Uzbeks will have 4 days off in a row on the occasion of the Independence Day holiday. According to the relevant presidential decree, regardless of working days (5 or 6 day-a-week), Uzbekistan residents will have 4 days off from September 1 to 4:

On July 12, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

On July 11, the UN General Assembly unanimously approved a special resolution on enhancing interconnectivity between Central and South Asia, developed by Uzbekistan in co-authorship with 40 countries. This was reported by the press service of the President of Uzbekistan.

The delegation of the Taliban movement will attend the international conference on Afghanistan, which will be held in Tashkent on July 25-26. This statement was made by Acting Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov at a round table in Moscow, RIA Novosti reported.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) delivered a shipment of replacement parts for medical equipment used to treat COVID-19 patients. The medical equipment, worth approximately $211,000, was manufactured in the United States by Zoll Medical Corporation and follows previous donations of medical equipment and vaccines, which began in the early months of the pandemic in 2020. 

Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Shuhrat Vafoev met with the delegation of WizzAir Abu Dhabi headed by Managing Director Michael Berloui (UAE).

Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov will make his first foreign visit to Russia on July 11-12, the Foreign Ministry said.

Kazakhstan withdraws from the 1995 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) agreement on the Interstate Monetary Committee.

The Prosecutor General's Office announced the arrest of 14 people as part of a provisional probe in a criminal case initiated under Conspiracy to seize power or overthrow the constitutional order of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan in connection with the protests in Karakalpakstan.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in which political violence is rare and guns are tightly controlled.

From today Kazakhstan has introduced restrictions on the export of wheat, flour and sunflower seeds starting from July 8. The corresponding decree was signed by the Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Karashukeev.

Zainilobiddin Nizomiddinov was dismissed from the post of head of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan "due to being moved to another role for health reasons."

The Russian airline Azimut will fly to Urganch from the Russian city of Mineralnye Vody in a direct flight. On July 6, Azimut made its first flight to Urganch on SSJ-100 plane with 92 passengers on board.

Uzbekistan self-employed will be able to provide taxi services from September 1 of this year through the end of 2024. This is stated in the relevant resolution of the head of state.

Due to shortage of certain brands of household appliances, Russian retailers began to expand their assortment at the expense of manufacturers from Uzbekistan, Turkey and China.

At the July 6 government meeting, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed condolences to the families of people who died during the unrest on July 1 and 2 in Nukus. He also wished a swift recovery to the injured, Presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

On July 6, a delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Special Representative of the President Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is in the United States on a working visit, met with UN Secretary General António Guterres.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that there were various destructive external forces that were not interested in the consistent and stable development of Uzbekistan.

Taliban are looking for those who fired rockets at Termiz city, Nigoh channel close to the government reported on Telegram. Reportedly those who organized the rocket attack aimed to create an atmosphere of mistrust between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

On July 6, a ceremony of initialing the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (ECPA) between Uzbekistan and the European Union was held in Brussels.