UNDP in partnership with Uzhydromet hosted the second basin planning workshop to build better understanding of the current state and potential impact of climate change on livelihoods of people at selected pilot (national) river basins areas in the Ferghana Valley.

Saidazim Sharipov, Deputy Director for Urban Planning and Scientific Projects of the ToshkentboshplanLITI Institute of Design and Research, spoke at a press conference on Saturday about the details of the draft master plan of Tashkent until 2045.

The Legislative Chamber at a plenary session on October 25 immediately passed the Conflict of Interest Bill in the second and third readings. Now it must be considered by the Senate.

Samarkand will host the EU-Central Asia ministerial meeting and the international conference: EU-Central Asia interdependence: Global gateways for sustainable development on November 17-18.

On October 25, 2022, Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Daniel Cristian Ciobanu attended the inauguration of two alternative multi-age/play preschool facilities in Khorezm province (Sayot and Shorkol neighborhoods in Khiva district), financed on the basis of Romania's voluntary contribution (from official development assistance funds) to UNICEF.

This month, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) began distributing over $200,000 worth of equipment to 226 female graduates of a USAID-supported entrepreneurship and vocational training program. The rural entrepreneurs will use the equipment to launch start-up businesses. The equipment handover is part of USAID’s $3.4 Million Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative.

Director Eric Catalfamo and Cultural Property Analyst Ann Compton of the Cultural Heritage Center of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State visited Uzbekistan for 9 days to deepen cultural ties.

Moscow-based non-alcoholic beverages plant Ochakovo launched product exports to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. We are talking about the import-substitutions named CoolCola, Fancy and Street soft drinks, the alternatives for Coca Cola, Fanta and Sprite.

The Consul General of Uzbekistan in Bangkok met with Oramon Saptavitham, Director General of the Department of International Trade Negotiations of the Ministry of Trade of Thailand, Dunyo reported.

Government delegation led by the Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov will be in South Korea between October 23-26 to attend the 15th Central Asia-Republic of Korea Cooperation Forum.

Uzbek Ambassador to Japan Muhsin Abdurahmanov met with Junichiro Miyagawa, vice president of All Nippon Airlines (ANA) on Tuesday, Dunyo reported.

On October 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on ensuring the sustainable operation of economic sectors and social institutions in the autumn-winter period.

President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov at a briefing on Monday explained why the Ministry of Defense calls the explosion that occurred on Saturday at a warehouse in a military unit in Syrdarya province an isolated one.

Commission was formed to create a single alphabet in order to expedite the process of language unity of Turkic countries. At the "Seminar on the Common Alphabet of the Turkic World" held in Bursa, Turkey, the decision to create a commission to create a single alphabet was presented to the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

Tashkent to Andijan and Tashkent to Samarkand toll highways will be completed by 2026, announced the Director of the State-Private Partnership Development Agency Zokir Bozorov.

Samarkand will host the autumn session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States on October 27-28, 2022.

President’s spokesman, Sherzod Asadov, at the traditional Monday briefing gave information about the activities of the head of state last week and the work plan for the current week.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Russian Deputy PM/Minister of Industry and Trade, Co-Chair of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission Denis Manturov.

First Boeing-747 purchased by the Uzbek airline landed at the Tashkent airport on October 23, at 17:03. The freight carrier My Freighter purchased a 105-ton double-deck wide-body aircraft, known as the Jumbo Jet, or the Queen of Heaven. According to Uzbekistan Airports, the arrival of the aircraft was traditionally welcomed with a water arch.

Japan donated more than 270.6 thousand US dollars to Uzbekistan as part of the government program to small-scale social projects.