The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday added 36 companies from 9 countries to the Entity List that are restricted from accessing US technology and items for violating the U.S. International Sanctions Act.

The Republican Hydrometeorological Center announced the weather forecast for Tashkent city on Wednesday, June 29. The weather will be partly cloudy, with no precipitation expected. The wind will be eastwards, 5-10 m/s. The temperature will be 24-26 oC at night, 41-43 C in the daytime.

From 2023, it is planned to hold an Oltin Kalam International Prize competition the based on democratic principles "in the most open and transparent form." This is stated in the President’s June 27 decree.

The United States will impose with other G7 countries restrictions on Russia’s participation in the global market and further crack downs on evasion attempts. G7 Leaders are determined to limit Russia’s revenues, including from gold, Russia’s second largest export after energy. The United States will take several key actions to implement these commitments.

Today, ombudspersons representing five Central Asian governments signed two agreements intended to facilitate the protection of human rights in Central Asia. The agreements, which were supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), were signed at an international forum in Tashkent. The forum, “Cooperation of the Central Asian Ombudspersons in Ensuring Human Rights and Freedoms” was organized by the Government of Uzbekistan’s Office of the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman) with assistance from USAID.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the amendments and addenda to some legislative acts due to the adoption of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Law.

Spain is planning to set up a permanent diplomatic mission in Tashkent and later open an embassy, announced the Interim Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan may completely abandon gas exports by 2025-2026, said the chairman of Uztransgaz, Bekhzot Narmatov on Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on June 27, the Day of Press and Mass Media Workers in Uzbekistan, signed a resolution on supporting the media and developing the journalism.

Temperature will rise sharply due to the influx of hot air from Iran through Turkmenistan on June 25-29, the Uzhydromet said today.

In recent years, Uzbek-American ties have been deepening and mutually beneficial cooperation has been developing. This can be seen in the sharp increase in the number of reciprocal visits by officials of the two countries this month and the agreements reached.

The blocked Twitter, TikTok and VKontakte are expected to be unblocked in Uzbekistan. This information was confirmed by a representative of the Ministry of ICT.

The term of office of the President of Uzbekistan from 5 to 7 years could be extended. This is provided for by the draft bill amending the Constitution.

139 coronavirus cases were detected in Uzbekistan on June 25, bringing their number to 240.3 thousand since March 2020, the Ministry of Health reported. About 120 cases were reported the day before.

Today, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the Embassy of Japan in Uzbekistan announced the results of the UNDP-UNFPA Joint Programme on “Building the Resilience of Local Communities Against Health, Environmental and Economic Insecurities Caused by Environmental Destruction in the Aral Sea Region”, funded by the Government of Japan during the final board meeting.

Uzbekistan sent a plane with 74 tons of humanitarian aid to neighboring Afghanistan, which was devastated by the earthquake and floods, the spokesman to the Foreign Ministry Yusup Kabulzhanov said.

Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan Bakhodir Kurbanov attended the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the formation of the CMD on June 24 in Moscow, reported the Internet portal of the CIS.

Draft constitutional bill on amendments to the Constitution was published on the portal “This is my Constitution” for public input on June 25. It was adopted by the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis the day before.

Today, June 24, Uzhydromet issued an emergency statement. Reportedly, on June 25-29, hot air will move from the regions of Iran to Uzbekistan through Turkmenistan, which will bring the air temperature on:

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Uzbek National Sub-Commission on Combating Trafficking in Persons completed a year-long series of Training for Trainers workshops on combating trafficking in persons (TIP).