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President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution on 10 June on the main events devoted to the 2,200th anniversary of the city of Tashkent.

According to the document, the solemn meeting and a concert program devoted to the jubilee will be held on 1 September at the Uzbekistan international forums palace. On 2 September, the mass events for the public will be held on the city’s squares.

The head of the state also resolved to move the days off from Saturday 29 August and Sunday 30 August to 31 August and 2 September. Thus, the official days off will be 31 August through 2 September.

The 2,200th anniversary of the capital of Uzbekistan is celebrated with participation of the UNESCO.

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Tashkent city administration in cooperation with Inter Tashkent Expo company and Osiyo Ramzi, Fashion Designers Association of Uzbekistan, held a competition of cooks and confectioners called “Wedding Ceremonies”.

At the opening of the contest, it was noted that in Uzbekistan great attention was paid to the revival and development of national values. The contest aimed at promotion of folk traditions and customs, in particular, the Uzbek national cuisine.

During the competition members of the jury evaluated the skills and experience of fashion designers, confectioners and cooks in various categories.

According to Sunnat Suleimanov of the Cooks Association of Uzbekistan, the competition was important in identifying new talents and sharing experiences among the cooks.

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In accordance with the resolution of the President preparation to the 2200th anniversary of Tashkent is underway in the capital.

Large-scale work on building new objects, development of social infrastructure, restoration of historical and architectural monuments and other sights is continuing.

According to the city administration, 280,000 seedlings of Japanese safory, chestnuts, conifers, ornamental and fruit trees have been planted in Tashkent in the recent months.

Besides, 167,000 bushes were planted, about 65,000 trees cut, 100 kms of canals cleaned, 100 square meters of roads repaired.

More than 3,800 new workplaces were created in the city improvement sector since the beginning of the year, including gardeners, road repairers, drivers and others.

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The winners of the fourth national contest Oltin Qalam (Golden Pen) received their awards on the eve of the World Press Freedom Day in Tashkent.

The contest aims to identify and support the best representatives of the press. Almost 400 journalists participated in the contest with their 5,000 works.

The grand prize went to Madamin Safarov, head of the group of the sociopolitical and socioeconomic programs department of the O‘zbekiston TV channel.

The awards were also granted to winners in the TV, radio, press and internet journalism nominations, as well as other areas, like best work of the foreign journalist, best press service and others.

The Vice Prime minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov made a speech at the awarding ceremony.

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Uzbekistan has taken measures to prevent the entry and spread of the swine flu on the country’s territory, chief state sanitary doctor Bahtiyor Niyazmatov told UzA.

According to the official, the measures the country has taken to prevent dangerous infections has proved its efficiency in the past. Thus, the threat of the bird flu and other infectious diseases was prevented.

Today Uzbekistan has direct air and land links with many countries and imports thousands of products from other states. This requires especial cautiousness of the workers of the state sanitary control services.

The new flu stamp H1N1 is a mutant virus, which is a hybrid containing the genes of the bird, swine and human flu. The infection may cause symptoms similar to ordinary flu, but in some cases may have more severe conditions, including toxic pneumonia.

The Health Ministry of Uzbekistan has worked out a special plan to prevent the new respiratory infection. High-quality specialists are participating in the monitoring of the situation and special trainings are being held for medical workers in all regions.

The virus laboratories across in the capital and regions have diagnostic means to timely identify the swine flu. In case of swine flu symptoms the patient will be isolated in the specially reserved rooms of infection clinics.

“There is enough anti-flu, symptomatic and disinfection medicaments, as well as individual protection means for medical personnel. Besides, disinfection work has been strengthened in crowded places, transport, kindergartens and educational establishments,” Bahtiyor Niyazmatov said.

Sanitary control points are functioning in the border crossing places, including airports and railway stations. They have been provided with additional special equipment and disinfection means, he added.

Besides, the Health Ministry has issued posters and brochures explaining precaution measures and organized meetings with specialists at residence areas, educational establishments, enterprises and organizations, the chief state sanitary doctor of Uzbekistan said.

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The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a decree on 15 April on rewarding the participants of the World War Two of 1941-1945.

The document was signed in connection with the Day of memory and honor, celebrated on 9 May, and the 64th anniversary of the victory over fascism.

In accordance with the decree, the war veterans will receive a one-time reward of UZS 120,000. The related expenses will be covered from the budget.

The Ministry of finance, the Central bank, the Ministry of labor and social protection, the Ministry of interior and the National security service have been entrusted with organizing the solemn rewarding ceremonies.

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The Soglom Avlod Uchun charity foundation and the Uzbekistan Railways company sent a health train with humanitarian aid to Navoi region.

A group of doctors, including dentists, surgeons and pediatricians will examine the residents of the remote villages in Kanimeh, Tamdi and Uchkuduk districts.

The humanitarian cargo included medicaments, clothes and sanitary and hygienic means.

The purpose of the regular health trains sent throughout the year to various regions of the country is to protect the health of the population and provide moral and material support to the low-income and disabled people.

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The celebration of the great military leader and statesman Amir Temur’s birthday was held in Tashkent’s Officers’ house on 8 April.

The event, organized by the Center for spirituality of the Defense ministry jointly with the National academic drama theater and the Amir Temur International foundation, was attended by scholars, students, cadets of military schools and the public.

The chairman of the Amir Temur foundation Muhammad Ali, doctor of historical sciences Hamidulla Dadaboyev and others said that in Uzbekistan special attention was paid to objective and deep studying of the history, life and work of great ancestors, their spiritual heritage.

The enormous creative work accomplished in the era of Amir Temur and Temurids, architectural monuments they erected signify the enormous power and potential. The martial art of Amir Temur, who created his own military concept, is now being explored by many military colleges.

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The National interdepartmental commission for counteracting the trade in humans held a session at the General prosecutor’s office to discuss the work of the territorial commissions in Andijan and Bukhara regions.

The participants said human traffic was an important problem for the whole world community and fighting it was one of the priority tasks of each state.

Given that the migration processes lead to increase in human traffic cases, it is necessary to coordinate the activities of the law-enforcement and other organs, local self-government bodies and NGOs, it was noted.

The national commission criticized the work of the territorial commissions in the named two regions and defined measures to improve their activities.

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A conference on the involvement of non-state electronic mass media in building civil society was held in Tashkent. The event, organized by the National Association of Electronic Media of Uzbekistan (NAESMI), discussed the challenges facing the regional TV and radio stations and non-state media.

It was noted that in 2008 certain results had been achieved in the improvement of the activity of NAESMI and the stations it unites. The stations were equipped with modern information technologies to improve the quality of programs and expand the coverage area.

The processes of globalization and the accelerated exchange of information between the countries and peoples increases the responsibility of the media in objective coverage of events, it was said.

The conference participants exchanged views on raising the effectiveness of projects implemented in this direction, as well as improving the skills of the staff of the regional stations.

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