Shavkat Mirziyoyev has expressed condolences to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the people of Kazakhstan over the deaths of servicemen during military exercises in the Caspian Sea.

An assistant prosecutor in the Oqqorgon district of Tashkent province was caught red-handed accepting a bribe. He was detained in a sting operation run by State Security Service officers in cooperation with the Prosecutor General's Office's Personal Security Department. Authorities say the official used his position to demand a total of $12,000 from a citizen in exchange for resolving a car-sale dispute and helping him secure a preferential bank loan of 600 million soums.

Temperatures in Uzbekistan are expected to drop further over the weekend. According to Uzhydromet, most of the country will see partly cloudy, occasionally changeable skies on September 26-27, with no precipitation expected. Temperatures will continue their gradual decline.

On 23 September 2026 on the occasion of 11th Ayurveda Day, the Embassy of India organized a Conference themed “Ayurveda for a Healthier Tomorrow,” at the Le Grande Plaza Hotel, Tashkent.

Uzbekistan will implement a mechanism to compensate consumers when power outages are not resolved within set deadlines, under a decree President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed on September 22, Presidential Decree.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Waste Management and Circular Economy Development Agency of Uzbekistan, convened government and cement industry representatives in Tashkent today to discuss the potential of cement kiln co-processing to support the environmentally sound management of hazardous waste in the country.

By order of the Interior Minister, Major General Bekmurod Abdullaev has been appointed chief of the Police Coordination Department in Tashkent's Chilonzor district.

Uzbekistan will open a new border checkpoint, Keskanyor, on its frontier with Kyrgyzstan in Andijan province, according to an announcement made today at a meeting chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

A court has sent back to prosecutors the case of a school security guard accused of sexually harassing a 12-year-old girl in Tashkent's Shaykhontohur district, ruling that the incident showed signs of a crime.

Temperatures in Uzbekistan will fall on Sept. 25, and rain is possible in some areas, the national weather service Uzhydromet said.

Uzbekistan plans to host international tennis tournaments under the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) again, on a permanent basis, according to the Sept. 21 presidential decree.

Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of Uzbekistan's Presidential Administration, addressed the annual session of the UN General Assembly on behalf of Uzbekistan. She called for a more effective United Nations and set out reform priorities centered on human dignity.

Uzbekistan, a lower-middle-income country where the average gross monthly salary is about $540, has sharply raised the one-time cash rewards paid to chess players and their coaches for medals at major international tournaments.

First units of reverse vending machines that pay 150 soums for each plastic, glass, and aluminum beverage container have been deployed, one outside the Ministry of Ecology building and in the capital of the Surkhandarya province. The public can transfer the funds directly to their Click electronic wallets or direct them toward charitable causes, the Waste Management and Circular Economy Development Agency reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in a ceremony launching new investment projects and breaking ground on new construction during a visit to Andijan province, the presidential press service reported.

The aviation fuel refueling complex at Tashkent Airport has been put up for sale, the Agency for Management of State Assets announced.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev began his visit to Andijan Province by inspecting the ongoing reconstruction project at Andijan International Airport.

Uzbekistan had 122,700 registered electric vehicles as of July 1, 2026, the National Statistics Agency said in a report.

Uzbekistan's national weather service, Uzhydromet, has issued its forecast for September 24, predicting a slight dip in temperatures across the country this Thursday.

Officials from the Samarkand Province Preschool and School Education Department allegedly embezzled 1.1 billion soums of public funds by purchasing 90,863 bottles of liquid soap at heavily inflated prices. A criminal case has been launched regarding the matter.