Uzbekistan’s population growth and active urbanization are raising the demand for construction materials, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a government meeting on Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell, who is visiting the country Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

On Tuesday, May 27, short but heavy rains occurred in some villages of Zaamin district of Jizzakh province, which resulted in a mudflow, the provincial emergency department said.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber at the meeting today passed the Accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (Vienna, May 21, 1963) Bill.

The president Mirziyoyev signed decree on May 23 adopting additional restrictions for licenses to pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies.

In Namangan, a 19-year-old man died in a fire in the Ravon Nexia 3 he was driving, the provincial emergency department said today.

From May 30 to June 1, 2025, the ancient Samarkand will become the epicenter of high-end technologies, roaring engines and designer audacity. SOF EXPO Samarkand will host the PROMOTORS SHOW SAMARKAND 2025 international exhibition and festival comprising all the top modern cars, motorbikes, active transport and automobile culture in the world.

Deals have been inked with three Hungarian companies on launching contractual manufacturing, localization, and investment, the Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency Abdulla Azizov told the Uzbekistan 24.

The United Nations Development Programme Associate Administrator, Haoliang Xu, has wrapped his visit to Uzbekistan today.

Three people died from gas poisoning in a pit in the Saykhunabad district of the Syrdarya province, the spokesman to the attorney General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov said on Monday.

Continuing fruitful cooperation, on May 26, the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Agency for International Cooperation MASHAV donated to the Fergana branch of the RCSAC a hippo trainer for children with cerebral palsy - this is special equipment that improves coordination of movements and strengthens the weakened muscles of the child.

As it was reported earlier, a military shell exploded at a scrap metal collection point in the Khorezm province, killing one person Friday.

The inflow of cool and humid air into Uzbekistan will continue during the business week, Uzgidromet said on Sunday. Brief rain and thunderstorms are possible during the day In Tashkent on Monday. The temperature will be within +29…+31 degrees Celsius range.

The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Uzbekistan on May 28-29, the press service of the Italian government reported. The talks and meetings will take place in Samarkand.

An explosion occurred at a scrap metal collection point in Yangiarik district. The incident occurred on April 11. While the scrap metal was being unloaded, a shell that was among them exploded, killing 31-year-old O.B., who worked there.

Over 1,500 skilled Uzbeks with adequate language proficiency will be offered jobs in Slovenia, the director of the External Labor Migration Agency Behzod Musayev said.

Uzbekistan and Hungary are consistently stepping up cooperation in the transport and logistics sectors, the Deputy Transport Minister Jasurbek Choriev told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

Following the talks in Ljubljana, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob signed a Joint Statement on Thursday, May 22.

The Minister of Preschool and School Education Hilola Umarova met with the winners of the El-Yurt Umidi (Nation’s Hope) Foundation studying in the UK at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in London.

The presidents of Uzbekistan and Slovenia, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Nataša Pirc Musar discussed the ways to expand bilateral cooperation in Ljubljana on Thursday. This is the first ever high-level talks between the two countries in 20 years.