Under the leadership of President Islam Karimov, a particular emphasis is placed in our country on perfecting the organizational base of the activities of the institution of mahalla, enhancing the scales of objectives it is tasked with, cementing interaction with government and management bodies – efforts successful in terms of practical results.

The Government of Japan allocated 34.877 billion yens (about US$353.873 million) to implementation of the Navoi Thermal Power Station Modernization Project.

All budget organizations of Uzbekistan will carry out their accounting and reporting operation via single system UzASBO from 1 January 2014.

Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,410 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, on Monday, 19 Augusts, announced the addition of its first hotel in Uzbekistan, the newly opened, 120-room Ramada Tashkent.

On September 24 in Tashkent in the framework of the Week of Information and Communication Technologies Info Com-2013 will be held the 11th Annual National Summit on Information and Communication Technologies.

Small entrepreneurs (businesses) produced 43.2% of total volume of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan in January-June 2013, which rose 0.6 percentage points year-on-year, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

Uzbekistan to create a new fund that will deal with the expansion of export potential of small business and entrepreneurship, as well as assist them in increasing the production of modern, competitive products and promote them for export.

Output of enterprises of food industry of Uzbekistan reached 4.421 trillion soums in January-July 2013, which grew by 7.5% year-on-year, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

The Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan convened for a regular session on August 15. Following the approval of the agenda proposed by the Kengash (Council) of the lower house, the deputies examined a range of bills in the first reading. Earlier, building on the requirements of the Regulations of the Legislative Chamber and summing up the comprehensive preliminary discussions, political party factions and the one from the Environmental Movement of Uzbekistan had presented their views and recommendations to a responsible committee.

The Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan has organized a cultural-enlightenment event in Tashkent in tribute to the 22nd anniversary of the independence of our Motherland. Representatives of women’s activities-related public associations in Tashkent’s mahallas, education institutions, organizations and enterprises were invited to the meeting.

Deepening processes of structural changes in the industry, implementation of measures for production of import-substituting and export-oriented production in Uzbekistan, ensured continuation of the dynamic development of light industry enterprises which in January-July 2013 produced production at 4199.8 billion soums, or 115.9% of the corresponding period last year. (Currency rates of CB from 21.08.2013 1$=2119.73 soums),

Surplus of the state budget of Uzbekistan made up 68.7 billion soums (Currency rates of CB from 21.08.2013 1$=2119.73 soums), in January-June 2013, according to data of the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan.

ashkent is to host on October 8-10 the 19th Tashkent International Tourism Fair TITF 2013 “Tourism on the Silk Road.”

Preparations for the ninth international music festival \"Sharq taronalari\" is actively continuing in Samarkand.

In the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan has been held an enlarged meeting of the Committee on Democratic Institutions, NGOs and Civil Society of the lower chamber of parliament.

The volume of gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan, according to preliminary data, made up 50.432 trillion soums (Currency rates of CB from 16.08.2013 1$=2115.36soums) in current prices in the first half of 2013, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

This year, in the Khorezm region is planned to implement 119 projects worth 55.4 billion soums.

On August 18, 2013 in Tashkent will start expedition \"Alexander in Marakand\" - an initiative project of «Marakand expedition», which is aimed for development and introduction of new tourist routes, acting on the basis of scientific and educational tourism.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed an order “On creation of working group on conducting rating assessment of higher education establishments of the Republic” on 14 August 2013.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov at the Oqsaroy on August 14 met with Raymond Conner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Executive Vice President of the Boeing Corporation.