The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev today landed in Astana, Kazakhstan to attend the SCO Summit and the SCO Plus format meeting.

At its meeting on July 3, the appellate instance of the Tashkent city criminal court upheld the verdict of the first instance in the case of the Doc-1 Max syrup from the Indian Marion Biotech. The complaints of 7 defendants were not satisfied.

At its July 2 meeting, the Legislative Chamber passed in the first reading the bill on electronic and digital evidence, the Chamber’s press service said.

Uzbek Defense Minister Bahodir Kurbanov arrived on a working visit to Minsk on Tuesday, where he will attend the meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS CIS), the Uzbek Defense Ministry said.

The 1200-mm main water pipe ruptured in Tashkent’s Yunusabad district, at the intersection of Moykurgon and Korakamish streets early on Wednesday morning, causing the streets to be flooded. Photos and footages of flooded streets and courtyards circulated on social networks.

Uzgidromet announced the weather forecast for the Tashkent city on Thursday, July 4 in. The weather will be slightly cloudy, changeable from time to time, with no precipitation expected. The temperature will be +20...+22 degrees Celsius at night, and within +35...+37 degrees range during the day.

Uzbeks will be hired for jobs in Sweden, the Foreign Labor Migration Agency said. Reportedly, the Foreign Labor Migration Agency officials hosted a Swedish employment company executives.

Cross-border crime group that was supplying large quantities of medicines of unwarranted quality from India through Kazakhstan was uncovered in Uzbekistan in an operation by the State Security Service together with the Border Troops, the press service of the State Security Service said.

On July 2, 2024, the Signing Ceremony of the Japanese Government’s Grant Aid of 1 billion JPY (about 6.26 million USD) for the “Economic and Social Development Programme” was held between H.E. Mr. HATORI Takashi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and H.E. Mr. Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Footage of an elderly man slapping a young child in the face surfaced on social networks. The children's ombudsman said that it had launched a probe into the case.

Uzbek engineers will get trainings and will be employed in Japan, Dunyo news agency said. Reportedly, the Uzbek Ambassador Muhsinhoja Abdurakhmanov met with Kei Takeuchi, CEO of the Japanese Daito Trust Construction corporation, and discussed foreign investments, transfer of technologies, establishment and development of cooperation with foreign companies in the field of education and migration.

At the next meeting of the Legislative Chamber, the MPs considered the Protecting the public from harmful effects of noise Bill on Tuesday.

Driver's license can now be applied for online, the spokesperson to the Ministry of Justice Sevara Orinboeva said. According to her, there is no need to visit the respective organizations for a new driver's license. This process is now possible through my.gov.uz. No documents are required to use the service. All information is available in the system. One can even track the status of the application in real time.

Uzgidromet announced the weather forecast on Wednesday, July 3 for the Tashkent city. The weather will be slightly cloudy, changeable from time to time, with no precipitation. The temperature will be +18...+20 degrees Celsius at night, and within +34...+36 degrees range during the day.

The Tashkent city mayor, Shavkat Umurzakov has been elected as a deputy of the Tashkent city council of people’s deputies from the Turkiston-53 constituency in Yunusabad district. The decision was made at the 104th session of the Council on Tuesday, the press service of the city mayor’s office said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Astana, Kazakhstan on July 3-4 to attend the SCO Summit and the meeting in the SCO plus format, the presidential press service said.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting further development of modern retail standards and e-commerce in Uzbekistan by financing the expansion of one of the country’s leading consumer electronics and household appliances chains, CA-store (previously known as “Credit Asia”).

Uzbek Ambassador Karomiddin Gadoev met with King Lim Chin Fui, the founder and CEO of Malaysian FIVE Petroleum Malaysia, Dunyo agency said.

The Sultanate of Oman has introduced a visa-free stay for Uzbeks in the country for 14 days, the Omani Embassy in Tashkent said in a statement.

At the June 28 government meeting, Shavkat Mirziyoyev voiced proposals for employment of youth in the summer. Governors and mayors of province and districts have been instructed to hold job fairs in schools, technical schools, universities and parks in the summer. Thanks to this, it is expected that at least 150 thousand young people can be employed in vacant positions.