On June 2-4, the current chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will visit Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan plans to liberalize energy prices and introduce social consumption norms for their. This is provided for by the Cabinet of Ministers' draft Changes in fuel and energy prices Resolution, posted for public input until June 15.

The EBRD is promoting green technologies in Uzbekistan’s agribusiness sector by organising a financial package of up to US$ 6.3 million to Milk Euro Food, a Chirchik-based producer of butter and spreads. Up to US$ 750,000 of the loan amount will be provided by the TaiwanICDF.

Today, May 31, Uzhydromet issued an emergency statement. According to them, on June 2-4, it will rain in the mountainous and foothill provinces of the country, and hail may fall in some areas.

A regular meeting of the Uzbek-Tajik intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation took place in Dushanbe on 30 May.

On May 31 the Interim Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov hosted the visiting delegation of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) headed by the Secretary General Baghdad Amreev.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will pay a two-day official visit to Uzbekistan, the Asia-Plus reported, citing the press service of the Tajik President.

The Senate at a plenary session on May 28 passed the Procedures for Seizure of Land Plots for Public Needs with Compensation Bill, as well as amendments to a number of legislative acts “in connection with the improvement of the system for ensuring equality and transparency in land relations, reliable protection of land rights and their transformation into a marketable asset.

On May 30, the United States with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over urgently needed cold chain equipment and computers to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan to strengthen Uzbekistan’s national immunization system. The equipment, which includes 671 refrigerators, 212 freezers, and 150 computers worth $1.3 million in total, will bolster Uzbekistan’s ability to implement functional, effective vaccine management. This critically needed equipment will be distributed to primary care health facilities around the country.

On May 28, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to introduce the market principle in the cultivation and sale of wheat Decree.

On June 4, Uzbekistan Airways Express will launch first once-a-week flight to Samara on Saturdays, the company said. One way ticket from Tashkent to Samara starts from 1,671,973 soums (without baggage) and from 1,837,632 soums (with baggage), while the return ticked starts from 3,248,454 soums (without baggage) and from 3,579,872 soums (with luggage).

Zhongtong tourist bus collided with a KAMAZ truck in Ishtykhan district of Samarkand province. The incident occurred on May 22, but the Samarkand province traffic police department reported it only on May 29.

The Senate at the 26th plenary session on Saturday unanimously approved the State Civil Service Bill. The Bill was developed as a document of direct action and is aimed at comprehensive legal regulation of the civil service. It applies only to civil servants performing activities in positions included in the state register.

On May 26, 2022, in the building of the Monocenter "Ishga Markhamat" in Bukhara, on the sidelines of the International Forum on Poverty Reduction, an open discussion was organized on the topic "Expanding economic opportunities for rural women" with the participation of representatives of ministries, government agencies, NGOs, international organizations, as well as women and youth.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched IT Women – Karakalpakstan - a comprehensive information communication technologies (ICT) training program for rural women and girls in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

The throughput capacity of the border customs posts between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will be increased. Meeting was held between the customs authorities of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on May 26 via conference call.

734 electric vehicles were imported to Uzbekistan in 4 months, the State Statistics Committee said in a report on Thursday. Reportedly, in January-April 2022, Uzbekistan imported 734 electric vehicles from 10 foreign countries worth total of $21.8 million, an increase by 594 units or 5.2 times compared to the same period in 2021.

Police officers detained two men in Tashkent who tried to sell a hectare of land for $1 million. According to the Tashkent City Police Department, on May 7, a 40-year-old man called the department and asked to take action against two persons who promised to sell 1 hectare of land in Yangikhayot district.

As part of the participation of the Uzbekistan delegation in 75th session of the World Health Assembly, the Minister of Health Behzod Musaev met with the WHO Director General Tedres Ghebreyesus.

On May 26-28, an U.S. delegation led by US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West will visit Uzbekistan, the Foreign Ministry said.