Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Helga Schmid will visit Uzbekistan in March. The preparations for her visit were discussed today between the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and OSCE project coordinator in the country Pierre von Arcs, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

692 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 9, the Ministry of Health said. 339 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 135 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province, 45 - in Samarkand province, 37 - in Khorezm province.

Uzhydromet issued an emergency statement today. Reportedly, on February 11-12, warm air from Turkmenistan is expected to enter Uzbekistan, followed by the intrusion of moist and cool air mass from the regions of the North Caucasus.

For the first time, rainbow trout was exported to the Russia’ Novosibirsk region from Uzbekistan in early February, the regional branch of Rosselkhoznadzor reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today landed in Samarkand, the presidential press service said. The head of state inspected the work progress at the Samarkand International Airport rconstruction project.

Unit price figures from Shephard indicate that Uzbekistan will receive about 40 RQ-20B Puma 3 AE small UASs under the FMS programme.

Law enforcement agencies of Tashkent province detained the first deputy mayor of Chinaz district, Umid Yuldashev (appointed to this position last July), the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

The Uzbek parliamentary delegation, which is on an official visit to Kazakhstan, headed by the speaker of the Legislative Chamber Nurdinjon Ismailov, met with the leadership of the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dunyo reported.

President signed Measures to Expedite Reforming Government Entities Decree on Wednesday. According to Norma, the Decree has established that:

Talat Valiev has been appointed Deputy Secretary of the Security Council under the President, Nigokh Telegram channel, close to the President Administration said.

778 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 8, the Ministry of Health said. 375 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 175 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province, 45 - in Surkhandarya province, 37 - in Samarkand province.

The first long-haul train service was completed in Uzbekistan. The length of the route, passing through almost the entire country, was about 4 thousand kilometers.

Uzbekistan plans to raise the minimum age for possession of civilian hunting guns and ammunition, stated the MP of the Legislative Chamber Rasul Kusherbayev.

The Hydrometeorological Service Center announced the weather forecast for tomorrow, February 10. In Tashkent city, the weather will be changeable, with no precipitation expected.

The caretaker government of Afghanistan must keep its promises for recognition, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov said. “It is clear that a completely new reality has emerged in Afghanistan today. There are, of course, different approaches regarding the recognition of the Afghan caretaker government. We believe that the issue of government recognition is a two-way street. That is, it is necessary to move forward: the caretaker government must keep those many promises. These are practically the same conditions and demands that the international community is putting,” he said.

On the Safe Internet Day, which is marked around the world on February 8, UNICEF and the Cybersecurity Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began cooperation to reduce harm and protect children from violence online, the office of the UN Children's Fund in Uzbekistan said.

773 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 7, the Ministry of Health said. 445 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 105 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province, 40 - in Samarkand province, 34 - in Fergana province.

On February 5, the blogger Akida Khanum reported that land plots under the Chor-Bakr memorial complex, 5 km from Bukhara, were sold at an auction to six business entities. According to her, each of them bought 18 sqm of land.

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has created an office of digital attachés within Russian trade missions abroad, RBC reports. The main task of this office will be to promote Russian IT products abroad.

On February 7, Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov held talks with a delegation of Volkswagen Group Rus LLC, headed by General Director Stefan Mecha in Tashkent, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.