Timur Mukhamedzhanov has been appointed chairman of Uzkimyosanoat joint-stock company, the company's press service said today.

Video surfaced on social media showing a woman setting herself on fire in the street in front of other people. People around start screaming. Then the woman was shown lying in someone's arms, her face is not visible. After some time, an ambulance arrives, and the woman was being given medical assistance.

Today on May 4, the chief of Uzhydromet, Sherzod Khabibullaev, posted an emergency message. According to him, on May 5-6, in places in Uzbekistan, the wind is expected to increase to 15-20 m/s, in some areas gusts up to 22-25 m/s are possible, with dusty snow.

At a meeting of the Kyrgyz Jogorku Kenesh yesterday, on May 3, the MPs in three readings reviewed and passed the Ratification of the protocol on amending the agreement between the government of the Kyrgyz Republic and the government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on mutual trips of citizens dated October 3, 2006, signed on January 27, 2023 in city of Bishkek Bill.

The net revenue of UzAuto Motors in the 3 months of 2023 topped 8.85 trillion soums, the company said in a financial report on Wednesday.

After almost 2.5 years of preparation, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Ministry of Emergency (MES) Situation’s Republican Center for Seismic Forecasting Monitoring announced the installation of a new, state-of-the-art seismic station at Karasai, outside Jizzakh City on May 3.  U.S. Ambassador Jonathan Henick and the Deputy Minister of MES, Muhitdinov Muhtar, cut a ribbon inaugurating the new seismic station. 

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier held talks at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, the presidential press service said.

Cabinet of Ministers issued Measures to improve the procedure for licensing and permitting procedures in the field of circulation of civilian and service weapons and ammunition Resolution.

Uzbekistan ranked 137 out of 180 in the World Press Freedom Index published by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The country dropped four positions in the ranking since the previous ranking.

Agreement was reached on the construction of thermal power plants in Surkhandarya and Navoi provinces in cooperation with the German Siemens. This was announced on May 2 at the Uzbekistan-Germany business forum.

Online meeting was organized between the deputy chairman of Uzbekistan Commodity Exchange (UzEX) Nabi Samatov and the commercial director of Ukraine's Astarta-Kiev agricultural holding Vyacheslav Chuk, Dunyo reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discussed the ways to further advance the bilateral comprehensive relations of strategic partnership ties and projects on Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev landed in Berlin on May 2. The visit began with talks with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the presidential press service reported today.

Uzbekistan wants to localize production semiconductor modules for SIM cards, ID cards, bank cards, household appliances and even cars in cooperation with the German Infoneon Technologies.

Uzbekistan's IT sector is showing record growth rates. In particular, statistics for the Q1 of 2023 show that the IT sector has maintained positive dynamics.

On World Press Freedom Day, we honor the courage of journalists all over the world who educate, inform, and engage their communities.  A free and independent press helps citizens understand the events that shape their lives and promotes a diversity of ideas and opinions.  This free exchange of information is a key part of every democracy.

Meeting was held in Uzbekistan at the end of April to form an interdepartmental working group on the safety of tailings and the prevention of accidental water pollution. Uzbekistan will become the third country in the Central Asia (after Kazakhstan and Tajikistan) to officially create such a working group, the UN press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Secretary General of the CIS, Sergei Lebedev, who arrived as the chief of a observer mission of the constitutional referendum.

The Afghan leadership is pursuing a policy course that contributes to strengthening security not only in the country, but also in the region, and there are no threats to the countries of Central Asia from the territory of Afghanistan.

The new Uzbek Ambassador to the United States of America, Furqat Sidiqov, presented his credentials to the US President Joe Biden on May 1, the ambassador announced on his Twitter page.