On March 23, the Tashkent City Police Department’s Counter-Terrorism and Extremism Division received a report that a woman named Sevara was sending young girls to Istanbul, Turkey, for prostitution.

CEO of Uzbekistan Airports Rano Juraeva unveiled some details about the new local airline Silk Avia. She underscored that at the first stage, three 70-seater aircraft are expected to be delivered. It is planned to launch about 40 routes across Uzbekistan - not only from the capital to the provinces, but also between provinces.

The delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lieutenant-General Baktibek Bekbolotov, arrived on an official visit to Uzbekistan to discuss the state of bilateral relations in the field of regional security and defense, the bilateral military ties and the ways to expand them.

Three-times-a-week Tashkent to Almaty high speed train service will be launched after two years of restrictions, the Uzbekistan Railways said in a statement.

The Hyatt hotel chain will open a new hotel in Uzbekistan next year, said the company’s regional vice-president Punit Tandon during a panel discussion on investments in the tourism industry on the sidelines of the Tashkent Investment Forum on March 24.

President signed of the Joining International Treaty on Cooperation in the Field of Official Statistics Decree. The treaty was signed on May 31, 2013 in Minsk at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Skype is now accessible in Uzbekistan. The messenger was excluded from the register of violators of the Personal data law, to which it was included in July 2021.

On March 24, on the sidelines of the Tashkent International Investment Forum, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted a delegation of the United Arab Emirates headed by Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail al-Mazrui.

On March 24, the first Tashkent International Investment Forum kicked off in the capital, which opened with a plenary session, which was attended by the Uzbek President.

Three Belgian and two German Shepherds are expected to serve at customs posts on the Afghan and Tajik borders today.

Launch ceremony was held for the thermal power plant project in Angor district of Surkhandarya province as part of the Tashkent International Investment Forum, which was attended by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the presidential press service reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on March 29-31, it was announced at a special event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Uzbek-Turkish ties.

Interest rates on mortgage programs and educational loans in Uzbekistan will remain unchanged, announced the Minister of Finance Timur Ishmetov after a government meeting chaired by the President on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Tashkent International Investment Forum, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Odile-Reno Basso spoke about the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in creating sustainable jobs and economic development in Uzbekistan addressing the plenary session and mentioned three main areas of focus of the organization in Uzbekistan.

Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) jointly with the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan and the World Health Organization commemorated World Tuberculosis Day in Uzbekistan. USAID marked the day with a donation of 16 GeneXpert diagnostic machines to the Ministry of Health (MOH); by organizing a children’s paintings exhibition and campaigns to prevent tuberculosis (TB), stigma and discriminationm and a charity concert in Djizzak, Gulistan and Ferghana cities to raise awareness about TB.

On March 23, Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation of the Russian Federation headed by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

According to the publication www.66.ru, Russian travel firms started offering tour packages to Tashkent to get Visa and Mastercard cards. Flights on planes of Uzbekistan Airways and Uzbekistan Express are to be operated from Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Kazan, Ufa and Mineralnye Vody.

On March 22, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov landed in Tashkent on a working visit. At the Tashkent International Airport, he was welcomed by Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov.

On March 21, celebrations on the occasion of the Navruz holiday were held in Tashkent at the Humo Arena complex. The event was attended by the president, who offered his wishes to Uzbeks on the occasion of the holiday.

On March 17-18, a delegation of the Government of Uzbekistan led by Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umrzakov visited Washington, USA.