On November 25, in the Bostanlyk district of the Tashkent province, the Pskem river bed was blocked for the construction of the Pskem hydroelectric power station, the Gazeta.uz correspondent reports. During construction, which is being carried out by the Uzbekhydroenergo company, the water of the river will pass through an underground tunnel about 10 km long.

On November 24, a delegation of the Tajik National Guard headed by the commander of the guard, Lieutenant General Bobojon Jamolzoda, paid a maiden official visit to Uzbekistan.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to sign from the Russian side an agreement between the governments of Uzbekistan and Russia on the opening of representative offices of the customs authorities of the two countries.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a new program of cooperation in Central Asia for 2022-2025 with the ministries of foreign affairs of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on Wednesday in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan Airports, on the initiative of the Ministry of Transport, is creating a subsidiary airline Silk Avia for domestic flights. The new carrier plans to launch flights next year, Uzbekistan Airports said.

The German Siemens produces low and high voltage electrical products in Uzbekistan. An agreement was reached during the visit of the chairman of Uzeltehsanoat Association M. Yunusov and company officials to Germany, the Association said.

The amount of e-waste in landfills in the CIS has grown by half over 10 years, with most accumulated in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

The defense ministries of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan signed an agreement that includes a number of military cooperation events, the Uzbek Ministry of Defense said.

A branch of the University of Pisa (Italy) will open in Tashkent. This is stated in the Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution dated November 24, the Ministry of Justice said.

The UK Foreign Office (FCO) released a report on the human rights situation in more than 30 countries for the first half of 2021.

Temur’s (Tamerlane) victory over the Golden Horde’s Khan Tokhtamysh near present-day Samara more than 600 years ago could be immortalized in stone.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will conduct nuclear energy management courses in Tashkent from November 22 to December 3, Dunyo news agency reported.

On November 22, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov hosted a delegation led by Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Bakhit Sultanov.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit three more countries before the year-end. The President also spoke about his visit to Russia and his planned trips.

On November 23, 2021, Tashkent hosted an international conference on Sustainable Development Goals and New Tools for Resource Mobilization. The event was organized by UNDP within the framework of the UN Joint Programme “Establishment of an Integrated National Financing Framework for Sustainable Development in Uzbekistan” together with the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction.

The ministerial meeting in the EU-Central Asiaformat took place on November 22 in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

After his election, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev began his first visit to the territories from the Shayhantahur district of Tashkent. The head of state is walking around Sarkhumdon and Gulobod mahallas to get acquainted with the conditions there.

A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan held talks at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. According to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture, the purpose of the visit was to work out educational programs and other issues for the International Agricultural University, which is being created in Uzbekistan.

Natural disasters in Uzbekistan affect an average of 1.4 million people annually and cause almost US$ 3 billion worth of damage, the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction said.

On November 22, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Organizational measures to develop a program of administrative reforms in New Uzbekistan for 2022-2023 Order.