The Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be held on October 13 in Bishkek under the chairmanship of the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadir Japarov.

The German government is negotiating with Uzbekistan, Georgia, Moldova, Kenya, Colombia and Kyrgyzstan on a migration partnership that would provide for the swift return of illegal migrants to their homeland, Deutsche Welle reported, citing an official of the Ministry of the Interior.

Kazakhstan will begin transit of Russian gas to Uzbekistan only at the end of October, and not from October 1, as previously planned. Kazakh Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliev said on Wednesday, Vlast.kz reported.

On September 27, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan reported. The will take effect on January 1, 2024.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation on October 5-7, the presidential press service said today.

The ceremony for Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s Anti-Corruption Excellence award will take place at the end of this year in Tashkent. This was announced by the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

Tools for automatic recording of traffic violations, installed in Uzbekistan, are now also recording unfastened seat belts. This is stated in a statement from the press service of the Road traffic safety department.

Tashkent is hosting the maiden international Cyber Security Summit - Central Eurasia, CSS 2023 on October 3-4 this year. The Summit was organized in cooperation with Cybersecurity Center, Cyberpark Dialogue Events.

Regulating entity of the power market is being created in Uzbekistan - Power Market Development and Regulation Agency, which will be subordinate to the Cabinet of Ministers. This is stipulated by the president’s Sep. 28 Measures to carry out the next stage of reform in the energy sector Decree.

Uzbekistan was ranked 22nd cheapest country in the world in terms of the mobile data prices, the Cable.co.uk said. Uzbekistan mobile Internet users pay an average of $0.30 for 1 gigabyte, which puts the country to the 2nd spot in Central Asia.

Since October 1, with the introduction of new electricity prices for legal persons in Uzbekistan, prices have also been increased by electric charging stations.

Dry and warm weather is expected across Uzbekistan on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Uzhydromet reported. The air temperature is expected to be +10...+15 degrees at night, +23...+28 during the day.

Footage surfaced on social networks which reported that the principal of school in Koshkupir district of Khorezm region forcibly involved students in harvesting rice.

During his state visit to Qatar on October 1, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the CEOs of a number of major Qatari companies.

Chief of the Republican Center for Organization of Sanitary Cleaning under the Ministry of Ecology, Sharif Khasanov, met with the Ambassador of Sweden to Uzbekistan, Tomas Danestad, and Senior Advisor to the Swedish Association for Waste Management and Recycling, Vern Vikvist.

German newspaper Heilbronner-Stimme published an article entitled "The Importance of Central Asia is Growing", Dunyo said on Monday.

Uzbekistan delegation led by president’s envoy for Afghanistan Ismatulla Ergashev attended the next meeting of Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan on September 29 in Kazan.

On October 2, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as part of his state visit to Doha on Monday.

1,415 people died in road accidents In January-August 2023 in Uzbekistan, announced Deputy Chairman of the Senate’s Defense and Security Committee Tolibjon Madumarov at a meeting on Friday.

In a new comprehensive analysis of 23 countries* across Europe and Central Asia released today, the World Bank calls for a major revamp of the region’s heating sector to deliver sustainable and affordable services to its people, especially the most vulnerable, and to reduce reliance on inefficient, carbon-intensive fuels.