SJSC Uzbekenergo has introduced the automated system of accounting and control over electricity consumption (Automated Metering System) at the cost of more than $800 million.

Two weeks are left before the beginning of the 2012 – 2013 academic year. More than 4.5 million children begin to learn, and about five hundred thousand of them are first graders. And what else is waiting in schools with the coming of the new academic year? Leading experts of the Ministry of Public Education dwell upon this.

The Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan serves the venue for the retrospective exhibition of products of arts masters of the series Our Heritage. It displays the works of renowned painters who created in various periods of art’s history of the country that makes the exhibition even more interesting.

Tashkent hosted a press conference devoted to further expansion of the scale of housing construction on model projects and on improving the system of mortgage loans.

The Government of Uzbekistan expects that the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) will be at least 8% in 2012-2015.

Business circles of Uzbekistan and the United States of America today reached agreements on implementation of 21 projects for total sum of about US$2.8 billion.

An Uzbekistan-US Business Forum was held in Tashkent on 17 August 2012 within the Third round of the Uzbek-US political consultations.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received an American business delegation headed by the Chair of the US-Uzbek Chamber of Commerce Carolyn Lamm at the Oqsaroy August 17.

Khorezm regional administration of Uzbekistan will promote the region in internal and external tourism markets.

Two new television channels - Madaniyat va ma’rifat (Culture and Enlightenment) and Dunyo bo‘ylab (Around the World) will be launched in Uzbekistan from January 2013.

The volume of production of chemical goods in Uzbekistan rose by 4% year-on-year in January-July 2012, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

A commemoration meeting in homage to the talented painter and sculptor, Honored Worker of Culture, academician of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan Shahnoza Muminova has turned another spectacular event in cultural life of the capital that brought together within the wall of the Center of National Arts the colleagues and friends of her including celebrated masters of the present, art connoisseurs, as well as representatives of the media.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a decree on 14 August on awarding the winners of the 30th summer Olympic Games held in London.

Samarqand is hosting an exhibition of works of the artist Ahmad Umarov timed to celebrations of our country’s 21 years of independence.

Two modern water supply facilities with a capacity of 500 cubic meters each have been commissioned in Beruni district. As a result, about two thousand inhabitants of villages got improved drinking water supply.

The President of Uzbekistan recently signed a decree aimed at boosting the social security of the judiciary.

Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan passed a draft law “On introduction of changes and amendments to laws of Uzbekistan “On election to Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan” and “On election to regional, district and city Council of People’s Deputies” in connection with further ensuring election freedom and development of election legislation” in the first reading.

The consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan took place in Tashkent on 13-14 August 2012.

This year, the pharmaceutical industry runs 25 projects to develop production worth more than $200 million.

Uzbekistan to invest $120 million for the development of car building and rolling stock repair projects.President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov approved the feasibility study for the project of rolling stock repair facilities, car-building and reconstruction of casting shops at Casting-Mechanical Plant.