The UzAviation Agency has granted permits to Malaysian, South Korean and Egyptian airlines for regular Uzbekistan-bound flights.

Uzbekistan and Switzerland signed a deal today in Tashkent on the return of the confiscated assets which belonged to the late president Islam Karimov’s elder daughter, Gulnara Karimova.

The Attorney General's Office has examined the legality of the court ruling issued in the case of a husband and wife who offered a 13-year-old girl money for sex with the man, the press service of the Attorney General's Office said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim attended Uzbek-Malaysian Business Forum in Kuala Lumpur, the presidential press service said Wednesday.

Malaysian company Meraque will launch smart agricultural machinery and drones manufacturing unit in Uzbekistan, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture said.

As part of the program in Kuala Lumpur, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim visited the headquarters of the Petronas Corporation and met with the company's President & CEO Mohammed Taufik, the presidential press service said.

According to the Tasnim News Agency, an economic delegation from Uzbekistan, which traveled to Kabul and met with officials from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Taliban government, announced that the country is ready to import coal from Afghanistan to create a balance in trade between the two countries.

The crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E-190 in December 2024 was attributed to damage “probably caused by external objects penetrating the aircraft components”, according to a preliminary report from the Kazakh government. 

MPs of the Legislative Chamber at the February 4 meeting passed a bill on consumer protection and sent it to the Senate, the press service of the Chamber said.

Cabinet of Ministers issued a Resolution on improving the government agencies' websites Friday. According to the document, from March 1, all official government agencies' websites will migrate to the Government Portal (gov.uz), operated by the Unified Integrator of State Information Systems - Uzinfocom.

Following the talks in Kuala Lumpur, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim signed a Joint Statement on Deepening Bilateral Cooperation on the Path to Strategic Partnership and oversaw the signing of other accords:

The leaders of Uzbekistan and Malaysia have agreed to declare 2025-2026 Innovative Development of the Uzbek-Malaysian Partnership Ties. This was announced during the talks between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim today in Kuala Lumpur.

Cabinet of Ministers issued a Resolution on January 29 aimed at simplifying the crossing of border by individuals and those moving on vehicles.

As per the government’s January 31 Additional measures to finance work on organizing infrastructure for recycling batteries of vehicles with electric motors Resolution the recycling tax for electric vehicles (HS code 8703 80) will be raised from May 1.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed the report on major transport infrastructure projects, including the Trans-Afghan Railway project Monday.

The Tashkent subway received the delivery of three trains manufactured by the Metrovagonmash plant (Russia), the subway's press service said today.

President, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on the country's defense capabilities Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting Monday, where he in particular, reviewed a report on major transport infrastructure projects, including the alternative Tashkent to Andijan highway project.

Templeton Global Investments, a part of Franklin Templeton, signed an agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and has been assigned as a trustee of the Uzbekistan National Investment Fund (UzNIF), the press service of MEF said.

Uzgidromet posted the weather forecast in Tashkent city for the business week.  There will be no precipitation in Tashkent on February 3-7. Temperature on February 3-4 will be 0…-2 degrees Celsius at night, and +8…+10 degrees during the day.