The highest growth of gross regional product (GRP) was registered in Syrdarya region in the first half of 2010, according to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.
Uzbek President Islam Karimov approved intergovernmental agreement with Kazakhstan on protection, reproduction and sustainable development of saiga heads.
Retail trade turnover grew in all regions of Uzbekistan in the first half of 2010. In the reporting period, Navoi region led on the growth of retail trade turnover with 20.2%.
A delegation of international rating agency Standard & Poor's paid a visit to Uzbekistan at the end of August. The delegation included S&P Financial Institutions Director Ekaterina Trofimova, associates Mikhail Nikitin and Sergei Voronenko.
Administrator of UZ domain zone introduced Whois service for third level domain names, located at gov.uz domain zone. The service introduced to improve Whois service.