Tashkent, Dushanbe and Bishkek were on the list of the world’s cheapest cities for expats. The data is given in the Cost of Living City Ranking, with a total of 227 cities on the list, where Tashkent ranked 221st.

Yesterday, on June 29, Uzbekistan became one of the hottest countries in the world, announced the lead specialist of Uzhydromet Erkin Abdulahatov.

Honor smartphone brand vow to start delivering smartphones to Russia via Uzbekistan, in a an attempt to return to the Russian market through its partners in the CIS countries.

As reported earlier, for the first time in Uzbekistan’s history, the production of synthetic oil was launched at the Uzbekistan GTL plant on June 15.

Council for Cotton Growing under the President is being created In Uzbekistan to introduce a new system for increasing the cotton yield, announced Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the June 28 government meeting. The meeting was dedicated to increasing the volume of cotton production through scientifically based seed production and agricultural technologies, as well as increasing the export of textile products.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan, the former president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

On June 28, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Uzbekistan held a meeting dedicated to preparations for holding a referendum on reforming the Constitution, the CEC’s press service reported.

The phase I of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project will run along the Torugart-Makmal-Jalal-Abad route. This provisional route was presented on June 28 at a meeting in the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan by the Minister of Transport and Communications Erkinbek Osoev.

Khiva has been declared the tourism capital of the Islamic world in 2024. The decision was made at the 11th session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Baku.

Permit for tinting the rear side windows of cars will be cancelled as of July 1, announced the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov on Tuesday.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over crucial video conferencing equipment to the Office of the Commissioner for Protection of Rights and Legitimate Interests of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Business Ombudsman). The equipment, valued at approximately $54,000, will connect the Business Ombudsman’s Office and its regional branches and will enable entrepreneurs from across the country to apply for, and receive, rapid assistance.

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday added 36 companies from 9 countries to the Entity List that are restricted from accessing US technology and items for violating the U.S. International Sanctions Act.

The Republican Hydrometeorological Center announced the weather forecast for Tashkent city on Wednesday, June 29. The weather will be partly cloudy, with no precipitation expected. The wind will be eastwards, 5-10 m/s. The temperature will be 24-26 oC at night, 41-43 C in the daytime.

From 2023, it is planned to hold an Oltin Kalam International Prize competition the based on democratic principles "in the most open and transparent form." This is stated in the President’s June 27 decree.

The United States will impose with other G7 countries restrictions on Russia’s participation in the global market and further crack downs on evasion attempts. G7 Leaders are determined to limit Russia’s revenues, including from gold, Russia’s second largest export after energy. The United States will take several key actions to implement these commitments.

Today, ombudspersons representing five Central Asian governments signed two agreements intended to facilitate the protection of human rights in Central Asia. The agreements, which were supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), were signed at an international forum in Tashkent. The forum, “Cooperation of the Central Asian Ombudspersons in Ensuring Human Rights and Freedoms” was organized by the Government of Uzbekistan’s Office of the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman) with assistance from USAID.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the amendments and addenda to some legislative acts due to the adoption of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Law.

Spain is planning to set up a permanent diplomatic mission in Tashkent and later open an embassy, announced the Interim Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan may completely abandon gas exports by 2025-2026, said the chairman of Uztransgaz, Bekhzot Narmatov on Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on June 27, the Day of Press and Mass Media Workers in Uzbekistan, signed a resolution on supporting the media and developing the journalism.