The Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan and the World Bank jointly organized an International Forum involving dozens of local and international experts in education. The event participants considered the experience of European and Asian states in boosting their economies through investments in education, and critically analyzed reforms in Uzbekistan to develop modern skills and knowledge of the youth that will improve the country’s competitiveness.

Some 44,440 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus in Uzbekistan on June 9. Of these, 19,971 received the first dose of the vaccine, 17,658 received the second, and 6,811 received the third.

The European Union has granted 142 trillion Uzbek soums (EUR 11 million) to the Uzbek government’s budget on 28 May 2021 for the support of the strategic reforms benefiting the agri-food sector and rural livelihoods in Uzbekistan, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan said on June 7.

271 women have a doctorate in science (DSc) and 1,411 women have a doctorate in philosophy (PhD).

Yuri Kutbitdinov, Chief Researcher at the Center for Economic Research and Reforms, published an article on Prospects of Economic Cooperation Between Central and South Asia on TOLOnews, one of Afghanistan's leading websites.

Samarkand, one of the oldest inhabited cities in Central Asia, which prospered from its location on the Silk Road trade route between China and the Mediterranean, has become the first city in Uzbekistan to boost its urban sustainability planning by joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s €3-billion flagship programme, EBRD Green Cities.

The ship with 165 passengers was met at the Ferghana International Airport in a solemn atmosphere on June 8.