Uzbekistan will invest US$211 million to reconstruction of automobile road A-373 “Tashkent-Osh” at the area of 116-190 km. President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov approved feasibility study of the project on reconstruction of road, which passes through Qamshiq pass, Podrobno.uz said.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov at the Oqsaroy July 23 met with David Constable, Chief Executive Officer of the South African energy and chemical group of companies.

The sports delegation of Uzbekistan left for the British capital of London to take part in the 30th Summer Olympic Games. Solemn seeing off ceremony was held at the Tashkent international airport. The representatives of state and public organizations, athletes and their parents, media workers were invited on this occasion.

A portal of communal services has been launched in Uzbekistan. It was announced at the press conference in Tashkent. The portal is created in line with the presidential resolution “On measures on further introduction and development of modern information-communication technologies” from 21 March 2012.

The charter capital of specialized industrial zone (SIZ) “Angren” will make up 1 billion soums (official exchange rate 1USD=1900,62 UZS), the governmental resolution said.

State joint stock company “Uzbekenergo” supplied 21.3 billion K.W.H electricity to consumers in Uzbekistan in the first half of 2012, the press service of the company said.

State Committee of Uzbekistan on management of state property summed up the result of the first half of 2012. The press service of the committee said that the State Property Committee worked to implement important priorities, set by the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov at the session of the government.

Uzbekistan created 510,500 new jobs in the first half of 2012 within the programme on creation of workplaces, a statement of the Ministry of Economy and the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

Uzbekistan national amputees team on football has received invitation to the World Cup 2012, which will be held in Kaliningrad (Russia) on 6-15 October 2012, Uzbekistan Football Federation said.

State joint stock railway company Uzbekistan Temir Yollari transported over 29.9 million tonnes of cargo and 8.6 million passengers in the first half of 2012.

Uzbekistan GTL JV will work under Oltin Yo\'l GTL (Golden Way GTL) brand. This was announced at the presentation in Tashkent on 23 July 2012. Presentation of new brand was held within the visit of the Sasol President David Constable to Uzbekistan.

Within the Program on Consolidation of Economic and Technical Capacities of Higher Education Institutions and Cardinal Improvement in Training Highly Qualified Specialists for 2011-2016, it is meant this year to equip 32 blocks of universities with furniture. These days, four of them have been furnished.

Foreign companies and businesses of Uzbekistan signed 1,002 agreements and protocols of intention to purchase mini-technologies and compact equipment for 79.9 billion soums (official exchange rate 1 USD=1896,57 UZS) in the result of the exhibition Uzbekistan Agrominitech Expo – 2012.

Aggregate capital of commercial banks of Uzbekistan grew by 24.2% year-on-year in the first half of 2012 and reached 5.7 trillion soums (official exchange rate 1 USD=1896,57 UZS) as of 1 July 2012. This was announced at the extended session of the Board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan dedicated to the results of the first half of 2012.

The members of the national team of Uzbekistan have won one gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze medals at the XI Asian Championship in karate among adults and XII – juniors and youth held in capital.

Some four days are left before Olympic squads of Uzbekistan leave for London as the sports delegation will depart to the capital of the 30th Summer Olympic Games on July 24.

In Namangan, the Committee on Democratic Institutions, NGOs and Civil Society Institutions of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a meeting devoted to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan \"On guarantees of the rights of the child\" in Namangan region.

Ijtimoiy Fikr Center for Public Opinion Research has published the results of their regular sociological survey on ‘The role of the banking system in the development of family business and support of entrepreneurship, as well as the estimation of the public and business leaders of the trust for the banking system’. The survey was carried out in all regions of the country in 2011.

State Committee of Uzbekistan on Demonopolization and Development of Competition held a session to sum up results of the first half of 2012.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a decree “On measures on further cardinal improving business environment and producing more freedom to entrepreneurship” on 18 July 2012.