Monday, 23, June, 2025

National

Three people died from gas poisoning in a pit in the Saykhunabad district of the Syrdarya province, the spokesman to the attorney General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov said on Monday.

Continuing fruitful cooperation, on May 26, the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Agency for International Cooperation MASHAV donated to the Fergana branch of the RCSAC a hippo trainer for children with cerebral palsy - this is special equipment that improves coordination of movements and strengthens the weakened muscles of the child.

As it was reported earlier, a military shell exploded at a scrap metal collection point in the Khorezm province, killing one person Friday.

The inflow of cool and humid air into Uzbekistan will continue during the business week, Uzgidromet said on Sunday. Brief rain and thunderstorms are possible during the day In Tashkent on Monday. The temperature will be within +29…+31 degrees Celsius range.

The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Uzbekistan on May 28-29, the press service of the Italian government reported. The talks and meetings will take place in Samarkand.

An explosion occurred at a scrap metal collection point in Yangiarik district. The incident occurred on April 11. While the scrap metal was being unloaded, a shell that was among them exploded, killing 31-year-old O.B., who worked there.

Over 1,500 skilled Uzbeks with adequate language proficiency will be offered jobs in Slovenia, the director of the External Labor Migration Agency Behzod Musayev said.

Uzbekistan and Hungary are consistently stepping up cooperation in the transport and logistics sectors, the Deputy Transport Minister Jasurbek Choriev told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

Following the talks in Ljubljana, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob signed a Joint Statement on Thursday, May 22.

The Minister of Preschool and School Education Hilola Umarova met with the winners of the El-Yurt Umidi (Nation’s Hope) Foundation studying in the UK at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in London.

The presidents of Uzbekistan and Slovenia, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Nataša Pirc Musar discussed the ways to expand bilateral cooperation in Ljubljana on Thursday. This is the first ever high-level talks between the two countries in 20 years.

Hungary has proposed to set up manufacturing of dry cooling systems (cooling towers) for nuclear power plants in Uzbekistan, Uzatom’s Director Azim Akhmedkhadjaev told the Uzbekistan 24.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to implement the National Strategy to Combat Childhood Cancer for 2025-2030 Decree Thursday.

The first train on the Tianjin to Tashkent route has departed for its destination, the Uzbekistan Railways said Wednesday.

The European Union has included the Uzbek firm Trade Engine System in its 17th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package has been published on the EU’s official website.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the informal Turkic Summit in Budapest Wednesday, the presidential press service said.

The Uzatom Agency and the Hungarian state-owned MVM EGI signed an agreement and a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy during the President Mirziyoyev’s trip of the of Uzbekistan to Hungary. The Uzatom Agency noted that the documents set out mechanisms for interaction to implement projects to build nuclear power plants in Uzbekistan.

The Tashkent Police Department (TPD) awarded capital the Tashkent city resident Vladimir Avdiyants, who on May 19 helped detain the man who attacked a police officer with a knife at the Yunusabad farmer market.

20 thousand natives of Central Asian countries, who had obtained Russian citizenship have joined the Russian army in its war against Ukraine, said the chief of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin during the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF).

Central Asia - South Asia interconnectivity dialogue took place in Termez on May 19-21. The new dialogue initiated by Uzbekistan to bring the two regions closer together. will be seeking for a new formula for cooperation with Kabul amid the cautious approach demonstrated by major players.