and boats.

Tashkent hosted negotiations between the aviation authorities of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Friday attended by the officials of the Uzbekistan Airways and the Kyrgyz Air Manas and the Avia Traffic Company.

Following the official welcoming ceremony of the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Kuksaroy residence, the two leaders began talks, the presidential press service reported.

Uzbek senator and poet Iqbol Mirzo (Iqboljon Mirzaliev) wrote an article on Xalq So’zi newspaper, implicitly criticizing Islam Karimov’s rule, while praising the reforms undertaken by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon today arrived in Tashkent on a two-day state visit. At the Islam Karimov airport, the high guest was welcomed by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

New appointments have been made in the central apparatus of the Interior ministry and the police departments of 9 districts: in Samarkand province - Payariq, Pakhtachi, Bulungur districts, in Djizzakh province - Zarbdor district, in Ferghana province - Bagdad district, in Namangan province - Uychi district, in Tashkent province - Kuyichirchik district, in Kashkadarya province - Guzar district.

Uzbek Deputy PM Sukhrob Kholmurodov in his opening remarks at the 11th Uzbek-Indian commission named the ways to expand trade between Uzbekistan and India.