President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President-elect of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the presidential press service said.

Uzhydromet has warned of a sharp deterioration of the weather in Uzbekistan starting from March 17. On March 17-20, warm and humid air is expected to move from the provinces of Iran, followed by the intrusion of cold air mass from the Volga province.

Serdar Berdimuhamedow has won the snap presidential election in Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Central Election Commission said.

The United States Government announced today the donation of approximately 2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the people and government of Uzbekistan. The donation brings the total number of COVID-19 vaccines that the United States has donated to Uzbekistan to 7.6 million.

Bus service between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will be resumed from March 16, 2022, the Ministry of Transport said on Monday.

The government plans to harshen penalties for drunk driving. According to Article 131 of the of Administrative Responsibility Code, driving vehicles by drivers in a state of alcoholic, narcotic or other intoxication entails a fine of twenty-five basic values ​​(BV=240 thousand soums) with deprivation of right to drive from 1 year 6 months to 3 years.

As of January 1, 2021, the number of printed newspapers in the country stood at 366, while in 2010 the number was at 649, the State Statistics Committee said in a report.

IT-Park is developing a regulation according to which, from April 1, the procedure for issuing IT-Visa for investors, IT company founders and specialists, as well as members of their families, will begin to operate in Uzbekistan, the press service of the IT Park said.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier over telephone, the presidential press service reported.

Pakistan has started supplying meat to Uzbekistan, Nigoh Telegram channel, close the Presidential Administration said. Reportedly, this week, the first 18-ton batch of meat will arrive in Tashkent.

Part of fortress wall near Talipoch gate, dating back to the 16th century, collapsed in Bukhara on the night of March 11. The collapse was caused by torrential rain which lasted all week, the provincial department of cultural heritage said.

Today, UNICEF Uzbekistan handed the Social Protection Single Registry (SPSR) over to the Ministry of Finance implying that the ministry carries sole responsibility to run, maintain and administer the system. 

The Uzbek Embassy in Ukraine has temporarily relocated to Lviv, said the spokesman to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yusup Kabulzhanov.

The Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov commented on the situation in Ukraine on the sidelines of the second Antalya Diplomatic Forum (Turkey).

An International Water Management Institute (IWMI-Regional Representative office based in Uzbekistan) led CGIAR workshop on the new research for development program “NEXUS Gains for the Aral Sea Basin: Realizing Multiple Benefits Across Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (Forests, Biodiversity)” – took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 11 March – in one of the dynamically growing and developing region in the world.

Uzbekistan welcomes the decision of the international coalition Cotton Campaign to lift the boycott of Uzbek cotton.

On March 10, the Anti-Corruption Agency reported at a press conference on achived results in 2021. The report was presented by the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Akmal Burkhanov.

Footage of a slaughtered donkey in Kashkadarya province surfaced on social media. The press service of the province police department commented on the situation.

Russia lifted restrictions for Uzbekistan-bound flights imposed due to the pandemic, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said in statement.

Story surfaced on social networks that Ulugbek Treasure was discovered on the banks of Tupalang River in Surkhandarya province. The prosecutor's office clarified this information.