The Eighth Meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Uzbekistan is scheduled to convene on May 23 and 24, 2024. The Working Party, tasked with overseeing Uzbekistan's accession process, will gather for discussions at the Centre William Rappard (WTO building) in Geneva. The agenda includes an informal meeting on agriculture support scheduled for May 23 at 3:00 p.m., followed by the Eighth Working Party meeting on May 24 at 10:00 a.m.

On May 2-3, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov will land in Tashkent on an official visit, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan said.

Uzbekistan and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced a major 12-project program with total worth of $2.58 bln, the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade said. These projects cover critical areas such as green energy, water supply, highway reconstruction, and infrastructure development.

Market analysts from EastFruit report a clear-cut predominance of Turkmenistan’s greenhouse tomatoes within Tajikistan’s wholesale venues. These tomatoes, notable for their superior quality and contemporary packaging, are also priced competitively. Notably, Turkmenistan’s produce has entirely replaced the Uzbek greenhouse tomatoes, underscoring the ongoing challenges within Uzbekistan’s greenhouse sector – a topic we have extensively covered in the past.

Photographs circulated on social networks today of a hole in the asphalt on Tashkent’s Istikbol street. This street connects Amir Temur Square and Shakhrisabz street.

As of April 1, 2024, the number of newborns in Uzbekistan was 205,713, which is 4.3% less than in 2023, the Statistics Agency said in its quarterly report.

On March 28, the Namangan city criminal court handed a verdict against a 27-year-old man who was found guilty of insulting the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on social networks and illegally traveling abroad.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has come under scrutiny for his recent tour of Central Asia, where he rented a luxurious private jet for £42 mn (over $52 mn), the Guardian said.

1. Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Ministry of Commerce (MoC) Pakistan have decided to hold First Pakistan Single Country Exhibition (PSCE) from 28th June to 30th June, 2024 at the UzExpo Centre, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

1. Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Ministry of Commerce (MoC) Pakistan have decided to hold a Logistics Forum (herein after called the Forum) on 29th June, 2024 at the Crystal Ballroom, International Hotel, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan Airports has received the delivery of four new TMX-150-15 airfield tugs from TLD Europe (France) for Tashkent airport, bringing the total number of tugs at the capital's airport to nine.

1. Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Ministry of Commerce (MoC) Pakistan have decided to hold First Pakistan Single Country Exhibition (PSCE) from 28th June to 30th June, 2024 at the UzExpo Centre and Logistics Forum (herein after called the Forum) on 29th June, 2024 at the Crystal Ballroom, International Hotel, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Trip to Uzbekistan was organized with the support of the Uzbek embassy for a delegation including officials of the British NEU Professionals recruiting agency, the Royal College of Nursing, Coventry University and the Specialist Language Courses center .

The Tashkent Metallurgical Plant is added to the list of companies in which the government stake will be put up for public auction on the international market while engaging consultants. This is provided for by the President’s April 19 Measures to transform and accelerate the processes of privatization of large enterprises with state participation Decree.

On 25 April 2024, the European Union granted EUR 6 million (nearly UZS 82 billion) to the Government of Uzbekistan, as the country made progress with its agricultural reforms and maintained a stable macro-economic outlook.

President signed the Additional measures to reduce state participation in the economy Decree on April 19 ordering to move the executive authorities to the New Tashkent city.

Lawyer, 54, of the Tashkent’s Yakkasaray district mayor’s office died in a swimming pool of a local school on April 18 at approximately 15:30, the spokesman to the General Prosecutor's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

Corpses of three people from the same family with signs of homicide were found on Saturday at about 2:55 AM in one of the houses in the Syrdarya district after a fire, the spokesman to the General Prosecutor's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

President Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to reduce state participation in the economy decree on April 19 paving the way for the privatization of the National Interbank Processing Center (Humo).

On April 19, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to improve the regulation of the organization and holding of lotteries and betting games Decree, the press services of the National Agency for Prospective Projects (NAPP) and the Ministry of Justice said.