The country plans to shift to setting import duty rates by law once it joins the World Trade Organization. Duty rates are currently approved by presidential decree.

Officials are discussing the launch of direct flights between Uzbekistan and Indonesia, the Tourism Committee has announced.

A special temporary state participation right will be implemented for privatization of strategically important enterprises. The goal is to protect national security, social stability and public interests, according to a presidential decree signed on August 28 aimed at accelerating privatization, the decree states.

A presidential decree on improving the operations of state customs service bodies and deploying modern approaches to customs administration has been signed.

MPs in the Legislative Chamber have approved the Judges' Status Bill in its first reading. The bill is designed to establish judges' legal status through a dedicated law, further strengthen the independence of the judiciary, and enhance judges' legal and social protections.

A Tashkent province court has sentenced four men to prison for beating a Kazakh national and robbing him of 300 million soums near a border checkpoint. 

Traffic police in the Yashnabad district intercepted a Chevrolet Damas microvan on Ohangaron Street on September 4, discovering 25 kindergarten children crammed inside the vehicle, according to the Tashkent City Police Department's Traffic Safety Bureau.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has expressed readiness to partner with Uzbekistan in the defense sector, specifically highlighting potential joint initiatives in manufacturing long-range ballistic missiles.

A female suspect stabbed two nurses at a district maternity hospital in Kushtepa, Fergana Region, leaving one dead and another injured on Monday. Reports indicate that the assailant allegedly locked the nurses inside a room before carrying out the knife attack.

The city is setting up designated pick-up and drop-off zones near schools to allow students to get in and out of vehicles safely, authorities say.

Uzbekistan has wrapped up its first comprehensive study on women’s career prospects and gender barriers in the private sector. Its findings reflect the broader reality across most technical companies in the country.

New mechanism will be deployed for preparing land plots for auction under the August 28 presidential decree aimed at reducing state involvement in the economy and accelerating privatization.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić signed a joint declaration establishing a strategic partnership between their nations, concluding high-level bilateral talks in Belgrade.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić held talks at the Palace of Serbia, first one-on-one and then with their official delegations, the Uzbek president's press service reported.

Uzbekistan plans to privatize state-owned stakes in 18 markets, trade complexes and used-car markets across the Namangan, Samarkand, Surkhandarya, Tashkent and Ferghana regions, under a presidential decree issued August 28 aimed at reducing state involvement in the economy and accelerating privatization.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released the results of its PISA 2025 international assessment, revealing significant academic gains for Uzbekistan in its second time participating in the study.

New rules for awarding qualification categories to tour guides Uzbekistan has approved by the government’s Measures to Further Improve Excursion Services in the Republic of Uzbekistan Resolution.

Uzbekistan will offer cash rewards to people who report violations of licensing procedures, under a new government resolution approving the mechanism for such payouts.

Uzbekistan and Serbia plan to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement, according to the outcome of the first meeting of the Uzbek-Serbian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, held September 7 in Belgrade.

Uzbekistan is preparing to sell its entire stake in the airline Humo Air for a second time, according to a presidential decree issued August 28 — even as conflicting government records leave the carrier's true ownership unclear.