The thousandth, anniversary, kidney transplantation was conducted at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Surgery named after academician V. Vakhidov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting to discuss projects in the water sector on Tuesday. He pointed to the four main problems in the field of water management are analyzed - water losses in canals, high energy consumption of pumping stations, limited water reserves and insufficient implementation of water-saving technologies.

On April 15, Samarkand hosted a meeting of the organizing committee to prepare for the 32nd annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Another batch of humanitarian aid from Uzbekistan for Afghanistan left Termez for Hairatan today on April 19, the press service of the Surkhandarya province governor’s office said.

Amendments to the Code of Administrative Responsibility regarding the payment of administrative fines was signed by the President on Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore and Special Representative for Central Asia Terhi Hakala, the presidential press service said.

Rais (chairman) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov will visit Uzbekistan on April 24-25. During the visit, he will attend Innoprom exhibition, the launch of a technopark in Jizzakh, as well as the opening of a medical education center in the Jizzakh branch of Kazan Federal University (KFU).

The Prosecutor General's Office is probing into the incident of presumably teachers being beaten in an Uzun district school of Surkhandarya province, the Office’s spokesman Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosts the EU’s Special Representatives for Central Asia, Terhi Khakala and EU’s Special Representatives for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore.

President signed the Measures to implement the program for providing the population with housing through mortgage loans based on market principles for 2023 Decree setting zero customs duty on some building materials.

The Kazakh Foreign Ministry has approved the request of the current Afghan authorities to accredit their diplomats in Astana. This was announced on April 17 at a briefing by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan Aibek Smadiyarov.

Ukraine was the largest supplier of apples to the Uzbek market in January of this year, despite the ongoing war, complicated and expensive logistics, and other difficulties that Ukrainian gardeners are facing.

In December 2022, Gazprom allowed its employees to visit only 14 “friendly” countries. The 14 “friendly” countries include: Belarus, Serbia, Turkey, China, UAE, Sri Lanka, India, Morocco, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are on the list of “most preferred to visit” countries.

Plane of the Turkish AnadoluJet landed at the Tashkent airport today at 5:11 AM, launching Ankara to Tashkent flight. The Boeing 737-800, which carried 160 passengers to Uzbekistan, was greeted with a water arch, the Uzbekistan Airports reported.

G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting issued a 11-item statement, which included Russia’s war against Ukraine, Global consequences of this war, Global issues, Irna, and others, including Central Asia.

Samarkand was declared the cultural capital of the CIS in 2024. This was announced at the meeting of the CIS foreign ministers. The city of Samarkand will become the cultural capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2024.

Wikipedia’s Uzbek section ranked first in Central Asia and 45th in the world by the number of articles, the Youth Affairs Agency said on Minday.

Senate speaker Tanzila Norboeva hosted the parliamentary delegation led by the Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Boris Kollar.

From Wednesday, the anticyclone will begin to recede from the territory of Uzbekistan, and dry weather will be established by the end of the working week, Uzhydromet reported.

The Czech government delegation headed by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will embark on a tour which includes Vietnam, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Uzbekistan and the Philippines.