Rules for purchase of foreign currency are expected to be tightened for business entities in Uzbekistan. The Central Bank has published a draft of the relevant document.

Today, the Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Italy Sergio Mattarella held talks at Kuksaroy residence, the presidential press service said.

Turkish contractor company, Aksa Enerji will build a gas piston power plant in Nishan district of Kashkadarya province on a public-private partnership terms, the press service of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade (MIPT) reported.

Over the past 30 years, Uzbekistan’s population has increased by 15 million to over 36 million. According to forecasts, by 2030, the population will reach 40 million people, which is almost half of the population of Central Asia.

Chairman of Uzbekistan Railways Z. Narzullaev met with the head of Afghan Railways Administration Bakht-ur-Rehman Sharafat on Wednesday in Hairatan, Balkh province in Afghanistan. The parties discussed the reconstruction of the Hairatan–Naibabad–Mazar-i-Sharif railway, the development and modernization of which is sought after by both parties.

Microbiologist, Director of Uzbek-Chinese laboratory at the National University of Uzbekistan Dilfuza Egamberdieva was rewarded UNESCO-Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology, the press service of the Culture and Arts Development Foundation said.

In his address at the 16th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Tashkent, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan touched on the Israel-Hamas war.

The Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services posted the results of the tender for reconstruction of the Press House complex (Newspaper Corps) in the Tashkent’s Mirabad district.

On November 7, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Gayrat Fozilov and U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Donald Lu led in Tashkent the third session of the Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD) between Uzbekistan and the United States. The United States-Uzbekistan SPD was inaugurated to foster understanding between the two countries and to hold discussions on a range of issues critical to advancing the U.S.-Uzbekistan bilateral relationship.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the 16th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization. At the beginning of his remarks, he underscored: “Even as we meet, the political architecture of the world is radically changing before our eyes and its global transformation is taking place. It is important that the countries of our organization, which have great influence in these complex processes, act unitedly and harmoniously, and jointly search for effective responses to emerging threats and challenges.”

The ancient city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, is set to host the 2023 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships from December 26 to 30. This five-day tournament will gather the world's top chess players, vying for the title of the World Champion in Rapid and Blitz across the Open and Women's categories

The President’s Envoy for Foreign Policies, the former Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov was awarded one of Japan's highest awards - the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the NHK TV channel reported.

Uzbekistan is cutting natural gas exports to China for the second month in a row. This was reported by Spot based on information from the General Administration of Customs of China.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is in Astana on a working visit, attended the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States.

16th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization will soon kick off in Tashkent. The summit will be attended by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Ibrahim Raisi of Iran, Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkiye, Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov of Kazakhstan, chief of the interim government Anwar ul-Haq Kakar of Pakistan and ECO Secretary General Khusraw Noziri.

Мобильные игры в последние годы совершили настоящий рывок в графике и геймплее. Такие хиты, как Genshin Impact, Call of Duty Mobile и Wild Rift, требуют от смартфона максимальной производительности — быстрого процессора, мощного графического чипа, большого объема оперативной памяти.

Chief of the news publication Taftish.uz (Elita-Media LLC) Gairat Aberaev was arrested in absentia, the press service of the prosecutor's office of Bukhara province.

Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu.

State Security Service officers caught red-handedly a deputy district prosecutor and an investigator in Andijan, and an assistant prosecutor in Samarkand.

The leader of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhonov landed in Nukus, Karakalpakstan autonomy. The delegation of Tatarstan will visit a number of plants in Karakalpakstan and hold negotiations on setting up of joint ventures.