President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev sent a congratulation to President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov in connection with the 63th anniversary of the victory over fascism.

Tashkent and Bukhara will host the third Youth film festival of Central Asian countries “Creative Flight” on 12-18 May.

42th Mendeleyev International Chemistry Olympiad among schoolchildren ended in Tashkent on Sunday. Representatives of Uzbekistan won one gold, one silver and eight bronze medals, taking the first place in the team event.

The Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan held a meeting on the implementation of the Law “On microfinancing” by commercial banks, credit associations, microcredit organizations and pawnshops.