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At the Foreign Ministry, the President’s Afghanistan Envoy Ismatulla Ergashev hosted officials of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Barmak Pazhwak and Matthew Parks.

The Embassy of Switzerland in Uzbekistan proudly announces Swiss Days 2024: Quality. Innovation. Reliability., scheduled from November 23 to 27 at the Hyatt Regency Tashkent and at Tashkent City Mall.

On November 15, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed amendments to the Legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in Uzbekistan Law.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a list of government bodies where employees may work together with their relatives.

On November 14, the President of Uzbekistan signed the long-awaited the Protection of Children from All Forms of Violence Bill into Law.

The monument to Zakhiriddin Muhammad Babur in Andijan city may be moved. This is stipulated in the draft Measures for the socio-economic development of Andijan province and further improvement of the business environment Resolution, which was sent to ministries and departments for approval.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the first session of the Legislative Chamber after the elections on Monday. 

The Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov announced the resignation of his government to the newly elected Parliament. The government will continue to function until the formation of a new Cabinet of Ministers to ensure transition, said the PM’s spokesman, Bekzod Khidoyatov.

According to the Open Doors report, a comprehensive resource on international student mobility, the number of international students in the United States reached an all-time high of more than 1.1 million (1,126,690) during the 2023/2024 academic year—a 7% increase from the previous year.

The number of synthetic drug-related crimes in Uzbekistan has doubled between 2019 and 2024, announced the Director of the National Drug Control Center under the Presidential Administration Ravshan Mamatov on November 15 at an event in Tashkent dedicated to the fight against drug addiction and drug-related crimes.

Privatization of recreation parks, alleys and squares could be banned in Uzbekistan. At the first session of the new Legislative Chamber today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev supported this initiative of the Adolat (Justice) party.

Fatal traffic accident occurred in Bandikhon district of Surkhandarya province, the press service of the provincial police department said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the first session of 5th convocation of the Legislative Chamber. In his speech, the leader of Uzbekistan voiced the issues on which bills should be passed by the newly elected MPs.

On Monday afternoon, the weather in Tashkent city will be quite warm for the second half of November, with air temperatures of +15…+18 degrees Celsius, Uzgidromet said.

The Urgut district criminal court of the Samarkand province has sentenced the driver who caused a traffic accident in July, which killed three people and injured two, the Milliy TV channel reported.

19-year-old resident of Nurabad district of Samarkand province was sentenced to three years of imprisonment on Distributing materials of religious extremist content charge, the Sevimli TV channel reported Sunday.

Kazakh technology company Kaspi.kz has decided not to bid for the purchase of 100% stake in the state-owned National Interbank Processing Center, which operates the Humo payment system in Uzbekistan.

After the cold snap in the mid-week, it will gradually warm up in Tashkent city in the weekend, the Uzgidromet said.

The Chairman of the State Security Service issued an order: Approval of the Temporary Regulation on the procedure for categorizing critical information infrastructure facilities and forming their Single register.

On November 5, Uzbekistan became an official party to the "Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific", the press service of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade said.