Sunday, 14, June, 2026

National

On June 10, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation focused on boosting the efficiency of ongoing urbanization and urban planning reforms, the presidential press service said.

Following reports circulating on social media regarding an amusement park ride collapse in Jizzakh, the Committee for Industrial, Radiation, and Nuclear Safety has issued an official response to the situation.

A three-year-old child has tragically died after being left inside a vehicle at a private, family-run kindergarten in the Qashqadaryo province, the press service of the Ministry of Preschool and School Education said.

On June 10, a meeting was held in the Republic of Korea between Sharofiddin Kodirov, Chief Engineer of Uzbekistan Railways (O'zbekiston Temir Yo'llari), Anvar Dushaev, Head of Department at the Ministry of Transport, and Lee Yong-bae, President of Hyundai Rotem.

Uzbekistan has signed a landmark law on urban renewal and renovation, establishing clear guidelines for upgrading the country’s aging housing stock. The announcement was made on June 10 following a meeting chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

A Migration and Mobility Agreement and a Joint Declaration on the implementation of a pilot migration and mobility program have been signed between the governments of Uzbekistan and Sweden.

In a series of sting operations conducted by the State Security Service (DXX) and law enforcement agencies, two community police inspectors operating in the Samarkand and Namangan provinces were arrested for corruption.

A track maintenance worker from the mechanized crew of workshop No. 20 at the Tashkent Province Railway Junction branch, Azzam Ibragimov, rescued two girls from the water, according to an announcement by the press service of Uzbekistan Railways.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Omonulla Fayziev, addressed the rigorous security screening of the country’s national football team players and coaching staff before a friendly match against the Netherlands in New York.

Kazakhstan is technically equipped to increase the transit of Russian gas to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister, Yerlan Akkenzhenov, told reporters, according to Kapital.kz.

Kazakhstan has announced that investigation units handling sexual assault cases will be staffed exclusively by female investigators, according to Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Sanzhar Adilov. The measure, reported by Kazinform, is designed to prevent the re-traumatization of victims during the investigative process and to build greater public trust in law enforcement.

A delegation led by Sherzod Asadov, the Press Secretary to the President of Uzbekistan, has concluded a three-day official visit to Moscow.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a comprehensive travel advisory for Uzbeks planning to travel to the United States, Canada and Mexico to support the national football team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Committee has imposed a financial penalty on Nika Pharm LLC for violating ethical and cultural standards in a medicine advertisement that misused the images of historical figures, the agency announced.

The State Security Service, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has dismantled a network involved in financing terrorism.

The Chinor metro station will temporarily close for 50 days to undergo extensive modernization, according to a statement from the Tashkent Metro press service.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a government meeting regarding preparations for the upcoming Tashkent International Investment Forum Tuesday.

Law enforcement agencies have halted the distribution of illegal, uncertified, and expired pharmaceuticals valued at approximately 900 million soums following a series of coordinated sting operations across the Namangan province and the city of Tashkent.

Uzbekistan has emerged as one of the world's top-performing countries for growth in international tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest World Tourism Barometer report released by UN Tourism.

Law enforcement officials from the Fergana Province Branch of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office, have uncovered a massive fraudulent tax scheme, the department’s press service said.