Tashkent became the venue of the fifth congress of oncologists and radiologists of the CIS countries. It united about 1,400 leading scientists and doctors not only from the Commonwealth, but also from countries like Germany, India, Canada, Poland, Serbia, Czech Republic and Sweden.

National company Uzbekistan Airways will start the sale of electronic tickets from 1 June 2008, deputy commercial director Vladimir Filipas told UzA.

The 12th international exhibition Oil and Gas Uzbekistan – OGU 2008 opened in Tashkent on 13 May.

Foreign Minister of Indonesia Hasan Wirayuda met Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan Dilorom Tashmuhamedova on 13 May.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Seung-Soo, who is in Uzbekistan on an official visit, visited the city of Samarkand on 13 May, accompanied by Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev

The business forum of Uzbekistan and Indonesia was held in Tashkent on 13 May. It was attended by heads of ministries and departments, companies and concerns of the two countries responsible for foreign economic relations, trade, banking and finance, fuel energy, construction, agriculture, tourism and telecommunications.

A conference devoted to enforcement of the mechanisms of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On guaranteeing the rights of the child” was held at the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.