Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his Olmazor district trip familiarized himself with the social and economic development projects, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Deaf-Learning Center at the Deaf Society of Uzbekistan as part of his trip to Tashkent’s Olmazor district. The Center has been overhauled, with the concert hall for 450 people, study rooms, gyms getting equipment.

The Senate at the 15th plenary meeting on Friday appointed Sardor Rustamboev as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to France.

Umidjan Salimov has been appointed deputy chairman of Uzavtosanoat and will responsible for the development and marketing, the Ministry of Justice said. Since August last year until recently, Umidjan Salimov was the head of Uzavtosanoat, but at the meeting chaired by Shavkat Mirziyoyev Wednesday he was dismissed from his post, with Shavkat Umurzakov replacing him.

President Mirziyoyev signed a decree Wednesday creating the Center of People's Diplomacy of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan as a non-governmental non-profit organization.

The newly appointed Uzbek Ambassador to Israel Said Rustamov left for Tel-Aviv, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Previously, he worked as the head of the department for cooperation with the countries of Americas, and before that - as the adviser to the Uzbek Embassy in the United States.

Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Otabek Murodov, speaking at the 15th plenary session of the Senate on Thursday, commented on the criminal case against the former prosecutor general Rashitjon Kadirov, Gazeta.ru said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev issued the decree Wednesday approving the State Program Yoshlar-Kelajagimiz (transl. Youth is Our Future). It is said to be aimed at creating jobs for the young people through facilitating and supporting youth business initiatives, start-ups, ideas and projects, training the jobless youth for business skills and increasing their social and economic activitsm in general.

The Senate passed the Countering Extremism Bill at the 15th plenary session on Thursday. The bill is aimed at ensuring the security of an individual, society and the state, protecting the constitutional order, Uzbekistan’s territorial integrity, maintaining peace, interethnic and interreligious harmony.

By the decision of the Chilonzor district mayor Davron Khidoyatov, the metal fence around the building of the mayor’s office was dismantled on Tuesday.

Shavkat Umurzakov, the former employee of the Prosecutor General's Office, has become the new chief of Uzavtosanoat, replacing Umidjon, who was in charge of the company since August last year. The sacking took place at a meeting devoted to Uzbek car industry chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Tuesday, and was reportedly due to “shortcomings in the work and unsatisfactory state of affairs in the industry”.

The chairmen of the Supreme Courts of Uzbekistan and Russia Kozimdjan Kamilov and Vyacheslav Lebedev signed a cooperation agreement in a meeting in Moscow, Gazeta.uz said.

Sheikh Abdulaziz Mansur has been appointed as the new chief imam-hatib of Tashkent, the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan said. He will retain the post of Deputy Director of Muslim Board that he has hold since 2006, and will concurrently serve as imam-hatib of the Minor mosque.

Some Uzbek language news publications such as Kun.uz, Xabar.uz, Azon.uz and Qalampir.uz cannot be reached since June 22. The most popular news website in Uzbekistan Kun.uz has published an official statement on its Facebook page, clarifying the "technical problems" the site is facing.

The newly appointed minister of public education (MPE) Sherzod Shermatov fired all heads of departments and teams of the central apparatus of the MPE in a meeting Monday, the ministry said.

The Uzbek MMA fighter Murod “The Asian Bear” Khanturaev and several other people were arrested in Tashkent’s Yunusabad district Thursday, the Multimedia Information Center of the Tashkent Police Department said in a statement.

The preventive measure has been altered against the U.S. citizen, a native of the Kashkadarya’s Chirakchi district, Zokir Aliyev, who was detained at home on June 16 and was released on the 22nd. He was released on his own recognizance and to behave, with the investigation ongoing, a source said.

All construction works will be suspended in Samarkand, said the city mayor Furkat Rakhimov during a meeting Saturday. The mayor noted that some media outlets have recently published critical materials about the ongoing construction works, which had already cause irreparable damage to Samarkand's historical heritage, the mayor's office said in a statement.

A delegation of professors-epidemiologists from South Korea, Yonsei University, arrived in Tashkent with the support of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Uzbekistan Airways, the state-owned airline, is providing airline services to the Colombia national team at the World Cup in Russia, the company said.