Intourist Hotel, a 11-storey building in downtown Samarkand is set to be demolished, according to the local STV channel. The hotel building has been out of business for the last 11 years and was considered a dangerous structure.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting after his Mirzo-Ulugbek district trip, Akhborot reported. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister and his deputies, President’s Advisors, mayors of districts and Tashkent city, heads of ministries, departments, economic associations, business entities and representatives of the public.

On Thursday, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the President’s press service said in a statement.

On 28 June 2017 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan signed on Record of Discussions on the Technical Cooperation Project for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Uzbekistan.

By the June 27 Presidential decree, Bakhromjon Norkobilov has been appointed Acting Chairman of the Veterinary Committee, the President’s press service said in a statement.

On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the US President Donald Trump congratulated President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the people of Uzbekistan, Jahon news agency reported.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of New Zealand (stationed in Moscow) Ian Alexander Hill.

The Uzbek Minister for Employment and Labor Relations Aziz Abdukhakimov met with the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uzbekistan Pamela Spratlen on Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the press and media workers on professional holiday, which was marked on June 27.

The official inauguration ceremony of the Embassy of Hungary was held todayin Tashkent, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. The Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó took part in the ceremony which also saw the flags of Hungary and the European Union raised above the embassy building.

The Uzbek Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov on Monday received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands stationed in Moscow, Regina Veronica Maria Jones-Bos.

Today the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held talks with the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó who arrived in Uzbekistan Monday on a two-day official visit.

On June 23, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America Pamela Leora Spratlen.

Relations between the European Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan have been developing steadily since its independence in 1991. The signature of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in 1996 paved the way for a broader bilateral relationship.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Pakistani Ambassador Riaz Hussain Bukhari today, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

A bus was heading from Shymkent (Kazakhstan) to Volgograd (Russian Federation) when it toppled in Kazakhstan's Akmola province today killing 9 people, all Uzbek nationals.

The President of Uzbekistan, by his resolution of June 21, 2017, approved the Framework Agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on conducting operations on Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia, signed on March 16, 2017 in Tashkent.

On June 22, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received the newly appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Vatican stationed in Moscow Celestino Migliore.

Deputy Chairman of the Uzbek Senate Sadyk Safaev commented on frequent personnel changes in the government. In recent months we have seen a number of instances of departments being merged, abolished, split up, or newly created to better reflect the priorities of the government.

On June 21, at the Uzbek Foreign Ministry was held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Kwon Yong Woo.