Chinese Xi'an will host the China-Central Asia Summit on May 18-19, Xinhua reported. The Summit will be attended by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov. The forum will be chaired by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Every year on May 18, more than 150 countries around the world mark the International Museum Day. The decision to celebrate this day was made in 1977 at a regular meeting of the International Council of Museums.

Tashkent’s Chilanzar district criminal court ruled  a man who harassed a female passenger in the subway car for a 5-day administrative arrest. This information was confirmed by the spokesman of the Supreme Court, Aziz Abidov.

President Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to introduce a system of green energy certificates Decree on Tuesday. In line with the document, a system of "green energy" certificates, confirming the generation of electricity using renewable energy sources, is to be gradually introduced:

On May 12, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to improve accounting for the production, processing and sale of hydrocarbons Resolution, the Ministry of Justice said.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is expecting Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to grow by at least 5.2 per cent on average in 2023, according to its latest Regional Economic Prospects report, published today.

The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent in cooperation with American Councils for International Education officially opened a new American Corner in Namangan to provide the community with information about the United States and opportunities to study there; internet access; English Language clubs and more.

Some Central Asian countries are making it clear that they are not ready to take risks and may join the sanctions against Russia, said the Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Galuzin at the III Central Asian Conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club on May 16, TASS reported.

Global payment technology company Mastercard announced the opening of its first official representative office in Uzbekistan during the annual conference of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on May 16 in Samarkand.

The 32nd annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) entitled: Investing in Compliance will be held in Samarkand on May 16-18.

China Visa Center has opened in Tashkent, the press service of the Chinese embassy said in a statement. From May 16, 2023, applicants with passports of Uzbekistan and other countries must apply to the visa center to obtain a Chinese visa (including a Hong Kong visa), the statement said.

Uzbek start-ups in fintech, e-commerce and software are benefitting from foreign investment thanks to green economy strategies, the privatisation of Uzbek banks and public-private partnership laws, the Euronews website reported in a PR article sponsored by Uzbek Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Zhusipbek Kazbekov hosted the Deputy Regional Director for Asia and Head of the Department for Developing Countries of the Global Green Growth Institute Jason Lee, Dunyo reported.

Footage surfaced on social media showing two girls lying on the ground after being hit by a car near an Almalyk school. As reported by the Tashkent province police department, the traffic accident occurred on May 15 at 7:40 on Tinchlik street.

Opening ceremony of the special tactical training exercise Shield-2023 conducted jointly between the units of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan was held at the Angren field training ground of the Tashkent military district.

The Lithuanian government donated 684,900 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to Uzbekistan as humanitarian aid, the Service for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health said. The plane with the vaccine landed in Tashkent on Sunday.

Deputy Transport Minister Jasur Choriev hosted the Hungary's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Uzbekistan Gyula Kovács and the head of Unit at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Adrienn Gobel.

The Project Office for coordination over the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railway project has been officially opened in Tashkent, Dunyo said on Sunday.

On May 12, in Mons, at the headquarters of the NATO Joint Command in Europe, the Day of NATO Partner States took place with the participation of representatives of member countries and partners of the organization, Dunyo news agency reported.

Most of Uzbek energy companies engaged in electricity generation, heat generation and coal mining suffered losses in Q1 of 2023. These findings were revealed in the financial statements of enterprises on the Unified Corporate Information Portal.