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.

Uzbekistan will not join any military structures and remains an observer state in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Akmal Saidov, the first deputy speaker of the Legislative Chamber announced at the opening of the International Partnership Initiatives Week held in Tashkent.

A man from Uzbekistan who was recruited into the Russian army was sentenced. According to the court verdict, Sh.J., 56, a native of in Bulungur district of Samarkand province. In August 2023, he was recruited into the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Uzavtosanoat presented statistics on sales of cars of local manufacturers in Uzbekistan for January-September 2024. It includes cars manufactured or assembled in Uzbekistan, including CPU (fully assembled cars ready for sale).

According to the Ministry of Ecology, Deputy of Environment, Iskandar was in Seoul on October 7-11 and held talks with several waste processing companies.

Another case of violence against a child at school occurred in the Syrdarya province. A message from the father of a girl who is a first-grader at School No. 27 appeared on social networks. He reported that a teacher named Guzal reportedly pricked his daughter's arms with a needle and did not let her go to the toilet, locking the classroom door.

The delegation from the representatives of the European Union in Uzbekistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), conducted field visits to various Innovation Groups (IGs) in the Fergana province, focusing on pioneering agricultural and aquacultural practices.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with a presentation on the work done in the field of road construction and future priorities.

Two vehicles collided on the Beineu-Tazhen highway in Kazakhstan today, in which 10 people were injured, six of them died, Lada.kz publication reported, citing sources in the police department and the health department of the Mangistau region.

Officers of the Interior Ministry and the State Security Service in an operation arrested a man in Tashkent who owned two drug labs, the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the launch of the fourth copper concentrator plant project of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Plant on Tuesday.

On October 15, U.S. Ambassador Jonathan Henick visited Khojayli, Karakalpakstan, to celebrate the reopening of the newly reinforced structure of the Khalif Erejep Mausoleum.  The International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) received an U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to restore this critically vulnerable structure.

The British Council, the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has just presented the results of a survey which answers some of the key questions included in its book The Future of English: Global Perspectives, in the framework of the first anniversary of its publication.

Director of the Nuclear Power Plant Construction Management Company of the Nuclear Energy Development Agency (Uzatom) Otabek Amanov spoke to journalists today 15 about the progress of the Uzbekistan small-scale NPP project and other details of the facility.

More than 70 experts from Central Asian countries are gathering in Tashkent for a two-day workshop focused on restoring land, protecting biodiversity, and addressing climate change.

On October 12-13, Uzbekistan hosted its first-ever Maker Faire Festival, supported by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, aimed at fostering a new wave of creative entrepreneurship in the country.

The Interior Ministry has warned parents whose children are seen to be involved in a “subculture called quadrobica,” where young people imitate animal behavior using accessories (masks, tails).