Friday, 08, November, 2024

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South Korea and Uzbekistan agreed Thursday to push for a joint study on forging a free trade agreement to further boost bilateral economic ties, South Korea's finance ministry said.

Successful female entrepreneurs, scientists and experts from technology companies from four Central Asian countries, Silicon Valley companies and the UK came to Uzbekistan to share their experiences and conduct master classes for students.

The unusually heavy rainfall was one of the major reasons for the sudden floods which struck several streets in Samarkand and Jizzakh on Friday, the Emergency situations Minsitry said.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov, hosted the First Deputy Prime Minister/ Minister of Defense of Kuwait, Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who is in Uzbekistan on a private visit, the Foreign Ministry said.

The opening ceremony of the largest international Model United Nations (MUN) conference in Uzbekistan, devoted to the issues of crime prevention and criminal justice, was held at the Palace of Youth in Tashkent. The event brought together about 500 young enthusiasts from around the world. The conference was organized by Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia, with the support of the Youth Union of Uzbekistan and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the development of tourism.

A female student accidentally fell from the window of the sixth floor of the Tashkent Technical University dormitory at approximately 21:00 on Wednesday, the General Prosecutor’s Office’s said in a statement.

Uzbekistan delegation on 19-22 March 2019 took part in the 20th monitoring meeting of the Istanbul Action Plan of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the 24th meeting of the OECD Network Steering Group, held in Paris.

As of April 1, individuals and legal persons will be able to apply for public services at any public service centers, regardless of residence inscription on passport (propiska) and mailing address, the Public Services Agency under the Ministry of Justice said.

Uzbekistan Railways presented the metro development plan until 2025. The current length of the Tashkent metro is 36 kilometers, with construction underway of 10 kilometers of track.

Uzbekistan has devised the success formula when undertaking reforms, Timur Ishmetov, first deputy chairman of the Central Bank said at the International Financial and Banking Forum in Tashkent on Thursday.

The Government of Uzbekistan launched an innovative project on diversion and restorative justice in the Chilanzar district of the capital.

President of the Korea Republic Moon Jae-in has accepted the invitation of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and will a pay a visit to Uzbekistan on April 16-18, a source in the government said.

On March 26, 2019, WIUT held an official opening ceremony of the SAP Next-Gen Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab. 

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Masdar City tech park. He toured the city with Suhail Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy and Industry, and Masdar officials, and were introduced to Masdar’s latest Clean energy projects and achievements in sustainibility.

Training test without advance warning of the combat readiness of the troops of the Southwestern Special Military District began on Tuesday. By order of the First Deputy Defense Minister/Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the military units of the district were brought to the highest degree of combat readiness, the defense ministry's said in a statement.

Wild dogs that look like jackals have mauled 20 sheep since March 7 in Shavat district of the Khorezm province, which borders with Turkmenistan, Xalq So’zi (transl. People’s Word) newspaper reported.

President Shavkat Mirzoyoyev signed the Amending Some Legal Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan Due to Adoption of Additional Measures Aimed At Improving the Business Climate in the Country Bill into Law.

Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister, Dilshod Akhatov met with the Italian Ambassador, Andrea Bertozzi Monday, the Foreign Ministry said.

The official welcoming ceremony of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was held today at the Qasr Al-Vatan Palace in UAE's capital Abu Dhabi.

The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan commemorated World TB Day by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Memorandum will strengthen cooperation between the United States and Uzbekistan to stop the spread of tuberculosis (TB), especially multidrug and extensively drug-resistant (MDR and XDR) type of TB in Uzbekistan.