Tashkent hosted negotiations between the aviation authorities of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Friday attended by the officials of the Uzbekistan Airways and the Kyrgyz Air Manas and the Avia Traffic Company.

Following the official welcoming ceremony of the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Kuksaroy residence, the two leaders began talks, the presidential press service reported.

Uzbek senator and poet Iqbol Mirzo (Iqboljon Mirzaliev) wrote an article on Xalq So’zi newspaper, implicitly criticizing Islam Karimov’s rule, while praising the reforms undertaken by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon today arrived in Tashkent on a two-day state visit. At the Islam Karimov airport, the high guest was welcomed by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

New appointments have been made in the central apparatus of the Interior ministry and the police departments of 9 districts: in Samarkand province - Payariq, Pakhtachi, Bulungur districts, in Djizzakh province - Zarbdor district, in Ferghana province - Bagdad district, in Namangan province - Uychi district, in Tashkent province - Kuyichirchik district, in Kashkadarya province - Guzar district.

Uzbek Deputy PM Sukhrob Kholmurodov in his opening remarks at the 11th Uzbek-Indian commission named the ways to expand trade between Uzbekistan and India.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today signed a decree on celebration of Kurban Khayit (Eid al-Adha) on August 21 (Tuesday), the Ministry of Justice said.

The first state visit of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to India will take place in October, the Uzbek Deputy PM Sukhrob Kholmuradov said during the 11th Uzbek-Indian intergovernmental commission Thursday.

Uzbekistan Airways announces deals for all domestic flights between 31 August to 4 September on the ocassion of the 27th anniversary of Uzbekistan's independence.

A teen couple of 17-year-old girl and 19-year-old guy allegedly committed suicide by sitting on the railway holding hands on Saturday at 2:05 AM in Surkhandarya province. They died on the spot after an electric locomotive hit them, the Prosecutor General's Office said.

The Uzbek President’s press secretary Komil Allamjonov told on his Facebook page about the program of the state visit of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to Uzbekistan on August 17-18.

The Uzbek-Israeli high technologies faculty will be established under the National University of Uzbekistan (NUU), the Higher Education Ministry said.

Uzbek government is preparing a decision which prescribes the hour limits during which alcohol can be sold, a source in the government told The Tashkent Times.

A delegation of the political office of the Taliban movement in Doha led by its leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai paid a working visit to Uzbekistan from August 7-10, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on August 17-18, Xalq So’zi newspaper reported. "The will undoubtedly become a landmark event in the history of Uzbek-Tajik ties and will showcase a new quality of the bilateral agenda," the report said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree Thursday to introduce mandatory chess classes in 150 schools as a test.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Uzbek Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education today signed a grant agreement for 262 million Japanese yen (US$ 2.3 million).

Elbek Shukurov has been appointed Tashkent city deputy mayor in charge of youth policy, social development and spiritual-enlightenment activities, replacing Shukhrat Bakiyev, who had served in this position since 2017, the mayor’s office said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree appointing Shukhrat Sodiqov, the former chief of the National Project Management Agency (NPMA), as the new Minister for IT Development to replace Azim Ahmedkhadzhayev, the ministry said.

Cargo convoy today crossed the Uzbek-Tajik border carrying manpower, materials and special equipment intended for construction of a medical complex in Tajikistan. The project has been entrusted to the Uzbekneftegaz, the company said.