An International Water Management Institute (IWMI-Regional Representative office based in Uzbekistan) led CGIAR workshop on the new research for development program “NEXUS Gains for the Aral Sea Basin: Realizing Multiple Benefits Across Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (Forests, Biodiversity)” – took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 11 March – in one of the dynamically growing and developing region in the world.

Uzbekistan welcomes the decision of the international coalition Cotton Campaign to lift the boycott of Uzbek cotton.

On March 10, the Anti-Corruption Agency reported at a press conference on achived results in 2021. The report was presented by the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Akmal Burkhanov.

Footage of a slaughtered donkey in Kashkadarya province surfaced on social media. The press service of the province police department commented on the situation.

Russia lifted restrictions for Uzbekistan-bound flights imposed due to the pandemic, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said in statement.

Story surfaced on social networks that Ulugbek Treasure was discovered on the banks of Tupalang River in Surkhandarya province. The prosecutor's office clarified this information.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov is attending the second diplomatic forum, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Deputy PM/Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Aziz Abdukhakimov and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko on March 10 signed an action plan to promote tourism, the press service of the Russian government said.

On March 9, Tashkent hosted the first meeting of the Joint Uzbek-Iranian Security Commission, the presidential press service said.

A man was arrested in Uzbekistan, who was on the international wanted list on suspicion of participation in an organized criminal group that committed thefts on an especially large scale in a number of European countries.

The twenty-fourth plenary session of the Senate will convene on March 17. The session to be held via conference call will review a nimber of bills, notably Aapproval of the Labor Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill, Non-bank credit organizations and microfinance activities Bill, On cybersecurity, Organic products Bill and Advertising Bill.

“After encouraging hundreds of companies to avoid Uzbek cotton over the past 12 years, we’re happy to announce the time has come to lift the Uzbek Cotton Pledge,” Patricia Jurewicz, CEO of the Responsible Sourcing Network and a Cotton Campaign co-founder said in the group’s press release. 

The conference on the launch of the new Multi-Annual Indicative Program for 2021-2027 of the European Union for Uzbekistan was held today in Tashkent.

On March 6-9, a government delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov visited the United States, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. Reportedly, the meeting was organized in accordance with the agreements reached at the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Partnership Dialogue in December 2021.

Many experts believe that in the near future the tourism demand in Russia will inevitably focus mainly on two groups of countries, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) said.

Today at 11:45 at Otkamar farm of Dekhkanabad district of Kashkadarya province, lightning struck three people, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

On March 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted an Iranian government delegation headed by Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani.

Tajikistan switches checkpoints on the border with Uzbekistan to normal operation mode. The decision was taken by the anti-coronavirus headquarters and was due to the normalization of the epidemiological situation in Tajikistan.

51 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on March 8, the Ministry of Health said. 29 cases were detected in Tashkent city, while 7 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

The Dunyo news agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be renamed back to its former name – Jahon, the agency said on its website.