In his speech at the Tashkent International Investment Forum, Shavkat Mirziyoev III presented a number of proposals aimed at strengthening the protection of investors' rights. In particular, the "Investment" law, which complies with the procedures and standards of the World Trade Organization, will be adopted, the International Commercial Court will start working in the country, and the period for leasing land to foreign investors will be extended twice.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Vice President of Turkey Javdat Yilmaz. Yilmaz also held talks with Senate Chairman Tanzila Norboeva and Minister of Economy and Finance Jamshid Kochkarov.

Anorbank and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector have agreed to jointly implement the project of establishing the first Islamic bank in Uzbekistan.

More than 40 billion tenge ($90 million) seized from oligarchs who tried to launder money abroad in Kazakhstan will be spent on social programs, including relief from the consequences of floods in the north of the country, it was announced.

Erlan Turgumbaev, the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, was arrested in connection with the 2022 riots. He is accused of abuse of office with serious consequences.

By the decree of the President, from January 2025, it was allowed to organize and conduct risk-based games (online gambling - ed.), bookmaking activities on the Internet in Uzbekistan. How did the public accept this decision? Azon Global studied the reaction of social media users to this decision.

In January-March 2024, about 48,600 marriages were registered in Uzbekistan. This is 900 fewer than in the same period last year. The average age of women at marriage was 23.3 years, and the average age of men was 28.2 years. The number of divorces increased by 1.5 times compared to the corresponding period of 2020.

The Islamic Development Bank will allocate 79 million dollars to Kyrgyzstan within the framework of the project "Financing affordable housing according to Sharia norms". The Kyrgyz government announced that thousands of families will be provided with affordable housing thanks to the project.

An Uzbek migrant worker saved several people from a fire in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Turkish countries plan to form a special group of engineers to develop a joint small CubeSat satellite. This team carries out its activities in the research center in Kazakhstan.