President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree aimed at improving the system of government support for civil society institutions, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

The Central Election Commission approved the creation of polling stations at diplomatic and other missions of Uzbekistan in foreign countries at its Monday session.

Dry and warm weather will prevail in Uzbekistan on Monday and Tuesday, Uzgidromet said. The air temperature in most areas will be within +32…+35 degrees Celsius range, in the south — up to +36…+38 degrees.

The foundation stone of a religious school was laid on sixty acres of land with financial cooperation from Uzbekistan in the New City area of Mazar-e-Sharif.

Tashkent will host the IV World Conference on Creative Economy on October 2-4., an organizing committee was formed to prepare and hold the conference, headed by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov By the August 23 presidential decree. The Uzbekistan Fund for Development of Culture and Arts has been named as the working body of the organizing committee.

The Karakalpak yurt in the Oq Qush (White Bird) complex in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan, is included in the Guinness Book of Records as a non-collapsible yurt with the largest diameter of 40.5 meters. This was reported by the Tourism Development Committee under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change.

Dry and partly cloudy weather will persist in Uzbekistan over the weekend, Uzgidromet said. The temperatures at night will be within +19…+22 degrees Celsius, +33…+36 degrees during the day on Saturday, and +31…+33 degrees on Sunday.

Deputy mayor of Balykchi district of Andijan province was arrested while receiving 30 thousand dollars, the press service of the State Security Service said. The operation was conducted by the Service jointly with the Department for Combating Economic Crimes of the Prosecutor General's Office.

Olympic judo champion Diyora Keldiyorova has been appointed social commissioner of the National Agency for Social Protection to Combat Gender Inequality and Violence against Children, the agency's first deputy director Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva announced on her Instagram page.

At the maiden meeting of the Supreme Bilteral Council, chaired by the presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the two leaders signed the Treaty on Allied Ties and adopted the Minutes of the meeting of the Council and oversaw the signing of bilateral documents:

The provision - "being in public places with the face covered to the extent that does not allow identification of the person" in the Article 184-4 of the of Administrative Liability Code is now also arbitrarily applied by police and judicial authorities to individuals growing long beards.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, who arrived the day before on a state visit, today held head-to-head talks and chaired the first session of the Supreme Bilateral Council, the presidential press service said.

The Uzbekistan National News Agency (UzA) announced the launch of an AI presenter named Sobira Kholdarova. She will present the latest news in nine languages ​​- Uzbek, English, Russian, French, Arabic, Chinese, German, Spanish and Kazakh.

Gas production at large enterprises in Uzbekistan in July 2024 decreased to 3.79 billion cubic meters, according to the report of the Statistics Agency on industrial production.

The Legislative Chamber passed the State Secrets Bill at its August 20 session and sent it to the Senate, the Xalq So’zi newspaper said on Wednesday.

Air Products and  SANEG, a company linked to Ruussia's Gazprom have announced a deal to acquire units of the Fergana Oil Refinery for $140 million. This was reported by the press service of SANEG.

The Legislative Chamber passed the State defense order Bill at its August 20 session and sent it to the Senate, the Xalq So’zi newspaper said.

Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on August 22-23, the press service of the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.

The Shaykhantakhur Interdistrict Civil Court issued a ruling on the lawsuit filed by Ultimo Group Limited against Radio Ozodlik, the Uzbek Service of Radio Liberty at the final hearing on July 29.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the President and CEO of Air Products, Seifi Ghasemi. The parties discussed the ways to further expand strategic bilateral cooperation in the creation of high-tech industrial enterprises in Uzbekistan.