The Central Election Commission at its May 10 meeting approved a decision to announce the start of the campaign for early presidential elections, which are scheduled for July 9.

“Hurrah for Comrade Stalin!”: An unsanctioned rally took place in Tashkent under the flag of the Uzbek SSR, and  the flag of the USSR. The event was attended by about 100-200 people who shouted "Hurrah for Comrade Stalin."

Hydromet told the weather for Tashkent city of tomorrow, May 11. Partly cloudy weather at times with no precipitation is expected tomorrow, and 3-8 m/s eastwards wind. Temperature at night will be 16-18° Celsius and daytime 32-34°.

Majoritarian-proportional (mixed) electoral system will be introduced in Uzbekistan in parliamentary elections for the Legislative Chamber and local deputies’ councils. This is stated in the president’s May 8 Priority measures for the implementation of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan in a new edition decree.

In January-April, 42 foreign technology and online companies  paid 32.4 billion soums, or US$ 2.8 million in taxes in Uzbekistan, which is by 1.6 times more compared to the same period last year, the Tax Committee said.

On May 8, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a Decree on priority measures to implement the new version of the Constitution. The Decree aims to "achieve a number goals of which cannot be postponed and to abolish conflicting provisions."

European Union states hold a first discussion on Wednesday on proposed new sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine that would target Chinese and Iranian firms and allow export curbs on third countries for busting existing trade restrictions.

Strong fire occurred on the evening of May 9 at a gas filling station located near the gas supply enterprise in Pakhtachi district of Samarkand province. It led to an explosion, which was captured in numerous videos that circulated on social networks.

Uzbekistan and Spain are discussing the prospects of cooperation in legal field. With the support of the Uzbek Embassy, a delegation consisting of representatives of the General Prosecutor's Office held talks with officials of the Ministry of Justice of Spain, Dunyo reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who visited Moscow on a working visit on Tuesday, met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Tashkent province’s Akkurgan District Criminal Court on May 8 sentenced 21-year-old student Jakhongir Ulugmurodov to three years in prison for distributing a Muslim song, the press service of Supreme Court said.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the participation of the leaders of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow on May 9.

At the invitation of Russian president Vladimir Putin, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev left for Moscow on a working visit, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

"Now we will never head back from the path of our reforms" - Shavkat Mirziyoev. He added that millions of fellow actively participated in the discussions of the draft constitution, and that there was every reason to say that the real author of the updated Constitution is our people.

The British Ministry of Defense in its daily review of the Ukraine war reported about the attempts of the Russian authorities to recruit labor migrants from Central Asian countries for the hostilities.

At the invitation of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan will pay a state visit to China respectively from May 16 to 20, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced.

In the new Constitution of Uzbekistan, the number of provisions devoted to protection of human rights has been tripled. The first article of the document says that Uzbekistan is a state of law.

“Uzbekistan is a secular state, and it will remain such,” President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a meeting with the heads of the chambers of parliament, parties, the judiciary and the executive on Monday.

President of Uzbekistan signed a decree on holding the early presidential elections for July 9, 2023. Shavkat Mirziyoyev also explained why this decision was necessary.

Today, on May 5, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Alikhan Smailov, who arrived in Tashkent to attend the next meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission.