Friday, 18, October, 2024

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The first plane with humanitarian aid from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for Afghanistan arrived in Termez on October 15, UNHCR said on its Twitter page. The aircraft arrived from the UN Logistics Center in Dubai.

The Tax Committee disclosed taxes paid by international e-service companies in Uzbekistan. In January-September 2021, these companies paid more than 15.2 billion soums, or US$ 1.4 million to the budget: Facebook - 7.6 billion soums, Google Commerce Limited - 4.6 billion soums, Apple - 2.2 billion soums, Netflix - 331 million soums, Yandex - 256 million soums, Booking.com - 205 million soums, Huawei - 81 million soums.

Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over medical equipment to healthcare facilities in Ferghana to assist the province in its fight against tuberculosis (TB). 

On October 14, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the extraordinary online meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the presidential press service said.

On October 14, a footage appeared on Telegram channels where several auto containers loaded with Chevrolet Lacetti vehicles were heading to the flour storage area. Why are cars going to the warehouse?

Police prevented a woman's attempt to sell her newborn child in Gulistan (Syrdarya province) on October 8, the province's police department said on Wednesday.

The issue of the possible deployment of US armed forces in Uzbekistan to counter terrorist threats is not on the table and hence is not being discussed. On the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS countries in Minsk, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov told this to journalists.

On October 14-15, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the online summits of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the presidential press service said.

Within the framework of the Third Eurasian Women's Forum taking place on 13-15 October 2021 in St. Petersburg the Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Chairperson of the Central Asia Women Leaders Caucus Tanzila Narbaeva is participating in the thematic session "The Role of Women-Led Business in Economic Development".

On October 11-12, the Uzbek government delegation led by the First Deputy Foreign Minister Farhod Arziev attended the anniversary summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade, Serbia.

Red Wings airline will launch flights from Rostov's Platov airport to Tashkent in November, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Two video surveillance cameras it is planned to install at the "exemplary" polling stations in each district and city of the country During the Uzbekistan presidential elections to be held on October 24,. This was announced at a meeting of the Central Election Commission on Wednesday by the deputy head of the CEC, Bahrom Kuchkarov.

The European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD) is contributing to industrial and residential energy efficiency in Uzbekistan and Central Asia by supporting Ecoclimat Group (Ecoclimat), the region’s only producer of glass wool, as the firm expands production capacity.

In the near future, the UN Refugee Office (UNHCR) plans to send three planes with humanitarian aid for Afghanistan to Termez, the Office’s press service said in a statement.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the CIS Foreign Ministers Council meeting on October 13-14in Minsk, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

On October 13, the Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold an online meeting with chiefs of special services of CIS countries, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.

The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided US $ 5 million for the implementation of a COVID-19 comprehensive response program in Uzbekistan for 2021, of which US $ 4.57 million is to be contributed to the health sector, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Tashkent said.

The Senate will convene for the twentieth plenary session on October 20, the press service of the Senate said in a statement on Tuesday.

On the morning of October 13, a batch of 200 thousand doses of Chinese Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, as well as 20 thousand Favipiravir drugs were delivered to Tashkent from Istanbul, the Ministry of Health said.

During the G20 meeting on Afghanistan, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will announce a support package worth around €1 billion for the Afghan people and neighbouring countries, addressing the urgent needs in the country and the region. The socio-economic situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, putting hundreds of thousands of Afghans at risk as winter approaches. Humanitarian assistance alone will not be enough to avert famine and a major humanitarian crisis.