Uzavtotrans Service and the Chinese Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co signed purchase contract for 68 Yutong buses, the Uzbek Tourism Committee ыфшв.

Prosecutor General’s Office and the Interior Ministry have taken comprehensive measures to organize investigations actions to counter economic crimes, the prosecutor office said said.

Uzbekistan has purchased several dozens of the Russian VPK-233136 Tiger special configuration multi-purpose armored vehicles, TASS said.

The 15th meeting of the Uzbekistan-EU Subcommittee on Justice, Internal Affairs, Human Rights and Related Issues was held on June 24, 2019 in Brussels.

Uzbekistan Airways is planning to lease low-capacity passenger aircrafts, the likes of Bombardier or Embraer for regional flights, the First Deputy Minister of Transport Ilkhom Makhkamov said at a briefing at the Agency of Information and Mass Communications Monday.

Uzbekistan Airways is planning to launch a direct Munich flight in April 2020, the company said. “We are now working on the opening of direct flight to Munich in April next year. Such timeline is due to the seasonality of flights. We are gearing up the flights to Jakarta. Now there are two flights a week via Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). We will divide these flights and operate them separately to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. At the same time, the number of Jakarta flights will be increased to 4 per week,” said Shukhrat Hudaykulov, director at the commercial department.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday hosted the Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission.

The Senate at the 20th plenary meeting passed the Arms Bill. The Bill regulates relations relative to the circulation of arms and arm supplies and is aimed at protecting the life and health of citizens, their property and ensuring public safety.

Uzbekistan and China have set up a joint venture to implement the Safe City project. "On the eve of Tashkent signed a Memorandum of Association of an Uzbek-Chinese joint venture as part of the Safe City complex project, which was signed between the “Safe City” Center for Assistance for Public Order under the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan and the Chinese companies CITIC Group and COSTAR Group ", the Ministry of Finance said.

Today, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the 20th plenary session of the Senate. Highlights:

Elmira Basitkhanova deputy prime minister Chairman of the Women’s Committee of at the next meeting of the Legislative Chamber, replacing Tanzila Narbaeva who has become the chairman of the Senate.

A criminal case has been opened against the former Prosecutor General Otabek Murodov, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced today during the 20th plenary session of the Senate.

Uzbekistan Airways will receive another two Boeing 787 Dreamliners by the year-end, the company said. Earlier on April 13, Uzbekistan Airways accepted the delivery of the fourth Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This year, the company will purchase another 2 and bring the number to six Dreamliners in its fleet.

Uzbekistan government delegation led by Deputy Minister of Justice Khudoyor Meliyev is attending the 22nd diplomatic session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on June 18-24, the Foreign Ministry said.

Nigmatilla Yuldoshev, the former Senate speaker, has been appointed as Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan to replace Otabek Murodov who was dismissed from the post of Prosecutor General inl ine with the clause 12 of Article 93 of the Constitution of Uzbekistan, the presidential press service said. The reasons for the sacking were not disclosed.

The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan sustained the appeal of the former political prisoner, human rights activist Ganikhon Mamatkhonov requesting rehabilitation from his charges under Article 211 of the Criminal Code.

People were forced to perform construction works in Jush village (the native village of Erkinjon Turdimov, the Samarkand province governor) in Kushrabat district in the Samarkand province as part of Obod Qishloq (Improved village) program, the infrastructure improvement state program launched by the President Mirziyoyev. According to Ozodlik (Uzbek service of Liberty Radio), only the employees of budget–financed organizations and those who get child and jobless aids were forced to perform the said works.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev is scheduled to pay an official visit to Belarus in August. This became known today during the meeting of the Uzbekistan-Belarus intergovernmental commission on cooperation in Minsk.

3965 corruption-related offenses have been committed in Uzbekistan since 2017, the Deputy Prosecutor-General Erkin Yuldashev said at a briefing at the Information and Mass Communications Agency on Monday.

On 17 June 2019, the European Council adopted conclusions on a new EU strategy on Central Asia, adapting the EU policy to new opportunities which have emerged in the region.