On August 2, a footage was posted on the Internet and went viral on the social networks in which shopkeepers of a market in the Beruni district of Karakalpakstan caught a guy, suspected of theft and decided to take the law into their own hands.

The Institute of Problems of Legislation and Parliamentary Studies under the Oliy Majlis and representative office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany) in Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding.

On August 4, the Foreign Minister of India Sushma Swaraj will pay an official visit to Tashkent, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today met with his visiting Palestinian counterpart Riad Malki on August 1, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday signed the Countering Extremism Bill into Law. It was passed by the Legislative Chamber on June 12 and was approved by the Senate on June 28 and was published tody in Xalq So’zi newspaper.

Dilmurod Nabiyev has been appointed as new Minister of Sports replacing Shoakrom Isroilov, who was moved to another role last week, a source in the government told The Tashkent Times.

Uzbekistan Railways will raise ticket prices for Afrosiyob high-speed trains by 35% as of August 15, the company said in a statement today: 

The Prosecutor General's Office announced that the ex-chief of the Investigation Department of the National Security Service (now - the State Security Service) Oleg Vladimirovich Busygin now wanted for extortion of particularly large sums of money, the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.

The Uzbek Ministry of Public Education is inviting foreign investors to open private schools in the country, the ministry said.

Delegation of the State of Palestine, led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riad Malki, will arrive in Tashkent on Wednesday, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Webster University (USA) is launching its academic programs in Uzbekistan, the Foreign Ministry said. As part of the visit of the Uzbek delegation including the rectors of several universities  In St. Louis, Missouri, cooperation agreements were signed with Webster University, providing for the opening of its branch in Tashkent, including the launch of the TESL ​​(Teaching English as Second Language ) program with the Uzbek State University of World Languages as of September.

Procedure for Ensuring Safety in Courts, Trials and Their Participants has been amended Saturday and now attorneys for defense are allowed to bring computers, mobile and other communication devices into courts save for closed court proceedings, Norma.uz reported.

The State Security Service (DXX) of Uzbekistan arrested the first deputy mayor of Navbakhor district of Navoi province, Oybek Hayyrov red-handedly when he was taking a bribe.

Urgench airport, closed since 16 July for technical reasons, is expected to re-open on August 10, the acting Khorezm governor Farkhod Ermanov said in his Facebook page.

Over the past two and a half decades, Uzbekistan has undergone a steady demographic transition. Fertility levels and child mortality have reached low and steady levels. The country’s population, although still growing, has stabilized while remaining youthful. And the share of dependents (children under 15 years of age and people over 65 years of age) in the total population has declined over previous decades.

Starting from July 15, online registration of foreign citizens through the E-mehmon system (transl. e-guest) at www.emehmon.uz has launched in Uzbekistan. As reported earlier, by the May 29 Government’s decree, which took effect immediately, foreign nationals staying in Uzbekistan hotels, medical institutions and other residences shall no longer be held liable for violation of temporary registration rules.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Kazakh President congratulated Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his birthday, the Kazakh presidential press service reported.

The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to the Sultanate of Oman Anvar Abdukhalimov left Tashkent for Muscat, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Police found US$ 1 million in cash in the household coffer of the ex-governor of Samarkand province Turobjon Juraev, local media reported.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Erlan Abdyldaev in Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul province, Kyrgyz Republic, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said in a statement.