Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been called the Silk Road, archaeologists are uncovering two medieval cities that may have bustled with inhabitants a thousand years ago.

Humid air mass from the southwest will spread to the territory of Uzbekistan the weekend, unstable weather is expected, the press service of Uzgidromet said.

"Large-scale reforms and renewal" in the system of police bodies of Uzbekistan will continue, president Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in his congratulatory address to police officers and veterans on their professional holiday.

The External Labor Migration Agency have been terminated and the Migration Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers has been set up to replace it. The germane decree was signed by the President on October 17.

Yandex Uzbekistan is buying stake in Express24 delivery service. The stake’s size and value of the deal have not been disclosed.

The Uzbek company Eriell has signed a gas production contract in Afghanistan, announced the Uzbek President’s Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev today at the International Partnership Initiatives Week.

The Tashkent mayor Shavkat Umurzakov signed a decision Tuesday to contribute an additional 6 billion soums for erecting and repair work to prevent flooding during precipitation.

As part of the Women in Tech Global Awards, Tashkent hosted the regional CCA Awards ceremony on October 20. The event brought together leading representatives of the IT sector, startup founders and innovators from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and other countries.

Installation of dust and gas cleaning equipment due in 2024 at I and II category industrial enterprises high impact on the environment will be delayed, the Prosecutor General's Office reported amid increasing reports of poor air quality.

The president Mirziyoyev signed a bill into law scrapping the procedure for purchase of state-owned assets at "zero" rate.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev made remarks at the BRICS Plus summit in Kazan, Russia, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had brief talks with President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping and President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the BRICS Plus Summit.

At the joint interprovincial forum of the governments of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan held in Samarkand on October 22, the governor of Mangistau region, Nurdaulet Qilibai, made a number of proposals to expand trade and economic ties between Mangistau region and Uzbekistan.

The Foreign Minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the visiting Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavsky today.

The Statistics Agency posted a draft president’s Uzbekistan population census 2026 decree for public input. According to the decree, the census is scheduled from July 15 to August 21, 2026.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Uzbekistan on October 28-29 on a working visit and will be received by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. This was announced at a briefing by the official spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev landed in Kazan to attend BRICS Plus Summi. At the airport, he was welcomed by the president of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and other officials.

Talks took place between officials of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Urban Development of Afghanistan via a video conference call with the support of the Uzbek embassy.

In the 9 months of this year, customs authorities seized 888 kg of narcotic drugs, 406,000 psychotropic and synthetic drug substances.

Today, the Termez State University hosted the opening ceremony of the “Termez Youth Hub”, which has been established by United Nations Development Programme as part of the project funded by the Government of Japan.