The president Mirziyoyev approved amendments introducing fines for illegal installation of rising arm barriers and blocking of streets Thursday with immediate effect, the Ministry of Justice said. 

A Nexia driver drove his car into people on a football pitch at a school in Nurabad district. The provincial traffic police department said that an investigation is underway into the incident.

Amendments were made to the Administrative Offences Code introducing fines for driving on bus lanes (save for permitted cases). Motorists will also be punished for driving on sidewalks, pedestrian and bicycle paths, "green" zones adjacent to the specified objects.

Experiment with digital labeling of mineral fertilizers and chemicals used to protect plants will be launched starting from May 1. Whilst, starting from May 1 next year, labeling of about 100 types of fertilizers and chemicals will become mandatory. Thus, the list of products for which mandatory labeling has been introduced will be brought to 7.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Managing Director for Operations at the World Bank, Anna Bjerde, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting Wednesday dedicated to boosting the tourism potential of the provinces and expediting the implementation of foreign-invested projects.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today hosted the former UK’s Prime Minister and Chairman of the Institute for Global Change, Tony Blair, the presidential press service said. The parties discussed the ways to develop cooperation between Uzbekistan and the Institute.

Zeekr EV caught fire while it was charging in Tashkent. The Ministry of Emergency Situations clarified the details. The fire occurred at 07:30 a.m. on Furkat street in Chilanzar district. Fire and rescue crew arrived at the scene at 07:35, the fire was extinguished at 08:28. The cause was a fire in the battery compartment of the electric car. No one was hurt.

Chinese Shandong Aipurui Steel Plate Co., Ltd will erect a metal processing plant in Taraqqiyot industrial zone in Tashlak district of Fergana province, the press service of the provincial administration said.

The chief of the Andijan Employment and Poverty Reduction Department was fired after photos surfaced on social media showing him using a psychoactive substance, allegedly in his office. The head of the press service of the Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Employment, Gulnoza Alimova, confirmed that the people in the photo are indeed employees of the system.

Uzbekistan signed cooperation agreements with US companies, including on mining, implementation of innovations and advanced training of Uzbek experts.

Uzbekistan and China have not pulled back their plans to introduce a 30-day visa-free, the spokesman to the Foreign Ministry Akhror Burkhonov said that at the stage of completing internal procedures. “Then a visa-free will take effect for a period of 30 days,” he added.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz on Monday.

As part of the implementation of the agreements reached following the Uzbek-Russian high-level meetings in 2024, the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Russian Ministry of Transport , as well as Uzbekistan Railways and Russian Railways signed a set of documents on the start of the project implementation, the Russian Transport Minsitry said.

Uzbekistan Airways’ fleet will be significantly replenished to meet tourists flow. This was announced at a gov’t meeting on April 9 chaired by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said today.

The production sharing agreement with Gazprom on the Shokhpakhta gas field in Karakalpakstan has expired, and the Russian company has left the field, the press service of Uzbekneftegaz said.

At a government meeting today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke about global economic instability and its potential impact on Uzbekistan.According to him, in recent days, global financial markets lost 10 trillion in value in just three or four days.” 

OpenAI, that developed the ChatGPT and the DALL-E digital image creation model, has registered as a VAT payer in Uzbekistan as of today, April 9.

Man in Sergeli district of Tashkent attacked two people with a knife and set fire in an apartment, the Milliy TV channel's Millar program said today.

Different prices will be introduced for power consumption within 201 to 500 kWh range. This is provided for by the government resolution of March 31, the Ministry of Energy said today.