President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Dushanbe on September 27-28, 2018.

The situation in some regions and in the Central Asia in particular, increasing levels of terrorist activity require the troops to be in constant combat readiness, the Uzbek Defense Minister Abdusalom Azizov said following the joint military exercises with Tajikistan, the Defense Ministry said.

September 25 - 27, 2018 a three-day workshop will be held in Tashkent to improve the practical skills of customs and border authorities in the prevention and detection of illegal trafficking of goods and means of transport. The workshop is being facilitated by the experts of Border Management in Central Asia Programme, funded by the European Union.

Acting Samarkand province governor Erkinjon Turdimov, by his September 22 order, has forbidden the officials of the province, city and district mayor offices to drive official cars, Zarnews.uz reported.

Tolib Yoqubov, the chair of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, is heading to Uzbekistan after a 12-year exile in France. The human rights activist, who was forced to leave Uzbekistan in 2006 for his criticism of the regime, told he had been stripped of citizenship in 2014 but had not been aware of it for some time.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will embark on his maiden state visit to India next week and a number of agreements in political and economic sectors are expected to be signed during his visit, said the Uzbek Ambassador to India Farhod Arziev on Tuesday.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Naceur Boucherit on Monday, at his request.

Tashkent’s UzExpoCenter hosted the ceremony of handing over of ambulance vehicles and minibuses from the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) to Uzbekistan.

Non-communicable diseases (NCD) were said to be the leading cause of death in Uzbekistan in 2017. The circulatory system diseases accounted for 59.7% of deaths caused by NCDs, among which ischemic heart disease, arterial hypertension and their complications (myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke, etc.).

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov yesterday hosted the visiting Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Anu Teresita Gonzalez Fraga, the foreign ministry said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday received the visiting Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Binali Yıldırım, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America Pamela Spratlen, who is ending her posting in Uzbekistan.

The branch of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (formerly Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys State Technological University) opened in Olmaliq city of Tashkent province.

Cavalry Parade will take place near Tashkent’s Amir Temur square on October 1 at 4 PM. The event will feature over 100 horses of English, German, Novokyrgyz, Karabair and Frisian breeds, the Equestrian Sports Federation said.

UzbekTelecom’s internet access monopoly could become a thing of the past in 2020, with the direct access available to all operators. This move is contained in the road map of the Uzbekistan’s Innovative Development Strategy for 2019-2021 signed by the President Mirziyoyev.

DaVinci Management Consulting will on September 27 hold the III Annual Best Employer 2018 Award. Among the participants are the international and local companies such as Nestle, JV UzBAT, Lukoil Uzbekistan Operating Company, HYATT REGENCY TASHKENT, General Motors Powerrtain Uzbekistan, Anglessey Food, Murad Buildings, Abbott Laboratories SA, Sanofi, OLX Uzbekistan, IP Knauf Gips Bukhara, EGIS, HAYAT Clinic, JV International Beverages Tashkent.

Uzbekistan delegation led by Prosecutor General Otabek Murodov attended the 28th meeting of the Coordinating Council of Prosecutor Generals of the CIS countries and the 16th meeting of the Prosecutors General of the SCO member states in Dushanbe Thursday, the Uzbek Prosecutor General Office said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev by his September 21 decree approved Uzbekistan’s Innovative Development Strategy for 2019-2021 and the Road Map for its implementation.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov yesterday hosted the visiting Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Niels Annen.

The U.S. Department of Labor today released two reports that shine a spotlight on child labor and forced labor in nations around the world: the eighth edition of the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor and the 17th annual edition of the Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. These reports, prepared by the Department's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), highlight specific sectors in which child labor or forced labor persists in foreign nations, and describe the progress some countries have made in upholding their international commitments to eliminate these practices.