Sherzod Davlyatovich Kudbiev, who worked as the mayor of Tashkent’s Mirzo-Ulugbek District as of September 2016, has been appointed Minister of Employment and Labor Relations replacing Aktam Khaitov who was appointed as interim chairman of the Council of Farmers and Land Owners, the ministry said.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Uzbekistan Ministry of Health and the Republican Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Tuberculosis and Pulmonology, officially launched the Center for Innovative Distance Training and Monitoring in Tashkent and its regional satellite office in Bukhara.

25-year-old US national on Chevrolet Captiva hit a 33-year old woman in downtown Tashkent, last week Tashkent Police Department said in a statement.

Abdukahhor Tukhtaev, who served as mayor of Tashkent’s Olmazor district since April 2017, has appointed as the Minister of Construction, the district mayor’s office said.

A Bloggers Championship will kick off on 12 April 2018. The winners of the Championship will be determined in over 10 additional nominations, along with the main award.

Heads of the border agencies of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan banned the use of firearms against civilians, the press service of the Government of Kyrgyzstan said.

Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan political consultations took place in Ashgabat between the foreign ministries during which were discussed the draft program and agenda of the upcoming state visit of the Turkmen leader to Uzbekistan.

262 persons were acquitted by Uzbek criminal courts in 2017, while in 2012-2016 only 7 people were acquitted. Aziz Abidov, the official representative of the Supreme Court said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev by his April 9 decree appointed Gayrat Khidoyatov as the new Deputy Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan. Prior to this appointment, Gayrat Khidoyatov was the deputy state adviser to the President on political and legal issues.

United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Pamela L. Spratlen today announced the arrival from the U.S. to Uzbekistan of a humanitarian shipment of the cancer medication Temodar, which is used to treat brain tumors in adults.

US$ 130 million project for manufacturing of Hyundai trucks, initiated by the South Korean Evergreen Motors and Posco Daewoo, will be arranged in Kokand free economic zone (FEZ), UzA said.

After a 22-year break, we have finally nurtured a new academician. I think it was a big mistake that for a quarter of a century the Academy [of Sciences] was neglected. If we do not follow the path of intensive and innovative development, we will not be able to catch up with the developed world, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in a meeting with scientists in the Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances Friday.

The bill signed into law by the President of Uzbekistan on April 4, now harshens the liability for the use of torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment, Norma.uz reports.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will visit Uzbekistan in May, Sputnik reported. This became known following the talks between the leadership of the Uzbek Foreign Trade Ministry and the Lithuanian Ambassador to Uzbekistan with residence in Moscow Remigijus Motuzas.

Uzbekistan Airways Technics will provide maintenance and repair services for Afghan aircrafts. The deal on this was reached during talks at the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Trade with Afghan Transport Minister Mohammad Hamid Tahmasi.

Uzbek PM Abdulla Aripov and his Kyrgyz counterpart Isakov border in a telephone conversation Sunday discussed the incident that occurred on Saturday at the Uzbek-Kyrgyz, in which Kyrgyz citizen was killed.

Bangladesh delegation, led by the State Minister of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam arrived in Tashkent Sunday. The program of the visit includes meetings and talks in the Legislative Chamber, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, trips to Samarkand and Bukhara, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

The Kyrgyz State Border Guard Service reported Saturday of an incident on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, in which a Kyrgyz citizen was killed.

The University of Sejong (Republic of Korea) will open its branch in Tashkent from the new academic year in September. Tashkent branch of Sojong University will offer undergraduate programs in early childhood development, advertising, public relations and tourism.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree Thursday aimed at improving the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and enhancing of its responsibility for implementation of foreign policy and foreign economic priorities.