The Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade Laziz Qudratov held talks with the Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt Ahmed Saleh via conference call.

The president signed the Measures to implement the project "Clean energy for buildings of Uzbekistan" with the participation of the World Bank Decree.

Deputy Foreign Minister met with the ambassadors of the CIS member states. The Deputy Foreign Minister Bahrom Aloev hosted the Ambassador of Azerbaijan Huseyin Guliev, Ambassador of Belarus Leonid Marinich, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan Musa Jamanbaev, Ambassador of Russia Oleg Malginov, Ambassador of Tajikistan Abdujabbar Rahmonzoda and Ambassador of Turkmenistan Yazguli Mammedov.

This year, Uzbekistan plans to produce almost 6 million tons of coal. This became known on April 3 during the government meeting on measures to modernize heating systems in social facilities, which was chaired by Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Woman and three young children crashed after falling from the 9th floor in Tashkent’s Sergeli district. According to police reports, the mother of three children first threw her two sons, 4 and 5, out of the apartment window, and then jumped out herself with her baby, 9 months.

Today, on April 3, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the French presidential adviser Isabelle Dumont, the presidential press service said. Reportedly, the parties reviewed progress of bilateral agreements reached at the highest level and prospects for expanding the comprehensive partnership between the two countries.

Tashkent will host the STC-2023 international space technology conference and the Youth Space Forum on April 25-27, the Uzbekcosmos agency said.

Common integrator for creation and support of state information systems (Uzinfocom) has coordinated the creation of a DNS K-root in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Digital Technologies said.

Tashkent has scored a few successes since announcing a privatization drive in 2019. But it has failed to attract big-ticket international investors despite a raft of market-friendly reforms.

Aeroflot's Ferghana to Tashkent flight was delayed for technical reasons, the press service of Uzbekistan Airports said.

The Russian government-sponsored Heat International Music Festival, scheduled for May 20-21 in the New Uzbekistan Park in Tashkent, may be rescheduled, the organizers said, noting that more detailed information would be provided in the near future.

High-altitude cyclone will set the weather for the week with ocassinal rains with thunderstorms expected, Uzhydromet reported. On April 3-4, they will be strong in places in Navoi, Samarkand, Jizzakh, Kashkadarya provinces.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by his March 24 decree, approved a new program for the privatization of state-owned assets for 2023.

Director of an orphanage in one of the provinces of Uzbekistan allegedly forced three underage pupils to have sexual intercourse with the head of the provincial department of justice and the head of the district department for emergency situations for 10 months.

Minister of Justice Akbar Tashkulov at a press conference on March 28 answered the question of social justice in court sentences for various crimes.

Bill on rallies is being reviewed by the Administration of the President of Uzbekistan, said at a press conference on March 28 by the head of the department of legislation of the Ministry of Justice Mirzhalol Allakuliyev.

On March 29, with the organizational support of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade, a ceremony was held to sign bilateral agreements on cooperation in the fields of energy and trade between the provinces of Uzbekistan and the People's Republic of China.

Minister of Justice Akbar Tashkulov answered questions at a press conference on Tuesday regarding the difficulty of registering political parties in Uzbekistan.

This year Uzbekistan will host a session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization. Samarkand will become the capital of world tourism in 2023.

The eighteenth meeting of the secretaries of the security councils of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) took place in New Delhi. Uzbekistan was represented by the president Mirziyoyev’s security aide Viktor Makhmudov.