Uzbekistan youth team accepts defeat from Israel in last minute, leaves the World Cup

Indonesian airline Batik Air to launch flights from Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent

Two more bloggers and a site’s editor-in-chief arrested in Kashkadarya

Mirzamakhmudov, Miller discuss the supply of Russian gas to Uzbekistan

“Open Budget” funds to be increased 3 times, to reach 24 trillion soums – Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Shavkat Mirziyoyev may visit Kyrgyzstan this week

Agency for External Labor Migration comments on death of an Uzbek man in Moscow

Uzbekistan’s army to be equipped with modern weapons by 2030

State ready to fund education of 500 youth at prestigious foreign universities every year

Ecological Party of Uzbekistan approves Abdushukur Hamzaev as candidate for president 

On May 30, an extraordinary meeting of the Ecological Party of Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent. Read more

Citizens of Uzbekistan who buy new housing may get half of the VAT from their purchase as a refund

Shavkat Mirziyoyev: GDP will reach $160 billion by 2030, gold and copper production will increase

Amount of annual budgetary funds allocated to medicine to reach $6 billion

Shavkat Mirziyoyev announces main directions in his campaign program, notes role of education in development

The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (UzLiDeP) is holding its eleventh congress meeting at the Congress Hall complex in Tashkent. Read more

“Citizens have the right to study their religion” – Muslim Board of Uzbekistan publishes “distributable” religious resources

The Muslim Board called the warnings that it is impossible to “distribute Friday greetings and verses and hadiths, as well as the lectures of Uzbek scholars and imams” as baseless and false. The Mufti has also provided a list of official websites and social media pages that can be read and shared with loved ones. Read more

Three previously closed checkpoints on Kyrgyz-Uzbek border to be reactivated

Senate to convene for next plenary session on June 1

Law enforcement bodies arrest a local blogger who allegedly wanted to cover a meeting on mobilization draft reserve in Kashkadarya

A 21-year-old man who was under investigation in Chilanzar district DIA dies

South Korea to allocate $6.6 million for waste management in Uzbekistan

New flights to be launched to Vietnam from Tashkent

Robakhon Mahmudova confirmed as a candidate for presidency of Uzbekistan from “Adolat” SDP

Tashkent court sentences a man who violated public order on board of plane to 15 days

Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan approve legal and technical documents on demarcation of state border

People’s Democratic Party approves its candidate for presidency of Uzbekistan and his program

If Ulugbek Inoyatov is elected as president, he promises to give local investors the same benefits as foreign investors, introduce a “school tax” and a tax on valuable property, expand the list of activities that do not require the establishment of a legal entity, and install traffic lights on pedestrian crossings. Read more

Tashkent hosts charity festival with participation of embassies (photos)

Tashkent hosted the XIX Festival of Cultural Traditions and National Dishes with the participation of representatives from more than 20 embassies accredited in Uzbekistan.  Read more

Ambulance collides head-on with National Guard vehicle in Fergana