As we speak, locusts have been detected in more than 500 thousand hectares in Uzbekistan, the Plant Quarantine and Protection Agency said.

$3.5 billion in investments will be drawn to Kashkadarya province in 2025, said the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today at a meeting in Kukdala district.

The president Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to organize the civil service based on new approaches in Uzbekistan Decree which introduces IQ and general knowledge tests for newly-minted civil servants.

Uzatom and Rosatom signed an agreement on a large-scale nuclear power plant project in Uzbekistan, the Rosatom said in a statement today.

Nearly 6.3 million migrants landed in Russia in 2024, half of whom were jobseekers, said chief of the Main Department for Migration Affairs of the Russian Interior Ministry Valentina Kazakova.

Pupil of a private kindergarten died from an electric shock in Bukhara province, the press service of the attorney's office said Thursday.

The Sergeli District Criminal Court issued its ruling against the 32-year-old Abror Kozubaev, accused of raping an underage girl, the press service of the Tashkent City Courts said. The case was heard behind closed doors.

The State Security Service (SSS) together with law enforcement agencies halted the activities of illegal religious schools where children were subjected to physical violence allegedly for teaching purposes.

Uzbekistan will seek to connect a new external Internet channel, the chief of the Department for the Development of Telecommunications Infrastructure of the Ministry of Digital Technologies, Muradzhan Yuldashev told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

Aircraft landing and taking off were temporarily suspended at the Tashkent airport at 16:03 due to wind shift, the Uzbekistan Airports said today.

The MPs passed a bill mitigating penalties for certain traffic violations in the first reading Tuesday, introducing administrative warnings.

Uzbekistan will advocate for unifying the power systems of Central Asian countries and China, the Deputy Energy Minister Umid Mamadaminov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

Kazakhstan’s grocery chain Magnum is pulling out from Uzbekistan. Several of the company’s stores have already shut down, while the remaining outlets are end-selling stocks.

A train conductor, who was on duty in the seventh carriage of passenger train No. 071 traveling from Alat to Tashkent, set up brothel on a train. On February 21, 2025, for 300 thousand soums, he provided the compartment No. 2 to a man and his girlfriend for sex purposes, despite the fact that the passengers had tickets for the 11th carriage, officials of the Navoi province transport security department found during a check. At the trial, the conductor fully pleaded guilty.

Today, Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the progress of the Tashkent-Vostochny business aviation airport project, the presidential press service said.

Fences and checkpoints have been removed from railway stations in Uzbekistan, including those in Tashkent, the Uzbekistan Railways said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev made remarks at the second Central Asia-China Summit on Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

A new project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency in schools, hospitals, and public transportation has been launched in Uzbekistan. The initiative is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, with support from the Government of Japan and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uzbekistan.

Today, the Senate Committee on International Relations, Foreign Economic Relations, Foreign Investments and Tourism convened for a preliminary discussion of the Bill on the Accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (Vienna, May 21, 1963), the press service of the Senate said.

The Foreign Ministry has issued an appeal to Uzbeks over the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Iran. The ministry underscored the growing tension in the Middle East, which had escalated into an armed conflict.