An ICSID tribunal has ordered Uzbekistan to pay US$40 million to a group of Turkish investors in a shopping mall as a result of an expropriation while rejecting a larger claim for moral damages relating to physical abuse allegedly suffered at the hands of state authorities.

The Kashkadarya Chirakchi district criminal court on October 18 sentenced businessman Bahriddin Isomov to two years of hous arrest, and the former deputy mayor of the Yakkabag district Mansur Tuymaev to a fine and an obligation to pay damages to victims, the official representative of the Supreme Court, Aziz Abidov said.

Jamshid Kuchkarov has been a steady hand on the tiller during what has been one of the most rapid programmes of economic liberalisations in recent memory. After years spent held back by the strictures commonly left behind in former Soviet states, Kuchkarov was trusted by the reformist President Mirziyoyev to manage the liberalisation of the currency markets, a lightening of trade restrictions, and the country’s international bond market debut

The international conference - Perspectives of Implementation of English Law in Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent as part English Law Day in Tashkent on October 17-18, which was moderated by the Minister of Justice Ruslan Davletov.

On October 17, the Authority for Regulation of Alcohol and Tobacco Market under the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan and the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market of Russia signed a memorandum on licensing and labeling of alcoholic beverages in Tashkent, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.

The English Law Day in Tashkent international conference is taking place these days in Tashkent. Speaking at the event, Minister of Justice Ruslan Davletov briefed foreign legal experts on the ongoing reforms in the legal profession.

On October 8, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Approval of Uzbekistan’s Higher Education System Development Concept Until 2030 Decree.

In the 2019 Global Hunger Index, Uzbekistan ranks 49th out of 117 qualifying countries. With a score of 10.7, Uzbekistan suffers from a level of hunger that is moderate.

The President of the French Senate, Gérard Larcher could visit Uzbekistan, the press service of the Uzbek Senate said. On October 17, the chair of the Uzbek Senate Tanzila Norboeva met with the France Ambassador to Isabel Servoz-Gallucci.

On October 16, 2019, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who departed for Nur Sultan to attend the 12th Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Kang Kyung-wha.

On October 14, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Uzbekistan’s Accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal, January 29, 2000) Bill into Law. The Bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber on October 9 and approved by the Senate on October 11.

After the verification of voters' signatures on October 15, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Uzbekistan issued permits to all five political parties to participate in the December elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

Uzbekneftegaz and SOCAR are set to explore the opportunities for joint oil production in the Caspian Sea, the Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy said.

The Surkhandarya’s Boysun district branch of the Compulsory Enforcement Bureau (MIB) put up for sale a methane gas station, which belonged to Erkin Norkobilov, the brother-in-law of the former investigator of the National Security Service (DXX), Nodirbek Turakulov.

It gives me a great pleasure to congratulate the participants of the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, the public of the Turkic world with the significant date - the 10th anniversary of adoption of the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.The signing of this important document has marked the beginning of a new stage in fruitful partnership of Turkic-speaking countries which is based on inextricable historical ties, commonality of language, culture and spiritual values.

The DG of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, is expecting that all the issues related to the construction of nuclear plants in Uzbekistan will be resolved before the end of 2019.

Uzbekistan government delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the 12th Korea - Central Asia Cooperation Forum on October 16, 2019.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 14 in Baku hosted the chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, Shaykh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan said.

The Senate at the 23rd plenary meeting on Saturday approved the despiction and specimen of special clothing for Uzbekistan judges, the Senate said.

Immediately upon arrival in Baku, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the press service of the Uzbek leader said.