Today, the Termez State University hosted the opening ceremony of the “Termez Youth Hub”, which has been established by United Nations Development Programme as part of the project funded by the Government of Japan.

As per the President's decision, Olimjon Abdullaev has been appointed as the Deputy Foreign Minister. Reportedly, he has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for many years. Before this, he worked as the Consul General of Uzbekistan in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) in 2021-2024.

The Senate passed a new version of the Protection of State Secrets law at its October 23 session. Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defense and Security Tolibjon Madumarov underscored that the current law was adopted in 1993, so there was a "need to improve the legal framework for regulating relations in this area."

Pierre-Paul Antenissens, Director of the French EDF in Central Asia touched upon projects and spуcifics of doing business in Uzbekistan during the International Partnership Initiatives Week on October 18.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Kazan on October 23-24 to attend the BRICS summit, the presidential press service said.

The Afghan authorities have reduced the fees and charges for Uzbek freight carriers from, the press service of the Ministry of Transport said.

Three people, including two Russian nationals, were found dead in a Tashkent hotel Sunday, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

The Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský will visit Uzbekistan. On the eve of his visit to Uzbekistan, the minister Jan Lipavský shared his views on the ways to advance the partnership relations between the countries, Dunyo said.

As Uzbekistan gears up for its parliamentary elections, political parties are putting forth their visions for how the country should be governed. Each party’s stance reflects its unique approach to state intervention, economic development, social policies, and national identity. But do these approaches address the needs of modern Uzbekistan, or are they simply echoing old rhetoric in new times?

On October 21, the President Mirziyoyev signed amendments to laws aimed at ensuring protection against family (domestic) violence. Children have been added to the circle of persons protected by articles on family (domestic) violence of the Code of Administrative Responsibility and the Criminal Code.

Uzbek diplomats attended the international Transport, expedition, logistics in Europe and Asia congress organized by the Poland-Asia Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw.

In Uzbekistan, the number of bribery crimes by public officials has decreased, but cases of embezzlement of budget funds and abuse of office have become more frequent, the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Akmal Burkhanov said on October 17 at the 4th anti-corruption forum in Tashkent.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the Uzbeks on the Day of the Uzbek Language, which is marked on October 21 since 2020.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with a presentation of projects for recycling household waste, producing electricity and products from it.

Uzbekistan Airways will launch on Tashkent to Lahore flights from November 15, the Dunyo reported. Reportedly, negotiations on the establishment of new flights between the cities of Uzbekistan and Pakistan are ongoing.

The president Mirziyoyev signed the Accession to international treaties Decree, according to which Uzbekistan has joined the following protocols, conventions and agreements:

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed amendments to laws concerning the activities of local government bodies on Thursday. The amendments were passed by the Legislative Chamber on July 23 and approved by the Senate on September 20. They were developed to align with the adoption of a new version of the Constitution last year.

A delegation of the European Union in Uzbekistan and the United Nations Development Programme visited innovation groups in the Fergana region, which focus on advanced agricultural and aquaculture practices, the UNDP press service said.

The 31st autumn exhibition of agricultural products kicked off at Almond Garden exhibition center in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Uzgidromet announced weather forecast for Tashkent city in the weekend. There will be no precipitation on Saturday and Sunday. The temperature at night will be within +6...+8 and +9 ..+11 degrees Celsius on Saturday and Sunday nights, while +23...+25 and +25…27 degrees during the day, respectively.