Presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during a rally with voters in Tashkent, called the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden an atrocity and strongly condemned this act.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is advocating for mainstreaming futures and foresight approach in policymaking. UNDP recognizes that relying solely on trends analysis and data may not accurately predict long-term events. In response, UNDP advocates for robust strategies that consider alternative future scenarios to effectively address global challenges.

According to the press service of the Uzbekistan Railways, the ceremony of departure of a container block train on the new Langfan - Kashgar - Irkeshtam - Osh - Tashkent multimodal route took place today, on July 4.

The Foreign Minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Zambry Abdul Kadir on Tuesday.

Today on July 4, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the SCO Summit, held via videoconference call. The event chaired by the Prime Minister of India was attended by the Presidents of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Demolition of the former building of the National Security Service kicked off in downtown Tashkent. Preparations for demolition have been ongoing in recent months - windows were removed in the building and internal structures were dismantled.

On June 22, the Judicial Collegium for Economic Affairs of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan considered the case of the founders of the Tashkent Metallurgical Plant (TMZ) producing cold-rolled steel with galvanized and polymer coatings.

On July 3, Tashkent hosted the meeting of the energy ministers of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, the parties discussed a number of issues related to the planned supply of electricity in the autumn-winter period, the provision of irrigation water to the country's farms during the growing season, as well as the implementation of a joint of Kambarata HPP-1 construction project.

The Swiss Government, UNDP and the Ministry of Economy and Finance are proud to announce their collaboration to support the development of the digital economy and skills in Uzbekistan. As reconfirmed during today’s Project Board Meeting, the partnership aims to unlock opportunities for youth economic empowerment through digitalization. 

New Competition bill was signed into law, with a number of new concepts, including the concept of antitrust compliance, introduced into it. The law has outlined the main areas of the national policies in the field of competition.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the head of the mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) Urszula Gachek on Monday. They reviewed the preparation and holding of the upcoming presidential elections.

On July 3, FlyArystan launched twice-a-week Astana to Tashkent flight, with 180 passengers carried on the first flight at the Tashkent airport.

Today on July 4, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the online summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. According to the press service of the SCO, the regular council meeting of the national coordinators of the SCO member states took place in New Delhi under the chairmanship of India in a mixed format. The Summit will take place on July 4 this year online.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by decree dated June 14, removing the Sidjak and Chatkal recreation areas from the privatization list of state-owned assets. Now Sidjak is on the balance sheet of the 124th boarding school, it is forbidden to sell and change its type of activity, Chatkal became the property of the Federation of Trade Unions.

Kazakhstan may review the water agreement signed with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The agreement regulates the use of Syrdarya river in the field of irrigation and power generation.

The mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) has published an interim report on the presidential elections in Uzbekistan. Traditionally, it lists both positive changes in the electoral legislation and in the country as a whole, as well as shortcomings, which, according to OSCE experts, need to be paid attention to.

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to further step up cooperation on the implementation of projects and the development of new initiatives.

Uzbek Ambassador Jahongir Ganiev met with the President of the Spanish company Patentes Talgo Carlos Palacio Oriol, Dunyo said.

The international network of coffee houses Costa Coffee is preparing to enter the market of Uzbekistan. This was reported by Spot with reference to the Telegram channel of the local division of the company.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Umid Mamadaminov held talks with the CEO of Polish Pronar Sp. Sergiusz Martyniuk via a conference call, Dunyo reported.