Production of copper, gold, silver, and uranium will double in Uzbekistan. Also, more strategic mineral deposits will be granted to local businesses.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber at a meeting on Tuesday passed amendments to the State Flag Law, the press service of the Legislative Chamber said.

The Senate will convene for 42nd plenary session on June 22, the press service of the Senate said. The senators will consider the Anti-Corruption Check of Regulatory Legal Acts and Their Draft Acts Bill and amendments to the State Duty Law, the Radio Frequency Spectrum Law, as well as to the Code of Administrative Responsibility due to the amending the procedure for determining the amount of an administrative fine imposed for non-execution of executive documents.

Chief of the Tashkent province Bekabad city branch of Ministry of Environmental Protection and Climate Change, the inspector Muhammadjon Fazylov, was stabbed on June 19 while on duty, the press service of the Ministry said.

On Monday, June 19, lightning struck two people in Pakhtaabad district of Andijan province, Khayot Shamsutdinov, the spokesman to Prosecutor General's Office said.

51 percent state of O’rta Osiyo Trans (Central Asia Trans) joint stock company was purchased for 65 billion soums by Hyper Partners LLC, encorporated in Germany, the State Asset Management Agency said.

1.6 million Uzbeks went abroad for tourism purposes in January - May 2023, the statistics agency said. Purposes of travel of Uzbeks abroad in 5 months of 2023:

Due to strong winds, more than 40,000 consumers were disconnected from power supply in Bukhara, Navoi, Samarkand and Jizzakh provinces.

President Mirziyoyev signed the Decree approving an International Treaty. Namely, the Decree approved the Treaty on the introduction of a simplified customs corridor between the governments of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hosted the Uzbek Senate’s chairperson Tanzila Narbayeva. During the meeting, the parties discussed the Uzbek-Kazakh ties in the context of the development of inter-parliamentary relations.

11 people were injured on Sunday after a free fall of a freight elevator in Tashkent’s Yangikhayot district, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.The incident occurred in a multi-storey building in Yangi Darkhon neighbourhood at about 16:15. 

On June 18, Minister of Transport Ilhom Mahkamov met with Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash, the press service of the Ministry of Transport said.

The first day of Eid al-Adha in Uzbekistan falls on June 28 (Wednesday) - this date is declared a day off. This is stated in the president’s June 19 Decree, the president’s press service said.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has highlighted the unparalleled historical, cultural, and scientific ties between Iran and Uzbekistan, stating that these common grounds should be utilized to cement bilateral relations in various fields, IRNA said.

After a hot weekend, the air temperature will be within +36…+41 degrees on Monday, while in Surkhandarya province in some places - up to +42…+45, Uzhydromet reported.

The first outside-China super observation station for climate and the environment along the Belt and Road (B&R) has started operation in Tajikistan, according to the Lanzhou University.

The Ministry of Energy unveiled some details of the supply agreement of Russian gas, which was signed on June 16 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Road map was signed in annex to the agreement to prepare Uzbekistan’s gas transmission system for acceptance and transportation of Russian gas.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to meet the needs of the public in passenger cars Decree, UzA news agency said. The agency named the decision as "long-awaited."

Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Ibrahim Raisi after the talks at the Jumkhuri Palace signed a Joint Statement on strengthening cooperation between the two countries and oversaw the signing of 15 bilateral accords at the level of governments, departments and provinces.

Man in Samarkand, 36, killed two daughters and a son with a kitchen knife after arguing over the telephone with his wife working in Israel, the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office said.