Uzbek President Islam Karimov visited Namangan region on 2 July to familiarize with social-economic reforms, UzA reported.

Fifth International Specialized Beauty Exhibition BeautyExpo Uzbekistan 2009 opened at the UzExpoCenter on 2 July.

Kapitalbank open joint-stock commercial bank issued 25,000 plastic cards as of 1 June 2009, the bank said.

Memorandum of Understanding on establishing One-Stop-Shop (OSS) in the Sergeli district was signed on 25 June between United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Communication and Information Agency of Uzbekistan (UzACI) and Khokimiyat of the Sergeli district of the Tashkent city.

Pakhtakor have signed Serbian Milan Nikolic to give coach Viktor Djalilov more options in the midfield when they meet Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals in September.