The volume of capital investments in Uzbekistan topped 107.1 trillion soums, or USD 90 billion in January-March 2024.

According to UNESCO's 2021 report on students studying abroad (the most recent 2-year report has not yet been released), Chinese and Indian students have the most students studying abroad.

115 thousand labor migrants have returned to Uzbekistan from abroad year-to-date, the president said at the government meeting today.

Speaker of the Senate Tanzila Norboeva hosted the delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.

Delegation of the Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry visited Lithuania with the support of the Uzbek embassy.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev engaged in discussions with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during his visit to Moscow on May 8.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decrees paving the way for two wind power plant projects in Samarkand and Jizzakh provinces.

On May 9, at about 17:00, a fatal accident occurred in the Sergeli district of Tashkent, the press service of the traffic police department said.

The delegation headed by the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov yesterday met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif.

The STIHIA electronic music, art and science festival will take place from June 5 to 8 in Muynak. STIHIA has been held annually since 2018. This year the festival will again take place in a historically significant place - in the city of Muynak, where it has been held since its inception, except last year.

In 2024, the Delegation of European Union to Uzbekistan commemorates Europe Day and 30 years of partnership between the European Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan. To mark this significant milestone, a public festival and concert celebrating "30 Years of European Union - Uzbekistan Partnership» will take place on Saturday 18 May 2024 at the Tashkent Botanical Garden.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the 10th meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Moscow on May 8 as the leader of an observer state.

Canal France International (CFI), the French media development agency, has organised for the first time a Regional Forum in Tashkent, from 6 to 8 May at the Panarams Hotel.

Uzbekistan's airports reported an rise in passenger traffic, with a 42% growth in Q1, 2024, serving 3.1 mln passengers, Uzbekistan Airports said in a quarterly report.

Uzbekistan and China inked a memorandum of understanding with the goal of bolstering collaboration in the social protection, the Uzbek Social Protection Agency said today.

A new project intended to support financing of the Green Development in Uzbekistan co-financed by European Union, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aims to help the Government in establishing an integrated approach towards identification, assessment, and integration of potential sources of financing for achieving the country’s green priorities and objectives, further mainstreaming green considerations into the budgetary process through a full-scale introduction of green budgeting methodologies, streamlining and using public finance more effectively as well as piloting and introducing new innovative financing instruments.

On the basis of profiling, Delhi IGI Airport Customs authorities have seized 5000 grams of gold valued at 380 thousand USD from two Uzbekistan nationals who arrived from Dubai. The passengers have been arrested under Customs Act, 1962. Further investigation is underway.

Uzbekistan delegation headed by the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov will pay an official visit to Pakistan on May 8-9, his spoekesman Ahror Burkhanov wrote on his Telegram channel.

Student tried to set fire to the Israeli embassy in Tashkent city. According to the court document, A.A., 20, 2nd-year student of the University of World Languages. In the early morning of October 19, 2023, he tried to set fire to the Israeli embassy.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Moscow on a working visit on May 8-9, the presidential press service said.