The Council of the European Union has appointed Ambassador Terhi Hakala to serve as the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Central Asia, starting on 1 July 2021.

On June 22, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Uzbekistan took a decision to join the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA), announced the first deputy speaker at the Senate Sodiq Safoev at a meeting with the delegation of TURKPA in Tashkent, the Anadolu reported.

On June 21, the Chilanzar District Criminal Court brought the CEO and founder of the Kun.uz publication Mahsudjon Askarov to administrative liability under Illegal production, storage, import or distribution of religious materials charge, the publication itself said.

From being a seller, Uzbekistan has turned into a buyer of Gazprom's gas, Interfax with reference to the statement and memorandum of the new issue of Eurobonds of Gazprom.

Uzbekistan and Russia are discussing the launching of production unit for Sputnik V vaccine at the Jurabek Laboratories in Tashkent. This was reported in the office of the Russian government on the eve of the meeting of the joint commission at the level of the heads of the governments of Uzbekistan and Russia, which will be held on June 22.

The Senate will convene for the sixteenth plenary session on June 25, the press service of the Senate said. At the meeting, the senators are set to consider the Official Statistics Bill, Freedom of conscience and religious organizations Bill, Courts Bill, the State language of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill, the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2021 Bill and Amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan related aimed at improving the procedure for combating the legalization of proceeds from criminal activity.

The Uzbekistan GTL plant will be commissioned in 2021, and will annually produce import-substituting products of oil products and hydrocarbons worth over US$ 1 billion or 12.8 trillion soums, the Energy Ministry said.

By the decision of the Anti-Coronavirus Commission, Uzbekistan will temporarily close its borders with Afghanistan due to the spike in cases in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Health said.

On April 9, Kazakhstanis received disappointing news that one of their favorite chess players, the national and world champion Dinara Saduakassova, had to withdraw from an online chess tournament due to poor internet connectivity. In a video posted online, Dinara lamented that, during the game, she was more worried about the connection than the match.

To mark the 30th anniversary of Central Asian independence, the five U.S. Diplomatic Missions in Central Asia together with the Go Viral Network have launched a regional campaign: Next30 — Young Leaders of Central Asia, to identify 30 emerging leaders in Central Asia, born in 1991 and later.

The President's spokesman Sherzod Asadov, at today’s briefing took questions about the upcoming presidential elections on October 24.

The Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan performed its first flight from Turkestan to Tashkent International Airport, carrying 180 passengers, the airline said.

19-year-old girl who worked in a textile factory in Samarkand was raped during a night shift, Zamon news program on Sevimli channel reported.

Uzbekistan Airways is set to increase the number of flights to Georgia. From July 4, the airline will operate an additional Tashkent to Tbilisi flight on Sundays. In total, there will be three regular flights per week: on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

On June 15, at about 4:00 a.m., a South Korean national, K. D., 44, at an apartment at Dombirabad street, Chilanzar district, being drunk, as a result of an argument stabbed another South Korean citizen K.J., 40, inflicting severe bodily injury. Afterwards, K.J. was taken to the Republican Emergency Scientific Center.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated Ibrahim Raisi on his election as the President of Iran, said Sherzod Asadov the spokesman to the President.

At a meeting with the public in Andijan, еру President Shavkat Mirziyoyev once again spoke about the future popular election of district mayors and province governors.

The health ministry said about 400 people were tested positive for coronavirus yesterday, with four patients dead. "As of June 17, 2021, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan stands at 105,219 (+385)," the ministry said.

On June 17, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the ceremony of laying the first stone at the construction site of the New Andijan city, the presidential press service said.