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.

Woman was arrested in Fergana province, who tried to sell her 8-month-old daughter for $10 thousand, the Fergana province police department reported.

Workers could have 3 days off in a row due to Ramadan, the State Service Development Agency said. Reportedly, employees who work a 5-day work week have days off on:

Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the national leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on Saturday, the presidential press service said.

Russia is the closest partner and ally for the countries of Central Asia, and a confidential dialogue with Russia in the wake of major geopolitical tensions is of particular importance said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov, TASS reported.

Uzbekistan Pension Fund said that raising the retirement age was not on the table. “The Pension Fund is not currently reviewing this matter or has not received any proposal”. They urged Uzbeks to have no worry about this.

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia have made progress in discussing a tripartite gas union project, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Samarkand in Samarkand today after the CIS foreign ministers meeting in the Central Asia-Russia format.

Foreign Ministers of Uzbekistan and Belarus held talks in Samarkand and signed the program of consultations for 2023-2024. Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met yesterday with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergey Aleynik.

On April 13, Samarkand hosted the 4th ministerial meeting of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which was attended by the foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Iran, China, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Cold and humid air mass will move to the territory of Uzbekistan on April 15-17, Uzhydromet said in an emergency alert. It will rain in places, with thunderstorms and hail possible in some areas the Tashkent city on April 16.

The Tashkent airport second runway reconstruction project (there are two in total), which lasted about eight months, is now complete.

On the sidelines of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan Samarkand today hosted the second informal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries of the regional Quartet - China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan, dedicated to the Afghan problem.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the regular meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan's neighboring countries, the presidential press service said.

The United States imposed sanctions against the Uzbek cement plant Akhangarancement and Akkermann Cement CA, the company founded by an entity owned by Alisher Usmanov's USM holding, the US Treasury Department said.

Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support (GBF-EAS) initiative was launched on 12 April 2023 in Central Ecopark of Tashkent. This initiative is a new joint endeavor of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded by Global Environmental Facility (GEF).

Tashkent will host the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series from April 14 to 16, the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan said today.

Uzbekistan exported ready-made garments (RMG) to 14 countries ,with Russia remaining as the top destination for Uzbekistan RMG exports on over 47%.