The Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan performed its first flight from Turkestan to Tashkent International Airport, carrying 180 passengers, the airline said.

19-year-old girl who worked in a textile factory in Samarkand was raped during a night shift, Zamon news program on Sevimli channel reported.

Uzbekistan Airways is set to increase the number of flights to Georgia. From July 4, the airline will operate an additional Tashkent to Tbilisi flight on Sundays. In total, there will be three regular flights per week: on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

On June 15, at about 4:00 a.m., a South Korean national, K. D., 44, at an apartment at Dombirabad street, Chilanzar district, being drunk, as a result of an argument stabbed another South Korean citizen K.J., 40, inflicting severe bodily injury. Afterwards, K.J. was taken to the Republican Emergency Scientific Center.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated Ibrahim Raisi on his election as the President of Iran, said Sherzod Asadov the spokesman to the President.

At a meeting with the public in Andijan, еру President Shavkat Mirziyoyev once again spoke about the future popular election of district mayors and province governors.

The health ministry said about 400 people were tested positive for coronavirus yesterday, with four patients dead. "As of June 17, 2021, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan stands at 105,219 (+385)," the ministry said.

On June 17, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the ceremony of laying the first stone at the construction site of the New Andijan city, the presidential press service said.

An electric vehicle assembly plant will be built in Andijan province, announced the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his visit to the province.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Antalya to attend the Diplomatic Forum, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan finished at 90 among 163 countries in an annual Global Peace Index this year while Iceland remained at the top position, according to a report by an international think tank. 

On June 17, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted Daniel Rosenblum, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, the ministry said.

Reportedly, the parties considered the practical aspects of the further advancing multifaceted Uzbek-American cooperation, the schedule and organizational issues of the upcoming joint events.

The parties also exchanged views on topical issues of international and regional politics.

Daniel Rosenblum was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan on May 9, 2019. From July 2014 to July 2018, Rosenblum served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of the State Department for South and Central Asian Affairs.

Mirjana Egger, the Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, paid a two-day visit to Uzbekistan, the UNDP press service said.

On June 16, the President signed the Additional measures to ensure the openness of state bodies and organizations, as well as the effective implementation of citizen oversight Decree.

The state tender commission has awarded purchases through bidding for large state-owned facilities, the State Assets Management Agency said.

On June 16, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the President of Tatarstan (the Russian Federation) Rustam Minnikhanov.

On 31 May 2021, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN WGAD) informed the applicant of its conclusions that the detention of 69-year-old Qodirjon (further Qodir) Yusupov is arbitrary. It called on the authorities of Uzbekistan to release him immediately and provide him with adequate compensation.

Today the Government of Uzbekistan officially launched a new unit within the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC).

Today, the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov met with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. According to the press service of the President of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov is currently in Tashkent on a working visit.

The State Asset Management Agency announced the beginning of the process of selling Chorvoq Oromgohi (Pyramids Resort) , a state-owned asset, divided into eight separate lots.