The Senate passed the Countering Extremism Bill at the 15th plenary session on Thursday. The bill is aimed at ensuring the security of an individual, society and the state, protecting the constitutional order, Uzbekistan’s territorial integrity, maintaining peace, interethnic and interreligious harmony.

By the decision of the Chilonzor district mayor Davron Khidoyatov, the metal fence around the building of the mayor’s office was dismantled on Tuesday.

Shavkat Umurzakov, the former employee of the Prosecutor General's Office, has become the new chief of Uzavtosanoat, replacing Umidjon, who was in charge of the company since August last year. The sacking took place at a meeting devoted to Uzbek car industry chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Tuesday, and was reportedly due to “shortcomings in the work and unsatisfactory state of affairs in the industry”.

The chairmen of the Supreme Courts of Uzbekistan and Russia Kozimdjan Kamilov and Vyacheslav Lebedev signed a cooperation agreement in a meeting in Moscow, Gazeta.uz said.

Sheikh Abdulaziz Mansur has been appointed as the new chief imam-hatib of Tashkent, the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan said. He will retain the post of Deputy Director of Muslim Board that he has hold since 2006, and will concurrently serve as imam-hatib of the Minor mosque.

Some Uzbek language news publications such as Kun.uz, Xabar.uz, Azon.uz and Qalampir.uz cannot be reached since June 22. The most popular news website in Uzbekistan Kun.uz has published an official statement on its Facebook page, clarifying the "technical problems" the site is facing.

The newly appointed minister of public education (MPE) Sherzod Shermatov fired all heads of departments and teams of the central apparatus of the MPE in a meeting Monday, the ministry said.

The Uzbek MMA fighter Murod “The Asian Bear” Khanturaev and several other people were arrested in Tashkent’s Yunusabad district Thursday, the Multimedia Information Center of the Tashkent Police Department said in a statement.

The preventive measure has been altered against the U.S. citizen, a native of the Kashkadarya’s Chirakchi district, Zokir Aliyev, who was detained at home on June 16 and was released on the 22nd. He was released on his own recognizance and to behave, with the investigation ongoing, a source said.

All construction works will be suspended in Samarkand, said the city mayor Furkat Rakhimov during a meeting Saturday. The mayor noted that some media outlets have recently published critical materials about the ongoing construction works, which had already cause irreparable damage to Samarkand's historical heritage, the mayor's office said in a statement.

A delegation of professors-epidemiologists from South Korea, Yonsei University, arrived in Tashkent with the support of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Uzbekistan Airways, the state-owned airline, is providing airline services to the Colombia national team at the World Cup in Russia, the company said.

Members of the lower house in the second reading passed the Limiting Smoking of Shishas and Electronic Cigarettes in Public Places Bill Wednesday, the statement of the lower house said.

Employees of budget-financed organizations in Navoi province are being forced to buy chickens, Gazeta.uz reported. Teachers, doctors, bank workers, kindergarten teachers and others were “requested” to buy poultry.

Tashkent’s Almazar district criminal court announced the verdict to the previously convicted Abboskhon Khodjaev, 36, also known as Tashkent’s “crime boss” or “enforcer” and Mahamadjon Kurbanov, 36, the official of the Supreme Court Aziz Abidov said.

Sherzod Shermatov, former deputy innovations minister, has been appointed as minister of public education, replacing Ulugbek Inoyatov, who held the post since 2013, a source in the government said.

Former first deputy Tashkent prosecutor, Miraglam Mirzayev and his family members were detained under the investigation of the former prosecutor general Kadyrov's case by the Office for combating organized crime and corruption, the General Prosecutor Office said in a statement.

Delegation of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) will visit Uzbekistan. According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, the delegation led by General Secretary Halil Ibrahim Akca will arrive in Uzbekistan on 20 June.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting National Security Advisor to the Afghan President, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, the ministry said.

President of Uzbekistan issued decree Tuesday introducing as an experiment of the Safe Capital concept as of July 1, which is aimed at “ensuring public order, prevention and combating crime” in Tashkent.