On June 23,  Minister of Transport Ilkhom Makhkamov hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar Hassan Bin Hamza Asad Mohammed Hashim.

Chairperson of the Senate Tanzila Narbayeva noted that recently the public has been talking about systemic problems related to water, various critical and analytical speeches and well-founded opinions have been expressed, but officials are silent.

Today, the UNDP, UNFPA, and FAO convened the final board meeting to announce the outstanding results of the joint programme focusing on "Unleashing young people's and vulnerable citizens' creativity and innovation by strengthening their adaptive capacity to address economic and food insecurities in the exposed communities of the Aral Sea region".

The heat will retreat in the weekend in Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet reported. Saturday and Sunday will be partly cloudy and moderately hot. The air temperature will remain within +33…+38 degrees Celsius, in some places in Surkhandarya province - +42…+44.

U.S. Embassy Tashkent Public Diplomacy Officer Harris Lipscomb and Head of the Teacher Training Department at the Ministry of Preschool and School Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Nargiza Kuchkarova welcomed 40 American English teacher experts to Uzbekistan as part of the English-Speaking Nation: English Summer Excellence Training (ESN: ESET). These 40 English Teacher Experts are currently conducting a 120-hour English language training program for 520 secondary school English teachers from Uzbekistan. This 16-day training will help Uzbekistani English teachers refine their English speaking, writing, listening, and teaching skills.

Sale auction of a set of buildings and structures of the former Algoritm plant in Chilanzar district of Tashkent ended today on the E-auksion trading platform.

31.9 billion kWh of electricity was produced in Uzbekistan in the first 5 months of 2023. This is by 1.0 billion kWh or 3.3% more than in the same period last year. This is reported by the Ministry of Energy.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Austria organized a conference call meeting between the officials of the Uzbek Foreign Labor Migration Agency under the Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Employment and the Slovakian Federation of Industrial and Transport Unions, Dunyo said.

Deputy Foreign Minister Gairat Fozilov attended the official opening ceremony of the UZ Euro Trade House of Uzbekistan in Vilnius (Lithuania), the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

Drunk driver in a VAZ-2106 car knocked down three children In the Kibray district of Tashkent province. One of the boys, 14, died, while two others were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.

13 articles establish the authority to draw up documents and send them to the court, another 4 articles establish the authority to consider cases and make decisions.

Tashkent ranked 157th out of 173 in the Global Liveability Index 2023 according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). On 53.9 points the capital of Uzbekistan slipped 13 places compared to last year's ranking, becoming one of ten worse performers.

According to Uzhydromet, today, June 22, dust haze is taking place in Termez city due to weather conditions. According to the automatic air pollution monitoring station:

During his trip to the United Arab Emirates, Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the President of the World Meteorological Organization, Director General of the UAE National Meteorological Center Abdullah Al Mandus, the Foreign Minister said in his Telegram channel.

100-year demographic figures of Uzbekistan’s permanent population by years was announced. As of January 1, 2023, Uzbekistan’s permanent population stood at 36,024,946 people.

In May, Uzbekistan increased the export of natural gas to China in price terms, China’s General Customs Authority said on Tuesday.

On June 25, Tashkent will host the Yangi Nafas (New Breath) and Vatan Qalqoni (Homeland’s Shield) running races dedicated to World Youth Day, as well as the Olympic day competition dedicated to the International Olympic Day.

Gas production in Uzbekistan in January-May 2023 topped 19.86 billion cubic meters (BCM), recording 2.15 BCM decrease, or 9.8%, compared to the same period last year, the Agency for Statistics said in a report.

Uzbekistan’s international trade tops US$ 25.8 billion in 5 months, an increase to US$ 5.2 billion, or by 25.4% to the same period in 2022, the Statistics Agency said.

Production of copper, gold, silver, and uranium will double in Uzbekistan. Also, more strategic mineral deposits will be granted to local businesses.