Cross-border crime group that was supplying large quantities of medicines of unwarranted quality from India through Kazakhstan was uncovered in Uzbekistan in an operation by the State Security Service together with the Border Troops, the press service of the State Security Service said.

On July 2, 2024, the Signing Ceremony of the Japanese Government’s Grant Aid of 1 billion JPY (about 6.26 million USD) for the “Economic and Social Development Programme” was held between H.E. Mr. HATORI Takashi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and H.E. Mr. Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Footage of an elderly man slapping a young child in the face surfaced on social networks. The children's ombudsman said that it had launched a probe into the case.

Uzbek engineers will get trainings and will be employed in Japan, Dunyo news agency said. Reportedly, the Uzbek Ambassador Muhsinhoja Abdurakhmanov met with Kei Takeuchi, CEO of the Japanese Daito Trust Construction corporation, and discussed foreign investments, transfer of technologies, establishment and development of cooperation with foreign companies in the field of education and migration.

At the next meeting of the Legislative Chamber, the MPs considered the Protecting the public from harmful effects of noise Bill on Tuesday.

Driver's license can now be applied for online, the spokesperson to the Ministry of Justice Sevara Orinboeva said. According to her, there is no need to visit the respective organizations for a new driver's license. This process is now possible through my.gov.uz. No documents are required to use the service. All information is available in the system. One can even track the status of the application in real time.

Uzgidromet announced the weather forecast on Wednesday, July 3 for the Tashkent city. The weather will be slightly cloudy, changeable from time to time, with no precipitation. The temperature will be +18...+20 degrees Celsius at night, and within +34...+36 degrees range during the day.

The Tashkent city mayor, Shavkat Umurzakov has been elected as a deputy of the Tashkent city council of people’s deputies from the Turkiston-53 constituency in Yunusabad district. The decision was made at the 104th session of the Council on Tuesday, the press service of the city mayor’s office said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Astana, Kazakhstan on July 3-4 to attend the SCO Summit and the meeting in the SCO plus format, the presidential press service said.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting further development of modern retail standards and e-commerce in Uzbekistan by financing the expansion of one of the country’s leading consumer electronics and household appliances chains, CA-store (previously known as “Credit Asia”).

Uzbek Ambassador Karomiddin Gadoev met with King Lim Chin Fui, the founder and CEO of Malaysian FIVE Petroleum Malaysia, Dunyo agency said.

The Sultanate of Oman has introduced a visa-free stay for Uzbeks in the country for 14 days, the Omani Embassy in Tashkent said in a statement.

At the June 28 government meeting, Shavkat Mirziyoyev voiced proposals for employment of youth in the summer. Governors and mayors of province and districts have been instructed to hold job fairs in schools, technical schools, universities and parks in the summer. Thanks to this, it is expected that at least 150 thousand young people can be employed in vacant positions.

The press service of Uzgidromet announced the Tashkent city weather forecast for business week, There will be no precipitation this week in Tashkent. Daytime temperature on July 1-2 is will be within +30...+33 degrees Celsius, while +35...+38 degrees on July 3-5, with night temperatures at night of +18…+23 degrees.

Wedding of a 16-year old boy, from Shafirkon district of Bukhara province and a girl born in 2007 from Karakol district took place on June 29. The wedding party was held in the "Fathabad" ceremony house in the city.

On June 29, Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov signed a resolution banning the involvement of citizens in mass events through the free distribution of various goods.

Telegram’s owner Pavel Durov shared his impressions of his visit to Uzbekistan on his Telegram account: “This week I visited Uzbekistan – and thoroughly enjoyed it.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres commenced an official visit to Tashkent on Sunday. He was welcomed at the Tashkent airport by the Prime Minister Aripov and other officials, the PM’s press service said.

In the Tailak district of the Samarkand province, Sh.N., 36, beat with a belt the 6-year-old son of a woman with whom he began living this year. The footage of the beating circulated on social networks.

A number of legal amendments and other novelties will take effect in Uzbekistan From July 1, 2024, the review based on the Norma.uz data suggested.