The phase I of the tender for the public-private partnership (PPP) project for the modernization and management of Urgench International Airport has been announced. It is being managed by the Government of Uzbekistan jointly with Uzbekistan Airports, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

On August 5, the Tashkent’s Yunusabad district criminal court issued a verdict in the criminal case against Saidaziz Saidaliyev (Saidaziz of Medtown) and 28 other people.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hosted the Uzbek President’s Media Aide, Saida Mirziyoyeva, the press service of Akorda said today.

Uzgidromet posted the weather forecast for the city of Tashkent on Tuesday, August 6. The weather will be slightly cloudy, changeable from time to time, with no precipitation expected. The temperature will be +22...+24 degrees Celsius at night, and +37...+39 degrees during the day.

Uzbekistan ranked 78th in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2023, which measured rule of law adherence among over 150 thousand households in 137 countries worldwide. Featuring primary data, the WJP Rule of Law Index measures countries’ rule of law performance across eight factors: Constraints on Government Powers, Absence of Corruption, Open Government, Fundamental Rights, Order and Security, Regulatory Enforcement, Civil Justice, and Criminal Justice.

The Dustlik District Criminal Court of of Jizzakh province has sentenced the director and teacher of a family kindergarten where a pupil, 3, died in February after falling into a ditch, the spokesman to the Supreme Court, Aziz Abidov.

12 foreign nationals and 18 Uzbeks were arrested in Tashkent’s Yakkasaray district on suspicion of organizing online gambling in a rented house, the press service of the Tashkent City Police Department said.

The Uzbek Embassy in Israel has recommended its citizens to refrain from visiting certain areas "due to the current security situation" in the country.

The president Mirziyoyev signed a decree setting up a Climate Council, the Ministry of Justice said today.

On August 1, PM Abdulla Aripov, on the instruction of the president,chaired a government meeting on fuel and energy matters attended by heads of ministries and departments, the spokesman to the PM Bekzod Khidoyatov said.

Elements of the updated navigation were installed at two stations of the Tashkent metro - Alisher Navoi and Pakhtakor, a press release from TBC Bank and Payme, which initiated the project, said.

Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Davron Vakhabov supported the adoption of electric vehicle import duties to Uzbekistan at a round table with business leaders on Thursday.

An accident in which a young child died in Urgut district of Samarkand province. The accident happened on June 24, 2024 in the Lower Algar neighborhood of the district. A driver I.R. 38, in his GM Cobalt car driving on Toiloq-Urgut hit N.N., 3, who was crossing the road. As a result, the child died.

Uzgidromet unveiled the weather forecast for the city of Tashkent for the weekend. It will be partly cloudy weather without precipitation, with prevailing temperatures at night +24…+26 degrees Celsius, and +37…+39 degrees during the day.

Urgench airport will resume operations on August 5 at 11:00 a.m., as the construction and repair work were completed ahead of schedule, Uzbekistan Airports said.

The Senate’s speaker Tanzila Norboeva hosted the chief of the representative office of UNFPA in Uzbekistan Nigina Abaszade. The parties reviewed the current state and perspectives of cooperation between Uzbekistan and UNFPA, including matters related to the projects and activities implemented in Uzbekistan with the support of the fund.

The Royal "pomegranate juice-added" carbonated drink, produced in Afghanistan, failed to meet quality standards, the Technical Regulation Oversight Authority (formerly the Uzstandard Agency) stated.

Uzbekistan’s permanent population as of July 1, 2024 was 37 million 134.2 thousand people. Thus, since the beginning of the year, the permanent population grew by more than 334 thousand people, and compared to the same period in 2023 - 761.8 thousand people, or 2.1%, the Statistics Agency said in a report.

The 3,750-soum per m3 price ceiling of natural gas for vehicles, set at the end of May, has expired today (until June 1, the ceiling price was 3,350 soums).

The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made a brief stop in Tashkent on Wednesday evening on her way from China, where she was on an official visit from July 28 to 31. She was welcomed at the airport by the Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov.