Shavkatbek Irgashev has been appointed as mayor of Tashkent's Mirzo-Ulugbek district, the Tashkent mayor's office said. Previously, this post was occupied by Sherzod Kudbiev, who was appointed as Minister of Employment and Labor Relations.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today hosted the visiting Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Kang Kyung-wha, the press service of the head of state said.

Uzbekistan's Armed Forces ranked 39th in the updated Countries Military Strength Ranking by Global Firepower. Uzbekistan is placed between Netherlands and Romania and is the highest in the Central Asian region, with Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan - placed 50th, 80th, 91st and 96th, respectively.

The next meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Air Defense under the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member states took place yesterday in Tashkent.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today met with the Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia Ināra Mūrniece.

The newly appointed Uzbek Ambassador to Belarus Nosirjon Yusupov today departed from Tashkent to Minsk, the Foreign Ministry reported.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today received the newly appointed Ambassador of Colombia with stationed in Moscow Alfonso López Caballero, the Ministry said in a statement.

Uzbek IT Development Minister Azim Akhmedkhadzhayev and Russian Mass Communications Deputy Minister Alexei Volin discussed the possibility of launching a joint channel with Russia’s ORT channel.

The meeting of the Uzbekistan-Iran intergovernmental commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation took place in Tehran, the Uzbek ministry for foreign trade reported.

Inquiry, interrogation and investigations are being recorded on 1832 web cameras in office computers of investigative units of city and provincial police departments, the Interior Minister Pulat Bobodjonov said in a briefing.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the newly appointed Argentinian Ambassador with residence in Moscow, Ricardo Ernesto Lagorio, the ministry reported.

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) intends to enter into a strategic cooperation agreement with Uzbekistan, Takhlilnoma (weekly analytical news program - Edit.) on Uzbekistan 24 channel reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a meeting in the Saykhunobod district of the Syrdarya province on April 13 touched upon the issue of forced labour of teachers and medical workers ahead of his trips to the province.

A large 300,000 tons of ammonia and 360,000 tons of carbamide per year plant will be built in Yangier city of Sirdaryo province in 2019-2023, with technologies from South Korea, Germany, Japan, China and other countries, President Mirziyoyev said the Syrdarya province meeting ended by the local authorities, MPs and the public.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today arrived in Syrdarya province, the President's press service said. The head of the state visited the province last May. The purpose of the visit is to familiarize himself with the work aimed at improving the infrastructure, changes in the social sphere, as well as projects in various sectors of the economy.

Maruf Usmonov has been appointed as the mayor of Kokand city in the Ferghana province, the mayor's office said. Earlier, from March 2017 Maruf Usmonov had served as chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Civil Oversight bill into law. The law was developed to regulate affairs related to the exercise by citizens of Uzbekistan of the constitutional right to participate in the governance through exercise of civil oversight over the government activities.

ROSATOM State Corporation is currently discussing with the Government of Uzbekistan an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant, the general director of RosAtom Alexei Likhachev said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Deputy Interior Minister, chief of the Tashkent Police Department (TPD) Rustam Juraev commented on the "trend to grow beards" among the Tashkent’s youth at a meeting with the residents of Uchtepa district on Tuesday.