| | The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov congratulated the leader of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on the occasion of his election to the position of President of the Republic of Armenia, press-service of President of Uzbekistan reported. | | | Embassy of Federative Republic of Germany in Tashkent released information that starting from March 1, 2013, embassy implements registration system through Internet to apply for any type of visa. According to the embassy, due to preliminary registration system waiting period of applicants will be reduced and planning reliability for applicants and visa department will be provided. By now, application to Shengen visa with period of stay until 90 days and national visa with the period of stay over 3 months can be submitted for the reception planned after March 1, 2013. | | | Supervisory Board of the Closed Joint-Stock Company Universal Sug'urta took a decision on early termination of authority of General Director Shokarimova Umida Rustamovna on February 15, 2013. New temporary in charge general director of Closed Joint-Stock Company Universal Sug'urta is Makhkamov Nodir Sultanovich, early occupied position of deputy general director of this company. | | | Number of commercial banks of Uzbekistan launched contest for the best business-project of small business and private entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, contests of Open Joint-Stock Commercial Turon Bank and Private Open Joint-Stock Commercial Amirbank is oriented to the projects on production modernization, equipping high developed technologies and innovations, providing for job places for graduates of educational institutions who plan to launch entrepreneurship activity, as well as on financing production micro-firms, small companies, dekhkan and farming entities. | | | According to the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics by January 1, 2013, saving deposits of individual persons-residents in foreign currency accounts of commercial banks of Uzbekistan value to 808,2 billion soums or 19,7 percent to the total volume of deposits. This index comparing to the start of this year rose to 42,5 percent. | | | On February 20, 2013, Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan hosted meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Czech Republic Pejcha Hynek. Sides discussed current state of bilateral relations, proposals to further deepen Uzbek-Czech dialog, including next political consultations between foreign political bodies of Uzbekistan and Czech Republic, meeting of other joint interaction institutes. | | | Famous football specialist of Uzbekistan Islom Akhmedov became a member of technical Committee of Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This decision was taken on February 12, 2013, by Executive Committee of AFC. Islom Akhmedov already received first invitation to the sixth meeting of AFC technical Committee to be held in Malaysia on March 10 – 11, 2013. | | | According to the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics in 2012 turnover of retail trade in the country made 36917,8 billion soums or 113,9 percent comparing to the same period of 2011. In the structure of turnover of retail sales the share of food products made up 51,8 percent, non-food products – 48,2 percent (in January-December of 2011 – 50,2 and 49,8 percent accordingly). | | | In January – December 2012, Civil Status Registration Departments registered 299,100 marriage acts and 17,900 divorce acts. Thus, 10,0 marriages comes to 1000 people (in January-December of 2011, 9,8 marriages), and 0,6 comes out from 1000 people (in January-December 2011, 0,6 marriages), according to State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Statistics. | | | Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan hosted final meeting dedicated to the results of joint work held in 2012 between Uzbekistan and Korea within a framework of Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP). In his welcoming speech Director of Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research Avazbek Sadykov noted dynamic development of cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and Republic of Korea in economic and social-humanitarian spheres, as well as active use of experience of Korea in accomplishing market and structural reforms in our country. | | |
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