Testing of vehicles at Pskent test center will be halted from September 2, 2025, the Technical Regulation Agency said. Testing had commenced in November 2024 with an aim to prevent imports of warrantiless vehicles and reduce the risk of accidents. It turned out then that vehicles that had not passed the approval of technical regulations were imported into the country, and each batch had to be checked separately.

The State Security Service (SSS) reported the arresting of the Namangan city mayor, Anvarjon Otakhodjaev in a case of receiving a large bribe.

The ceremony of exchanging signed bilateral accords took place at the end of the talks between the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Today in the morning the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the Chairman of China Xi Jinping in Beijing, the presidential press service said.

Police department will get drones for preventing and solving crimes, the deputy chief of the Crime Prevention Department of the Interior Ministry Rakhimjon Naimov said at a press briefing Friday.

Uzbekistan is in favor of the consistent expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in his address at the SCO Summit in Tianjin, China today.

The US President’s Special Envoy for Global Partnerships, Paolo Zampolli, who is in Uzbekistan, called Shavkat Mirziyoyev a President of Peace, stressing his efforts to unite the Central Asian region. Earlier on Thursday, he held talks with Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The President Mirziyoyev signed a decree on August 19 ordering to draft a number of bills, presidential decrees and government resolutions aimed at improving the VAT administration and return.

The newly appointed French Ambassador to Uzbekistan Walid Fouque took up his duties on August 27, the press service of the French Embassy said.

On Friday afternoon, cloudless and hot weather will remain in Uzbekistan with an air temperature in +36…+39 degrees Celsius range, Uzhydromet said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the traditional ceremony in honor of the Remembrance Day of Victims of Repression today in the Shahidlar Khotirasi Alley.

"On behalf of the Embassy of Romania in Tashkent and on my own behalf, I cordially congratulate the people of Uzbekistan on the National Holiday — the 34th anniversary of the proclamation of Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan!

The nationals of Uzbekistan and Jordan will be able to travel to both countries without visas for 30 days from September 25, the spokesman to the Foreign Ministry of Affairs, Akhror Burkhanov said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the US Special Envoy for Global Partnerships Paolo Zampolli, the presidential press service said.

Local neighborhood inspectors (policemen) in Uzbekistan will all get body cameras From January 1, 2026, the deputy chief of the Crime Prevention Department of the Interior Ministry Rakhimzhon Naimov said at a press briefing Wednesday.

The Uzcard payment system experienced a glitch today in the afternoon. Users reported that they were unable to make transactions via e-wallets and pay for services, including taxis and public transport.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya. At the meeting, the parties discussed the ways to enhance the Uzbekistan–Japan strategic partnership ties and to expand multifaceted cooperation.

Ticket vending machines will be installed at all stations of the Tashkent Subway, and counter operator jobs will be fully scrapped before 2026.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev laid a capsule in the foundation of the future Uzbekistan National Museum Wednesday. The Museum will be located near the National Park in downtown Tashkent, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan’s permanent population as of 9:35 am on August 28 reached 38 million, the National Statistics Committee said. Of the total, the male population stands at 19,136,800, while the female population reached 18,863,200, or by 273.6 thousand less than men.