President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree on July 6 approving the phased implementation of independent market regulators for areas related to the infrastructure of industries and natural monopolies.

Samarkand city mayor awarded the taxi driver who saved child from dogs attack. Meanwhile, police officers found the owner of the dogs and drew up a protocol.

Addressing the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk noted that the tome was the “core of faith” for well over one billion Muslims.

21,595 Uzbeks were hired for overseas jobs over the past six months, announced the spokesman to the Agency for Labor Migration Ortikhuzha Norov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today spoke to the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan over the phone and discussed the ways to advance the bilateral ties in the trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian areas, the presidential press service said.

Meeting was held between the Minister of Energy Jorabek Mirzamahmudov and the Chief Operating Director of Masdar Company of the United Arab Emirates, Abdulaziz Alobidli.

Paloma Hall Caballero, Press Officer for Foreign and Security Policy today voiced a statement following the Uzbekistan July 9 snap presidential election.

Today, the president-elect Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on additional measures to further expand investment attraction.

Footage went viral on social media showing a taxi driver saving a school-age boy from a dogs attack in Samarkand. Jahangir Sagdullaev, press secretary of the Samarkand province police department, made a statement about the situation. It is known that the incident happened on July 8 in Nabiev-4 street of Samarkand city.

Central Election Committee at its today’s meeting considered the results of the early presidential elections on July 9 were, the press service of the CEC said.

On July 7, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed bill into law lifting a number of restrictions on the use of the Uzbek flag. The relevant draft bill was published for discussion in early June after the proposal of the head of state. On June 20, the bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber, and on June 23 it was approved by the Senate.

Before 2024, Kazakhstan plans to amend the agreement with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on the use of the resources of Syrdarya basin, the Minister of Water Resources Shavkat Khamraev told Kun.uz on how these plans mean and about its possible consequences for Uzbekistan.

Early presidential elections in Uzbekistan, which took place on July 9, were "technically well-prepared" but devoid of "genuine competition." Such conclusions were made by international observers of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR).

Delegation from the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan traveled to Uzbekistan and discussed border security issues with Uzbek authorities.

In the aftermath of the early presidential elections, where president-elect Mirziyoyev won on over 87% of votes, the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan issued a statement:

For most of the week, the weather across Uzbekistan will be set by a high-altitude baric ridge and the moving of hot air from provinces of Iran, Uzhydromet reported.

President-elect Shavkat Mirziyoyev is now accepting congratulations on his win in the early presidential elections on Sunday, the presidential press service said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $125 million loan to help enhance Uzbekistan’s power transmission grid, improving energy efficiency and enabling the integration of more renewable energy into the country’s power mix.

In the early presidential elections on July 9, incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won with 87.05% of the vote. His candidacy was nominated by the UzLiDeP party and was supported by the Milliy Tiklanish party.

Andi Aranitasi has been appointed Director, Head of Uzbekistan for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He will be based in the country’s capital, Tashkent, and is due to take up his duties on 1 September 2023.