Tuesday, 30, April, 2024

National

On 30 March 2022, the first HELP course “Rights of persons with disabilities” was launched for a group of 30 judges in Tashkent in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator office in Uzbekistan and the High School of Judges under the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

UzbekCosmos Agency, together with the UK’s Dialogue Events, will hold the first Space Technology Conference STC-2022 in the Central Eurasian region on May 10-11 in Tashkent, the agency said in a statement.

The President approved the amendments to the Civil Code on March 29. the Ministry of Justice said. In accordance with the changes, the government shall fully compensate for the damage caused by the prosecutor's office and the court during the pre-investigation check, inquiry, preliminary investigation, prosecution and trial, any torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Uzbekistan and Turkey signed an Expanded Military Cooperation Agreement, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Wednesday.

An illegal mining farm have been uncovered in Bayaut district of Syrdarya province, the State Security Service said in a statement. Inspection conducted by the SSS officers in the province together with other bodies uncovered an illegal mining farm in the building of a local company.

In accordance with the program, the second meeting of the Uzbek-Turkish High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council was held. Welcoming the Turkish leader, Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed satisfaction with the achieved level of cooperation, strengthening of interaction between the parliaments, government bodies, business and public circles of the two countries.

Ceremony of launching a thermal power plant in the Tashkent province, and the start of a project to build a similar plant in the Syrdarya province as part of the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Uzbekistan. The contractor of the projects are the Turkish company Cengiz Enerji.

The official meeting ceremony of the Presidents of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was held at the Kuksaroy residence. Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took the podium. The national anthems of Uzbekistan and Turkey were played. The servicemen of the Guard of Honor marched in front of the heads of state.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction has developed and published for discussion the presidential draft Measures to support the organization of production and use of electric vehicles Decree, Norma.uz reported.

The period of stay without registration in Tajikistan for Uzbeks is planned to be extended to 10 days (previously 3 days). The Tajik Lower House (Majlisi Namoyandagon) on March 28 adopted the relevant amendments to the Agreement between the governments of the countries on mutual trips of citizens dated March 9, 2018.

Abdulaziz Kamilov is undergoing medical treatment abroad. Over the past ten days, he had been treated at the Central Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Tashkent for some chronic illness, the Foreign Ministry said.

On the morning of March 27, an attempt to smuggle hashish in bundles disguised as potatoes was detected at Airitom customs post in Surkhandarya province, the State Customs Authority said.

On March 28, the Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport issued an operating permit for the Russian airline Azimut to operate regular flights to Uzbekistan, the Agency said.

Dry and relatively warm weather is expected over most territory of Uzbekistan on March 28, Uzhydromet said in a statement on Monday.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is addressing priority environmental issues in western Uzbekistan by extending long-term sovereign loans of up to US$ 120 million for the benefit of Toza Hududs, the regional utility companies responsible for solid waste management in Horezm and Karakalpakstan.

The owner of Korzinka grocery supermarket chain and investor Zafar Khashimov commented on the first Tashkent International Investment Forum and spoke about how Uzbekistan should not miss the unique economic opportunity.

Today, Uzbekistan received the delivery of 2,108,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine under the global Covax program, the Ministry of Health reported.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI, Central Asia Representative Office) jointly with University of Manchester, UK organized a workshop under the FutureDams project for government organisations and interested stakeholders working on the interaction of water-energy- food and the environment.

On March 23, the Tashkent City Police Department’s Counter-Terrorism and Extremism Division received a report that a woman named Sevara was sending young girls to Istanbul, Turkey, for prostitution.

CEO of Uzbekistan Airports Rano Juraeva unveiled some details about the new local airline Silk Avia. She underscored that at the first stage, three 70-seater aircraft are expected to be delivered. It is planned to launch about 40 routes across Uzbekistan - not only from the capital to the provinces, but also between provinces.