The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Brussels on October 23-24, the presidential press service said today.

The Industry, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Committee has prepared a draft resolution that provides for the establishment of basic standards for building and encouraging safety culture at nuclear plants and at entities servicing them.

On 20 October, the EU brought together foreign ministers and representatives from EU Member States, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Republic of Moldova, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Central Asian partners (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) to discuss the Cross-Regional Connectivity Agenda – whose aim is to link the EU with Central Asia via Türkiye and the South Caucasus.

On September 30, the Tashkent’s Yashnabad district criminal court issued a verdict in a case of a fatal traffic accident. According to the verdict, the man , 56, an attorney working for a private firm, was driving a BYD vehicle along Abdulla Kadiri Street at approximately 4:10 PM on May 2. While turning left onto Fargona Yuli Street, he struck a woman, 76, who was crossing the street via zebra crossing.

Criminal case has been opened against an employee of a pretrial detention facility in the Tashkent province, where a 31-year-old convict escaped from a penal colony while on work assignment and raped a third-grade student, the press service of the National Agency for Social Protection of the Population said.

The press service of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev posted his congratulatory message on Uzbek Language Day. The message noted the country's challenges in strengthening the role and prestige of the national language in society and promoting its widespread popularity around the wrold.

Saudi Arabian DataVolt is discussing connecting Uzbekistan to the international communications line running from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan through the bottom of the Caspian Sea, DataVolt’s CEO Rajit Nanda told in a press conference.

Uzbekistan authorities unveiled plans to launch high-speed internet for remote areas of the country in 2026, the president Mirziyoyev announced at the government meeting on IT development.

The Adolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party has proposed to significantly harshen penalties for drivers who grossly violate traffic regulations.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of the IT-park project in Tashkent’s Mirzo Ulugbek district.

The Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Shukhrat Kholmukhammedov hosted the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov in Samarkand city yesterday.

On the evening of October 20, a report surfaced on social media claiming that a 31-year-old man, sentenced in 2018 to 16 years in prison for rape and held in a penal colony in Akhangaran district of Tashkent province, had raped a third-grader.

Due to the holding of the 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference, roads entering Samarkand will be closed from October 30 to November 14, the Interior Ministry said.

Adult multidisciplinary medical center project in Tashkent, the press service of the Ministry of Health said. The project is being financed by the Eximbank of Korea and the Economic Development and Cooperation Fund (EDCF).

The Anti-Corruption Agency filed a request to the State Assets Management Agency (SAMA) demanding to abide by the principles of openness and transparency in the privatization of state-owned property, the Agency's press service said.

At a meeting on countering corruption and strengthening the transparency of government bodies, Adiz Boboev, acting governor of Samarkand province, called on officials to lead by example, the provincial governor’s office said.

The reconstruction of Shota Rustaveli street, where for the first time in Uzbekistan a dedicated bus rapid transit lane (BRT) has been set up in the center of the street, will become a model for other Tashkent streets, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced Wednesday during the project progress inspection.

The Samarkand city criminal court, chaired by Zarifa Akhmedova, issued verdict against the director and three employees of a gas supply company in connection with an explosion that killed seven members of one family, including three small children (the Ministry of Emergency Situations initially reported six fatalities).

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia signed 10 accords following the meetings of the intergovernmental commission and the Business Council on October 14, the press service of the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade said.

Chief of the Qiziltepa district emergency department in Navoi province was caught receiving a large bribe, the State Security Service’s press service said today.