The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Agency for Development of Pharmaceutical Industry of Uzbekistan, has facilitated the expedited registration of six tuberculosis (TB) medications over the last year and a half.

905,200 births were recorded in Uzbekistan throughout 2021, making Uzbekistan the top country in the CIS in terms of birth rate per 1000 people - 25.9 the State Statistics Committee said.

The Senate will be convened for the thirty-third plenary session on October 7. The decision on this was made at a meeting of the kengash of the upper house of parliament chaired by the head of the Senate Tanzila Narbayeva on Tuesday.

Senate Chairperson Tanzila Narbaeva hosted the visiting Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau and discussed the reforms being undertaken in Uzbekistan.

Following the talks, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed a Joint Statement on the development of strategic partnership ties between Uzbekistan and Hungary, and oversaw the signing of a total of 16 bilateral accords.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held bilateral talks at the Carmelita Palace in Budapest, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Red Wings Airlines will launch Tashkent to Stavropol and to Ufa direct flights from November 4, Uzbekistan Airports said. Reportedly, once-a-week flights will be operated on a regular basis on 100-seater SSJ100 liners.

Uzbekistan delegation attended the 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Dunyo said. Reportedly, on the sidelines of the conference, the director general of Uzatom Agency Jurabek Mirzamahmudov met with the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi.

Former U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Assistant for South and Central Asia Mark Linscott has been appointed adviser on Uzbekistan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

According to Sergey Lebedev, the chairman of the CIS executive committee, preparations for the upcoming summit of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Nations are being conducted at a very high level.

Marriage between close relatives on the lateral line could be banned in Uzbekistan in proposed amendment to the Family Code prepared by the State Committee for Women and Family Affairs.

Fire broke out in the synthesis shop of Plant No. 5 of Maxam Chirchiq enterprise On Tuesday, at about 8:30 am in Chirchik, Tashkent province, which led to an explosion. This was reported by the press service of the provincial governor office. Footage of the incident surfaced on social networks.

Man in Andijan stabbed to death his 22-year-old wife, her mother and younger brother. According to the press service of the Andijan province prosecutor's office, the tragic incident occurred on September 12 in Turtkul mahalla of Izbaskan district.

Ahead of the official visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Hungary, Minister of Agriculture Aziz Voitov held talks with Hungarian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sándor Farkas and Rector of the University of Agriculture and Natural Sciences Csaba Gyuricza.

Oslo will host the final round of negotiations on the draft readmission agreement between Uzbekistan and Norway in October, Dunyo reported.

Information surfaced on social networks about the mandatory mobilization of foreign citizens for military service in the Russian Federation, including labor migrants from the countries of Central Asia.

Valery Fadeev, adviser to the Russian President/Chairman of Human Rights Council (HRC), will pay a working visit to Uzbekistan on October 3-6.

Samarkand will host the Summit of the Organization of Turkic States on November 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. This will be the first summit of the Organization of Turkic States, formed instead of the Turkic Council in November 2021.

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are discussing signing a draft air service agreement. Meeting was held with the members of the delegation led by the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Affairs Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiyah at the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent condolences message to the U.S. President Joe Biden in connection with the numerous casualties and serious destruction after the disastrous Hurricane Ian in the southeastern states.