At UzLiDeP’s nomination congress, the presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev, mentioned, among other things, about the need to freely use the Uzbek flag.

The delegation led by the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia Teri Khakala during a visit to Tashkent on May 30 held talks with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan Pulat Bobozhonov, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

At the end of December last year, a video surfaced on social networks, in which a girl alone rows across a river in a boat in Syrdarya province to get to school.

Uzbekistan’s foreign policy course will be solely based on the interests of the people and the state, said the presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the eleventh congress of the Uzbekistan Liberal-Democratic Party, where was officially nominated as the party’s candidate for presidency.

The eleventh congress of the Uzbekistan Liberal-Democratic Party (UzLiDeP) took place at the Congress Hall in Tashkent. The congress meeting was attended by the delegates from Karakalpakstan autonomy, provinces and Tashkent city. Shavkat Mirziyoyev who was nominated from the UzLiDeP addressed the congress.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has signed an agreement with the Korean Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) on the implementation of a US$ 6.6 million grant project.

Kyrgyz city of Cholpon-Ata will host the second European Union-Central Asia Summit on June 2 under the Kyrgyz chairmanship, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan and Russia are still discussing the transit of Russian gas to Uzbekistan through Kazakhstan, announced the Minister of Energy Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov told the Energy Intelligence.

Projects of 4 global carmakers will be launched in Uzbekistan, which will result in real competition in the Uzbek automotive industry, and the annual production volume to be brought to 1 million (now 350 thousand). At the same time, 300,000 electric vehicles will be produced per year, announced the presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today brought together representatives of Central Asian governments, civil society and other UN agencies at a “Senior Officials’ Roundtable on Ending Statelessness” to further accelerate progress towards everyone’s right to a nationality.

Minister of Natural Resources Aziz Abdukhakimov hosted chief of UNESCO's representative office in Tashkent Sara Noshadi. According to the Ministry, the parties discussed the ways to strengthen bilateral ties between the Ministry of Natural Resources and UNESCO in the field of environmental education and natural heritage management.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are planning to open three border checkpoints, Kaktus.Media reported. Footage surfaced on the social networks showing Uzbek authorities demolishing a wall on the border of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. As it turned out, the video was filmed on the border of the Jalal-Abad province of Kyrgyzstan and the Andijan province of Uzbekistan.

The Senate at the 41st plenary meeting, which will be convened on June 1, will review the Conflict of Interest Bill, the press service of the Senate said.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the billionaire businessman, CEO of the Egypt-based Orascom Investment Holding, Naguib Sawiris.

On May 24, the President Mirziyoyev signed the Improving the mechanisms of state control and introducing the “digital energy control” system in the fuel and power industry Decree.

Uzbekistan Airways will resume the Tashkent to Urumqi regular flight as of June 30, the company said. Reportedly, regular flights will be operated twice a week on Fridays and Saturdays (transfer flight) as per the following schedule:

In the Andijan province, a 20-year-old boy died trying to save a drowning girl, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

Cloudy and dry weather will continue throughout the week across the flat territory of Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet said on Monday.

The New Straits Times, one of the major daily newspapers of Malaysia, said that Before the year-end, Batik Air will launch Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent direct flights.

Namangan province hosted an opening ceremony for the Climate Situational Centre located in the newly opened weather radar post building. H.E. Mr. Hatori Takashi, Ambassador of Japan in Uzbekistan, and Ms. Matilda Dimovska, UNDP Resident Representative, visited the province to take part in the opening ceremony.