The Central Asia and Azerbaijan today form a single geopolitical and geo-economic province, the Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said in Tashkent on August 23 following talks with the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held a one-on-one meeting and the third session of the Supreme Bilateral Council at the Kuksaroy residence Sunday, the Uzbek president's press service reported.

Uzhydromet, Uzbekistan's national weather service, has released its forecast for August 24, predicting a relative drop in temperatures on Monday.

Uzbekistan's universities enrolled 24,647 international students in 2025, drawing young people from more than 50 countries in a sign of the country's rapidly growing standing as an education destination in Central and South Asia, according to an analysis released by the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education.

Uzbekneftegaz and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a network of modern gas stations in Uzbekistan. The agreement was signed in Tashkent on August 22 during the fourth Uzbekistan-Azerbaijan Interregional Forum, held ahead of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's visit to the Uzbek capital.

Tashkent city authorities plan to convert the 4.36-hectare site of the city's oncology center into an open public green park, the Tashkent city administration's press service reported.

Three Uzbek nationals were killed in a road accident in Kazakhstan's Kyzylorda province, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

An open discussion of the new Real Estate Agency Activities Law was held in the main hall of the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP), organized jointly by the party and the Chamber of Realtors of Uzbekistan. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the law on August 7, and it is set to take effect on November 8, 2026.

The number of bank cards in circulation in Uzbekistan reached 75.7 million as of August 1, 2026, the Central Bank's press service reported.

The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on August 23-24 at the invitation of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Uzbek presidency website said.

Uzbekistan has enshrined into law a guarantee that businesses can participate in drafting regulations that affect their rights and interests.

A new Bektemir City business district will be erected in Tashkent on 58 hectares under the August 18 order signed by the Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov.

Tashkent plans to build a large, modern, interactive library in each of the city's 12 districts, with sites already selected for all of them, Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov told the state news agency UzA.

The First Deputy Minister of Culture and Cinematography Agency Director Jahongir Akhmedov has revealed that Uzbekfilm, the country's state film studio, is in serious financial distress.

The chief of the Presidential Administration Saida Mirziyoyeva returned to Bukhara province today, August 21 to check in on a string of infrastructure and tourism projects she had set in motion during a visit just three months earlier — a follow-up that doubled as a status report on the government's promises.

Tashkent has identified sites for the construction of multi-level and underground parking garages with a combined capacity of 200,000 vehicles, which will be auctioned off in phases, Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov said in an interview with the state news agency UzA.

Uzbekistan has established formal procedures for declaring an emergency, transmitting urgent information, and providing rapid response in the event of a radiation accident — or the risk of one — at a nuclear power plant.

A man set fire to his father-in-law's home in the Kuva district of Fergana province following a family dispute, the Zamon news program reported.

Uzbekistan's sweltering heat will ease slightly on August 22 and 23, the country's national weather service, Uzhydromet, reported Friday.

Uzbekistan's women's national team now knows its road to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, after Tuesday's draw pitted the side against Papua New Guinea, Ghana, and South Africa in the preliminary round of a new intercontinental play-off tournament, the Uzbekistan Football Association announced.