Turkey's Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has arrived in Uzbekistan with a working visit. He was met by the Defense Minister of Uzbekistan, Colonel-General Kabul Berdiyev.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko offered a message to the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, congratulating him on his 60th birthday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed an Introduction Of Project Management In Uzbekistan Decree Monday. The document provides for introduction of modern forms and methods of control and decision-making based on the principles of project management, ensuring rational use of resources when reforming the governance system, economy and social sphere.

On July 20, 2017, the Government of Uzbekistan issued a Measures to Organize Training of Civil Aviation Pilots Resolution which will pave way for Uzbekistan Airways to offer training courses for civil aviation pilots.

A 500 room hotel will be built in Chimgan ski resort, it was unveiled during Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Tashkent province trip on Friday.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

A 24-hour free-to-air Uzbekistan 24 news channel parented by the flagship National Television and Radio Company (NTRC) began broadcasting at 10:00 on July 24. The channel is available at the frequency of the closed Diyor channel.

Alisher Agzamkhodzhaev has been appointed as new head of the Department for Cooperation with the CIS countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on July 21 following his Tashkent province trip held a meeting with the leadership of the province, Akhborot reported.

Next meeting of the International Press Club on political parties was held in Tashkent Wednesday. One of the most interesting topics for discussion was the question on business hours of entertainment venues (restaurants, bars).

The Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations hosted a "round table" to discuss the Civil Service Draft Bill Wednesday.

A delegation of Human Rights Watch (HRW) will visit Uzbekistan in August, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov announced at a press conference following the Uzbekistan-EU Cooperation Council.

The Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov met the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini Tuesday. The meeting, which took place the day after the 13th Cooperation Council between the EUand Uzbekistan, was an opportunity for both sides to assess the positive trend of bilateral relations, as well as to discuss regional and international matters.

Starting from August 1, 2017 UzMedExport, a state owned company will be entitled to import and medical products included in the list of socially significant medicines without holding tenders, based on direct contracts.

The Cooperation Council between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Uzbekistan held its thirteenth meeting on Monday, 17 July in Brussels. 

On Wednesday, an Afghanistan delegation including the President's National Security Adviser  Mohammad Hanif Atmar and Chief adviser on Infrastructure and Technology Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi is expected to arrive in Tashkent on a working visit, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The European Union (EU) commends the reforms that are being undertaken in Uzbekistan and stands ready to support the country, the Director-General for International Development and Cooperation of the European Commission Stefano Manservisi said in a briefing during his visit in Tashkent.

On July 15, the Inter-provincial Cooperation Agreement between the Government of Uzbekistan and the Government of Kazakhstan, signed in Astana on March 23, 2017 during the state visit of the President Uzbekistan Sh.Mirziyoyev to Kazakhstan, came into force.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Tashkent’s Yunusabad district Saturday. The head of state familiarized himself with the activities of the Security Office of the Tashkent Police Department.

Odilkhon Rustamov has been appointed as new mayor of Tashkent's Shaykhantahur district, replacing Oybek Mirtemirov, the mayor's office said in a statement. Since 2016 until recently he was the head of UzbekOziqOvqatHolding (Uzbek Food Holding).