Voting for the Budget Initiative of the 2025 Season One kicked off on the Open Budget portal on March 11, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said today.

Total value of securities held by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan stood at $202.5 million as of March 1, recording $100.4 million increase month-on-month. 

Voltalia, an international player in renewable energy, announces the signing of a power sales agreement (PPA) for its hybrid project in Uzbekistan.The agreement was entered into with the state company JSC Uzenergosotish on the sidelines of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's official visit to France.

SOF EXPO exhibition center will host the WORLD EDU 2025 International Educational Exhibition in Samarkand on April 11-12, 2025.

2,570 passenger cars worth $44.8 million were imported to Uzbekistan in February 2025, the Customs Committee said in a monthly report today.

An explosion occurred at Navoi Azot in Navoi city, the press service of the Fire Department said. Reportedly, today, March 11, at 14:10, a gas-air mixture flashed in the laboratory of workshop 25 of the plant causing a fire.

A truck hit a 2nd grade girl in the Baysun district of Surkhandarya province, the provincial traffic police said. Reportedly, on March 7, 2025, an 8-year-old girl was crossing the road in front of her school when she was hit by a truck, and died in the hospital.

Warm and mostly dry weather is expected in Uzbekistan from March 11 to 14, Uzgidromet said. There will be no precipitation in Tashkent city until the end of the business week. The temperature at night will be within +6…+9 degrees Celsius, while reaching +17…+20 degrees during the daytime.

Between 12 and 18 March, European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela will visit the five Central Asian countries to strengthen the EU-Central Asia partnership ahead of the EU-Central Asia Summit and scale up Global Gateway, the EU’s investment strategy to boost jobs and sustainable economic growth. 

Shakhrisabz airport will be closed from 5:00 a.m. on March 13 to 5:00 a.m. on March 25 due to the start of overhaul of the runway, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

Three flights from Uzbekistan were unable to land in Moscow due to Carpet plan (response action) amid Ukraine's massive drone attack on the Russian capital today, the Tashkent Sky News Telegram channel said.

Foreign Minister’s Advisor Munira Aminova hosted Shin Myung-seop, Director of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Office Monday.

Uzbekistan on 0.233 score was ranked 90th to become low terrorism threat country according to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the President Emmanuel Macron and will pay a state visit to France on March 11-13, the presidential press service said.

After the major Kazakh banks stopped issuing bank cards to foreign nationals in January 2025, Russians are now opting for banks in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, Kommersant said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed amendments according to which payments for electricity will not be processed in the event of debt for solid waste removal Friday.

In Tashkent, a gift was taken from an employee of the Yashnabad district public municipal service during the celebration of the Women’s Day, March 8. The district mayor Bakhtiyor Rakhmankulov met with the woman.

The Kyrgyz government plans to implement a number of transport projects in the coming years. This is envisaged by the National Development Program 2030, which includes items on railway line and transport infrastructure modernization projects.

The protagonist who purchased the 'Banpo Xi' apartment, a well-known landmark apartment in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, with the premises area of 244㎡ for a whopping at the highest price of 7.4 billion won, or US$ 5.1 million, has been confirmed to be a man Uzbek nationality.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov attended the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah to discuss the ongoing Israeli offensive against the Palestinian people and the plans for annexation and forced displacement from their land.