Around noon on Saturday, a fire broke out in a karaoke cafe located in the basement of a four-story building in Fergana.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs moved to another building. Now it is housed in the former building of the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction at Islam Karimov street 45A. This was reported by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was confirmed by the press service of the ministry.

The Development Strategy Center has published a draft Uzbekistan-2030 Strategy for public input. The discussion will last through August 9.

The Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction announced the degree of poverty broken down by the provinces in January-June.

At the Talimarjan thermal power plant in the Nishan district of Kashkadarya province, the construction of two new combined cycle gas plants has begun, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan said.

On July 26, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures for socio-economic development of Tashkent city until 2030 Decree. The document has outlined the main areas of development of the capital city for the next seven years.

Daily electricity consumption record was broken in Uzbekistan on July 26, the press service of the Ministry of Energy said.

Each year, more than 3 million people in Central Asia are affected by storms, floods, landslides and earthquakes.

Foreign Minister of Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov held talks with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin and his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov via video conference call.

Centrum Air, Silk Avia, Asia Union Airlines and Tashkent Air joined the ranks, along with Uzbekistan Airways, Qanot Sharq, Panorama Airways and Humo Air this year to be stationed in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Transport said.

According to Uzhydromet, on July 27 to Karakalpakstan and Khorezm province, on July 28, relatively cool air will flow from the provinces of Kazakhstan to the entire territory of the country and there will be a slight decrease in temperature to 35-38 degrees Celsius, in the south - 40-42 degrees.

Statistics Agency provided information on top countries in terms of Uzbekistan’s exports in January-June 2023. Reportedly, the top destination for Uzbekistan's exports was Russia on US$ 1.3 billion.

Authorities in provinces began to increase in prices for cold water and sewer services.According to the Uzsuvtaminot, prices will be increased from August 20 in Tashkent province. The new prices were approved by the provincial people's deputies council on July 25.

According to the press service of the Supreme Court, on July 25, the Mirabad District Court held the first hearing on the criminal case against blogger Abduqodir Muminov.

164 cases of measles have been recorded in Uzbekistan year-to-date, the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health said in a statement.

Uzbekistan’s permanent population totaled 36,372.3 thousand as of July 1 of this year, the Statistics Agency said in a report.

Direct flights will be launched between the capitals of Uzbekistan and Hungary from August by Qanot Sharq airline. The first flight will be launched on August 20 this year on Airbus A320 aircraft.

In the Samarkand province, a 45-year-old man had been raping his 10-year-old niece for almost a year and a half using force and threats.

The Agency for External Labor Migration commented on the message of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that Uzbek nationals were revealed to be serving in the Russian army in the occupied Gorlovka in the Donetsk region.

During his visit to London, the Foreign held talks with the UK Minister of Security Tom Tugendhat yesterday. "We had a sincere conversation with the UK’s Security Minister and Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat," the Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov said on his Telegram channel.