President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at a meeting with MPs on March 6, proposed switching to a mixed electoral system to enhance the role of political parties, the MP from People's Democratic Party Ulugbek Inoyatov announced during the March 9 session of the Legislative Chamber.

The Legislative Chamber at its March 10 session adopted a resolution on holding a referendum on the new version of the Constitution. The event was broadcast live.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers/Chief of Presidential Administration of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov on Thursday.

Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade Laziz Qudratov hosted the visiting Foreign Minister of Mongolia Batmunkh Battsetseg on Thursday.

The number of senators will be reduced from 100 to 65. The president will be required to consult with the Senate before appointing the chairman of the State Security Service and the Prosecutor general. All members of the Superior Council of Judges shall be elected by the Senate.

The articles of the Constitution will be raised from the current 128 to 155, and its provisions from 275 to 434, with conceptual changes being made to 91 out of 128 articles.

The President signed a Resolution aimed at creating additional facilities for making payments by the public. According to the document, by May 1 this year, in Tashkent, as a legal experiment, the practice of cash withdrawal at points of sale and services through a network of virtual cash desks is being introduced.

Uzbekistan has been ranked 100th among 167 nations in the global prosperity index, showing a four-rank improvement from last year, according to 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index released on Wednesday.

The chief of the Presidential Administration Sardor Umurzakov hosted the visiting Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, head of the presidential administration Akylbek Zhaparov.

On March 9, 2023, Mr. Shinsuke TODA, Chargé d'affaires ad interim of Japan and Ms. Shahodat TOJIMATOVA, Director of preschool education institution №35 of Kushtepa district of Fergana region signed a grant contract under the "Project for Provision of Educational Equipment for Preschool Educational Institution No.35 of Kushtepa District of Fergana Region" (worth $40,814 US dollars) within the framework of the Japan’s Government program "Grant Assistance For Grassroots Human Security Projects".

Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg in Tashkent on Wednesday. The counterparts in particular the opening of the embassy of Mongolia in Tashkent this year. Now Mongolia has an honorary consulate in Tashkent.

Russia journalist Alexander Nechaev, 36, was found dead in Tashkent, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed on Saturday the information of the Russian media.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved financing support in the amount of $12 million for the Scaling Solar 2 Project for Uzbekistan. The Project will help expand the country’s capacity to produce clean and renewable energy, as well as further support the Government’s agenda of the transition to a green economy and promoting the decarbonization of the energy sector.

Russia and the Central Asia countries are preparing an agreement on migration. We may be talking about training centers for labor migrants.

Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg will visit Uzbekistan on March 7-10, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. She is scheduled to hold talks in the ministries of foreign affairs, agriculture, investment, industry and trade, transport, as well as in the Cabinet of Ministers to discuss the ways to expand the Uzbek-Mongolian political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian ties.

Maiden meeting of special envoys of Afghanistan's neighboring countries kicked off this morning in Tashkent, Dunyo reported. Reportedly, the meeting was opened by the Special Envoy of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev.

Tashkent will host the 7th international jazz festival from April 25 to May 13, the Culture and Art Development Fund of Uzbekistan said. The festival is being organized under the auspices of the UNESCO office with the assistance of the embassies of a number of countries. Uzbekistan has been participating in the global jazz celebration since 2015.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin. According to the press service of the Uzbek President, the head of state and Putin discussed "topical aspects of the bilateral agenda", including issues of regional cooperation.

Kyiv has opened a criminal investigation into what it said was Russia’s “brutal and brazen shooting of an unarmed person” depicted in a video spread on social media which prompted a public outcry in Ukraine, Reuters said.

The Russian airline Pobeda is set to launch Moscow to Tashkent charter direct flight from April 21 and twice-a-week Moscow to Samarkand flight, the Uzbekistan Airports said.