The UK's Foreign Secretary announces 178 new sanctions, coordinated with the EU, targeting those who prop up Russian-backed illegal breakaway regions of Ukraine.

Uzbekistan welcomes the announcement of a two-month truce and ceasefire in Yemen mediated by the UN, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The United States of America understands and respects Uzbekistan’s position in relation to the war in Ukraine, the US Ambassador to Tashkent Daniel Rosenblum told in an interview to the Amerika Ovozi (Voice of America).

Amendments have been made to the Article 19 of the regulation on procedure for regulating the relationship of traffic police officers with road users and use of special tools. This is stated in the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers dated April 12 this year.

As per the amended Traffic Rules (TR), which will take effect on May 1, front-seat passengers will have to wear seat belts, the Ministry of Justice said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed pharmaceutical officials to attract at least 10 foreign brands to the country. At a government meeting chaired by Shavkat Mirziyoyev on April 12, he noted that the Pharmaceutical Agency needs to completely reorganize the system of working with projects.

The government has approved amendments to traffic rules which will take effect on May 1 of this year. According to the document:

On April 11, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Akkulov departed from Tashkent for Abu Dhabi, the UAE, the Foreign Ministry said.

On February 14, 2021, a lady of Nukus, N.Yu., gave birth to a baby girl. The next day, on February 15, at 9:15 am, the doctors of the Regional Perinatal Center of Karakalpakstan declared the death of the newborn and at 10:15 am they transferred her to coroner, the Prosecutor's Office of Karakalpakstan said.

On April 11, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of transport and utilities sector projects, the presidential press service said on Monday.

Imports of beef increased by about 2,000 tons. the State Statistics Committee said in a report. Reportedly, in the first two months of 2022, Uzbekistan imported 5.9 thousand tons of beef from seven countries worth total of $26.5 million, an increase by about 2,000 tons compared to the same period last year.

Chief accountant of a college in Fergana appropriated 4.3 billion soums, which he lost on a betting site. Using his official position, the suspect in 2019-2021 unreasonably transferred to his own account over 4 billion soums, US$ 370 thousand worth of salaries and allowances.

On April 11, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of transport and utilities sector projects, the presidential press service said on Monday.

A Tashkent-bound Uzbekistan Airways Airbus A320 aircraft heading from Minsk made an emergency landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport after an anonymous bomb threat, the company said.

A number of tenders are planned in the years 2022-2023 to attract companies to implement large projects in partnership with the state. The list of these projects was approved by the April 8 decree of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

With power outages and many popular social networks blocked, including Twitter and TikTok, Uzbekistan does not look like an ideal place for a career in information technology, Euronews website said.

Cloudy, but dry and warm weather is expected over most territory of Uzbekistan on Monday, April 11, Uzhydromet said in a statement on Sunday.

On April 6, Tinkoff Global (Singapore) filed an application for registration of CloudPayments trademark in Uzbekistan. Information about this appeared in the database Intellectual Mulk (Intellectual Property) of the Ministry of Justice.

Ukraine’s Zakrpattian region received the delivery of over 34 tons of humanitarian aid from Uzbekistan, including medicines, first-aid kits and long-lasting food products.

Starting from May 1, foreign nationals will be allowed to invest in Uzbekistan by buying new real estate objects under construction (with the exception of land plots) without residence permit in the country. The list of objects will be approved by the government. This is stated in the president’s April 8 Next reforms to facilitate stable economic growth by improving the business environment and developing the private sector Decree.