The Investigation Department under the Surkhandarya province Police Department has completed the investigation of the criminal case against the blogger Otabek Satoriy and handed over the indictment to the prosecutor's office for further submitting the case to court, the press service of the Investigation Department said.

Uzbekistan Airways has announced the launch of new Istanbul to Fergana and Urgench regular flights, the company said.

The Ministry of Health announced on March 1 that the first vaccine against coronavirus has been registered in Uzbekistan.

A medical complex project by Uzbekistan has been completed in Kubodiyon district in the southern Tajikistan. The complex contains a receptor-distributor for patients with coronavirus.

The Sardoba reservoir has been transferred to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Water Resources, the spokesman to the Ministry of Water Management Shukhrat Suyunov said.

On March 1-2, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to Russia, the Ministry said in a statement.

A booster compressor station has been inaugurated at the Alan field belonging to the Mubarek Oil and Gas Production Department, a Uzbekneftegaz subsidiary.

The Russian Eurocement group has put up for sale its 84.19% stake in the Uzbek cement manufacturer Okhangaroncement.

Five students were found dead in Tashkent’s Yunusobod district, the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office said. According to the Office, their bodies were found on February 27 at about 20:50 in a house on Inzhobod Street, where they were renting an apartment.

On February 26, the Uzbek Ambassador to Russia Botirjon Asadov, at a meeting with the chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Mikhail Myasnikovich, introduced the newly appointed Counselor of the Embassy for cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the representative of Uzbekistan in the EEC Shukhrat Shukurov, the Dunyo news agency reported.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a visit to Russia on March 1-2, where he will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, announced on Friday at a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

On February 27, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who arrived in Bishkek on a working visit, was hosted by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the Foreign Ministry said.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Uzbek presidency website said.

Uzbek Ambassador to Washington Javlon Vakhabov held talks with Senior Vice President of American Councils Michael Curtis.

Starting from February 20, the special republican anti-coronavirus commission has authorized the holding of international exhibitions and fairs in Uzbekistan in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological restrictions. Their holding must be necessarily agreed with the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Health, the Ministry said.

The early onset of warm weather in Central Asia from the end of January resulted in early blooming of stone fruit species. Almonds, apricots and cherries have blossomed in the southern and central parts of Uzbekistan, in the north the buds are just ripe and ready to bloom.

Uzbeks will have 3 days-off in a row on Navruz holiday. In early December 2020, the President signed the Establishment of extra days off during the celebration of official dates and moving days off in 2021 decree.

On February 25, the Foreing Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who landed in New Delhi on a working visit, met with Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar, the Uzbek foreign ministry said in a statement.

Turkmenistan welcomes and supports Uzbekistan’s initiative to hold the high-level conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities”, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stated in his letter to the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The draft Criminal Code, published for public input on the regulation.gov.uz portal, provides for the decriminalization of a number of crimes and introduces criminal liability for some actions.