The president Mirziyoyev signed the Sharp increase in the flow of tourists and swift expansion of the volume of tourist services Decree on May 15 introducing a 30-day tourist visa-free for the nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman from June 1, the Ministry of Justice said.

At a government meeting, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with a new Tashkent subway extension project, the presidential press service said.

Tashkent, May 19. The French Embassy in Uzbekistan is pleased to announce that the first Forum of French-Uzbek university cooperation “French-Uzbek University: Prospects and Development” kicked off in Tashkent today to last through May 20. The forum is an important step towards the creation of the Franco-Uzbek University, the official opening of which is scheduled for 1 September 2025.

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan agreed to extend the restrictions on crossing the border through the Daut-ata and Tazhen checkpoints for another four months, until September 1, the Kazinform said today.

On the sidelines of the 27th Oil and Gas of Uzbekistan International Exhibition - OGU 2025, the CEO of Uzbekneftegaz Bakhodirjon Siddikov met with the CEO of the Egyptian company Bell Energy Haitham Hussein, the Dunyo news agency said.

Tashkent hosted the next working meeting of officials of the water and energy systems of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Sunday.

Uzgidromet reported an expected increase in temperature and another cold snap during the week. Partly cloudy and dry weather with a comfortable temperature background of 28-33°, and up to 35° in the south is expected on May 19. The air temperature will begin to rise from tomorrow, and in the middle of the week during the daytime the air will warm up to 35-38°, and up to 40-42° in the south and in the desert zone.

Two policemen were arrested in separate large-scale bribery cases. One officer allegedly demanded money in exchange for helping a former policeman under investigation to get a more lenient sentence, while the other promised to help reduce a convict’s jail term. One of the cases was uncovered through a call to the State Security Service (SSS) hotline that had been launched recently.

On May 16, an ammonia leak occurred at the Indorama Kokand Fertilizers & Chemicals plant in Kokand. The press service of the Fergana province department of National Guard and the Ministry of Emergency Situations provided details of the incident.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will travel to Hungary and Slovenia May 19–22 on official visits, the presidential press service said.

On April 30, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree aimed at implementing major digital transformation of the police bodies.

From September 1, Radar road sign will be mandatory in places where any stationary or mobile speed radars are installed, and in distance not less than 250 m and no more than 500 m before those places, the President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov reported, citing the directive of the head of state and the government resolution.

An Uzbek national, T. R., a native of the Pastdargom district of Samarkand province, by the April 28 verdict of the Pastdargom District Criminal Court was found guilty of participating in the in the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

The Deputy Foreign Minister Olim Abdullayev as part of the ministerial delegation meeting to Bulgaria met with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria Maria Angelieva in Sofia. 

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz Thursday, the presidential press service said in a statement.

In Bukhara, a driver of special equipment ran over a retired person to death, with the press service of the provincial police department reporting of launching a criminal case.

Платформа METER*, специализирующаяся на измерении аудиторий для наружной рекламы и геоаналитике, объявляет о расширении своей географии — к числу стран, где доступны её технологии, присоединились Иордания и Азербайджан. Таким образом, на сегодня система охватывает уже 20 стран, включая Узбекистан, где METER активно работает с операторами и агентствами.

Major fire broke out at a carriage repair depot near the Northern Rail Station in Tashkent on the night of May 16. The Emergency Situations branch received a report of the fire at 23:58.

The police in Tokyo have arrested five Uzbek men in their 20s on suspicion of robbery and assault in Shibuya last December.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the conference call government meeting on reforms in school education, ordered to set up harsher liability for allowing minors to drive, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov reported.