Uzbekistan is planning to create a separate regulatory system for small and amateur aviation and use it to develop adventure tourism. The measures are set out in a draft presidential decree drafted by the Tourism Committee together with relevant government agencies.

Mansur Aripov, an alleged crime boss widely known by the underworld alias Mansur Kazanskiy, has been arrested in Fergana for his suspected involvement in a $200,000 extortion plot targeting a local property owner.

The Interdepartmental price Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers has approved new prices for the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity, along with prices and prices for natural gas.

Four Uzbek nationals have been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison by a court in the Sariasiyo district on terrorism and extremism charges, the State Security Service (DXX) reported.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance has opened public consultations on a draft Cabinet of Ministers resolution that would subsidize interest rates on auto loans for electric vehicles (EVs).

Two Uzbek nationals  were killed and three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a traffic accident in Russia’s Republic of Mordovia, the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Kazan said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been briefed on the recent outcomes and future priorities for developing Uzbekistan's AI ecosystem, according to the presidential press service.

Uzbekistan has enacted a dedicated law to regulate real estate brokerage activities, following its passage by the Legislative Chamber on July 1, 2025, and subsequent approval by the Senate on April 7, 2026.

Uzbekistan international defender Bekhruz Karimov has completed a transfer to Swiss Super League side FC Lugano from Surkhon Termez. The Uzbekistan Football Association announced that the 19-year-old fullback has officially signed a contract with his new club.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump Friday, the Uzbek presidential press service reported.

The Uzbekistan Journalists' Union has announced the launch of its Bloggers Creative Council during an event held on Friday.

Six out of nine residential blocks at the Newport housing complex in Tashkent's Yakkasaray district were constructed without proper registration with the regional oversight body, according to the Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Utilities.

A team of young Uzbek engineers has unveiled an interceptor drone, dubbed "Shunkor-88," designed to shoot down hostile unmanned aerial vehicles, the Ministry of Education's press service announced. The system, presented by lead developer Ismail Bilolkhanov and his team at the national "Engineers of the Future" competition, is being pitched as a homegrown, cost-effective answer to the growing threat of drone attacks.

Uzbekistan registered 11,040 marriages in 2025 where the bride was older than the groom, with the capital city of Tashkent leading the country in such unions, according to the National Statistics Agency.

A district criminal court in Namangan has sentenced Anvarjon Otakhojaev, the former mayor of Namangan city, to 11 years in prison after convicting him on seven separate criminal counts spanning embezzlement, fraud, abuse of power and bribery, province court officials announced.

Uzbekistan's Ambassador to the UK met with the leadership of Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and discussed the possibility of launching direct flights between Tashkent and Manchester, as part of broader efforts to expand air links between the two countries.

The Sea Breeze Uzbekistan project at Charvak has not yet undergone a full environmental impact assessment — only the land-selection stage has received approval so far. Gairat Muhamedov, director of the State Center for Ecological Expertise said at a press conference Wednesday.

The Adolat Social Democratic Party is drafting a bill to ban the sale, privatization, and transfer of state-owned educational and medical facilities, along with their designated lands.

The total volume of construction work completed across Uzbekistan reached 192 trillion soums in the first half of 2026, the National Statistics Agency said in a report.

Uzbekistan will roll out a unified energy passport framework for every neighborhood (mahalla) in the country to thoroughly map out electricity and natural gas supply conditions, the new Energy Minister Sherzod Khodjayev announced following a presidential meeting yesterday.