A delegation of Supreme Court of Republic of Korea led by its chairperson Yang Sung Tae held negotiations with the chairperson of Supreme Court of Uzbekistan Buritosh Mustafoev on 27 May 2013.

The farewell bell rings May 25 in all general schools of the country.

Strategy of Integrated Development There is a plan in Uzbekistan this year to build and reconstruct 526km of roads to four-lane motor road at the level of international standards.

Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan held a session to discuss several drafts laws in the first reading.

Uzbekistan Today launches a new project “22 Years of Independence. Life in Provinces”. This is going to be a series of reports to give a close-up of life of Uzbeks in all regions of the country. The project participants are directly involved in all the reformations on the further enhancement of well-being and prosperity of the republic. Let us offer our first report from Namangan region.

At the Oqsaroy on May 23, President Islam Karimov received credentials from the newly appointed chiefs of diplomatic missions in Uzbekistan – the Head of Delegation of the European Union, Ambassador Yuri Sterk and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan Fumihiko Kato.

Currently number of emitted banking payment cards in Uzbekistan reached 9.7 million units, the Central Bank of Uzbekistan said.

The volume of credit portfolio of National Bank of Uzbekistan for Foreign Economic Activity (NBU) made up 6,206 trillion soums as of 1 April 2013, the press service of the bank. (Currency rates of CB from 23.05.2013 1$=2077.92soums)

Vice President of the Republic of India Hamid Ansari, who is on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan, met with the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilgizar Sobirov, and Speaker of the Legislative Chamber Dilorom Tashmuhamedova on 22 May 2013.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met at the Oqsaroy May 22 with Vice President of the Republic of India Hamid Ansari, who has been on official visit in our country.

Dedicated to the memory of Hakim at-Termezi, the 11th kurash international tournament for the prize of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan has taken place in the city of Termez.

The loc al and fo reign vi sito rs of Urgenc h in the near futu re wi ll be able to make a trip about the anci ent cit y of Khorezm on the tou rist trolleybus.

The Experts discussed the impact of crisis on the energy sector

By Steve Gillick, Travel Industry Today (Canada) Uzbekistan is on e of on ly two doub le land-loc ked count ries in the wo rld (count ries that are themselves surroun ded by landloc ked count ries). The Repub lic lies just no rth of Afg hani stan and bo rders on Turkmeni stan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Ficti le art is con sidered as on e of the oldest craft s. Origin ating from the dawn of the hum an civi lization to sati sfy the needs in hou sehold ut ensils, the ceramic s in Uzbekistan became on e of the mo st im portant parts in the wo rld cu ltu ral herit age. Princi pal shapes and deco ration types of pot ery had been fo rmed already during the Bron ze Age.

The Government of Uzbekistan issued a resolution “On admission to secondary special, professional educational establishments of Uzbekistan in 2013/2014 academic year” on 16 May 2013.

The Government of Uzbekistan approved a list of separate types of imported consumer goods, which are subject to mandatory libelling in state language by the producers from 1 July 2013.

The capital\\\'s Palace of Arts Turkiston will open its doors to the famous opera and ballet masters from Italy, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Petrovietnam Exploration & Production (PVEP) is planning to launch exploration works at Molabaur investment block in Ustyurt region by the end of 2013.

Uzbekneftegaz national holding company is planning to construct a plant on processing shale oil at Sangruntau field in Navoi region in September 2015, an acting director-general of UzLITIneftegaz Ulugbek Saidov said.