In two months the export of pomegranates from Uzbekistan surpassed 5 thousand tons, the State Statistics Committee said in a report.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Cyber ​​Security Bill into Law. The draft was not posted on the portal for discussing draft regulations. The Law establishes that the State Security Service shall become responsible in the field of cybersecurity. It will conduct operational-search activities, pre-investigation checks and investigations on cybersecurity incidents, i.e. failures in the operation of information systems and (or) violations of the availability of information in them, integrity and its free use.

An attempt to sell 40 hectares of land plot for $3 million was prevented in Bostanlyk district of Tashkent province, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.

On April 15, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on improving business environment via conference call. Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that 2 trillion soums of soft loans were provided to banks for use in 2022.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published The Pandora Papers on October 3, which leaked about 11.9 million documents (nearly 3 terabytes) from 14 offshore registrars.

Silverleafe is a modern agricultural cluster located in Pakhtakor district of Jizzakh province, which was founded in 2018 by two American entrepreneurs - Dan Patterson and Martin Walker, who arrived at the invitation of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

On April 14, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on the development of agricultural engineering. He set the task of mastering the production of modern agricultural equipment, ensuring its quality and service, the presidential press service reported.

Tashkent to Bishkek bus service will be resumed from April 15, the website Tashtrans.uz said. Once-in-two days services will be operated twice a day - at 18:00 and 19:00.

Uzhydromet posted the weather forecast for the weekend. Reportedly, today, April 15, partly cloudy and warm weather is expected in Uzbekistan. During the daytime, the air temperature will be in the range of 28-33°.

Government issued a Resolution approving procedure for exercising state land and cadastral control. According to the document, land control shall be performed by governor and mayor offices, the Cadastral Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection.

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of April 1, 2022, the number of foreign-invested enterprises registered in Uzbekistan topped 14.1 thousand, of which 13.66 thousand are operating.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a comprehensive program for rural women across Uzbekistan to improve their workforce development knowledge and skills, and empower them to gain employment. Implemented in partnership with the National Center for Socio-Economic Development "SABR” and 13 regional socio-oriented NGOs, USAID will also finance investments in equipment to support female entrepreneurs in launching startups.

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is planning to visit Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan starting in late April, Japanese government sources said Tuesday, in an apparent effort to counter growing Chinese clout in Central Asia.

The Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS countries is scheduled for May 13 in Dushanbe, the ministers will discuss, among other things, the situation in Ukraine, stated the director of the first department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Evdokimov.

Data storage and processing center will be built in the Tashkent province before September 1. This became known during today's meeting on the effectiveness of reforms in the field of information technology and digital economy, as well as the priorities for 2022, which was chaired by the president.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At the beginning of the conversation, the Uzbek leader congratulated Viktor Orbán over the victory of the Fidesz - Christian Democratic People's Party coalition in the Hungarian parliamentary elections.

 It is planned to completely eliminate potholes on the main streets of Tashkent in 10 days, the city mayor, Jahongir Artykhodzhaev announced at a meeting in the mayor's office on Wednesday.

The Hydrometeorological Service Center announced the weather forecast for tomorrow, April 15. Tashkent city. The weather will be partly cloudy, with no precipitation expected. The wind is eastwards, 3-8 m/s. The temperature will be 14-16 C at night and 30-32 C in the daytime.

The UK's Foreign Secretary announces 178 new sanctions, coordinated with the EU, targeting those who prop up Russian-backed illegal breakaway regions of Ukraine.

Uzbekistan welcomes the announcement of a two-month truce and ceasefire in Yemen mediated by the UN, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.