The President Mirziyoyev signed a decree introducing new mechanisms for protecting human rights through courts last Thursday.

In November 2024, a man who intended to have a sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old neighbor's daughter in Andijan province was only handed five-day administrative arrest for this, the anti-violence Nemolchi.uz project said.

President Mirziyoyev signed decree on January 30 requiring laboratory testing of palm oil and products containing palm oil and trans fats.

According to the State Security Service, the chief specialist of the Transport Department of the Khorezm province, having gained trusted a man engaged in business activities, promised to hand over a 960-square-meter vacant land plot belonging to another individual in the city of Urgench through acquaintances in the cadastral offices, and demanded 135 thousand US dollars in return for issuing the relevant documents for the construction of a multi-storey residential building there, and received US$ 80 thousand upfront. At the time of his arrest, law enforcement agencies seized evidence.

The Legislative Chamber posted a draft Concept of national policies on religious freedom of individuals has been posted for public input.

The Foreign Ministry welcomed the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of hostages in the statement on Sunday. We see these agreements as a very important positive step towards deescalating the tensions and ensuring long-awaited peace in the region, the spokesman to the Foreign Ministry Akhror Burkhanov said.

Polish companies are showing great interest in workers from Central Asia, primarily from Uzbekistan. Uzbeks are valued in Poland for their hard work, discipline, and their desire to master other skills. This, in turn, allows Polish enterprises to effectively fill the manpower shortage, the Dziennik Wschodni magazine said in a story.

Uzbekistan is mulling to join the common customs transit system of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and a third party, stated the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov at the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Almaty Friday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and will pay an official visit to Malaysia on February 4-5, the presidential press service said.

The second trilateral meeting of the ministers of Foreign affairs, Economy, Trade, and Transport of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye took place in Ankara on January 29, where the countries reiterated their commitment to jointly counter threats to the parties’ sovereignty, simplify trade, and assist Uzbekistan in transporting cargo via the Middle Corridor, the Ministry of Transport said.

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military have captured about thirty citizens from Central Asian countries. It is not yet clear from which countries these people are, as they did not have identity documents with them, the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice said.

Today at the Digital Almaty 2025 Forum: themed Industrial AI, the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov presented Uzbekistan's AI Development Strategy 2030.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber at its session on January 31 passed the bill on exchange of convicts between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The bill has now been sent to the Senate for approval. Earlier, a similar bill was also passed by the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber at its session on January 24 passed amendments to the Labor Code in the first reading, the press service of the Chamber said.

The Ambassador of Romania to Uzbekistan Daniel Cristian Ciobanu met with the students of Webster University and Tashkent State Law University. During the meeting, the Ambassador told the students about the Romanian-Uzbek ties and prospects for their development. Bearing in mind that on January 24, Romania celebrated the 166th anniversary of the unification of the Romanian principalities of Moldova and Wallachia, the Ambassador Ciobanu spoke in detail about the special significance of this historical event.

Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan are exploring the possibility of recognizing ID cards as an international document for crossing borders. This matter was addressed during an online meeting between officials of the Uzbek Interior Ministry and the State Migration Service of Azerbaijan, with participation from consular and legal departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Uzbekistan will implement a major program to install solar panels in homes and businesses, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office said yesterday.

First Deputy Director of the Strategic Reforms Agency, Abdulla Abdukodirov today hosted a delegation of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), including Igor Alekseev, Vasily Guryev, and Igor Kopytov.

According to the Statistical Agency, the number of passenger traffic run by state-owned Uzbekistan Airways grew by 14.9% (or 781 thousand passengers) to 6 million people in 2024 to the last year.

Indian Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured an order to construct Uzbekistan’s first AI-enabled 10-megawatt data center in Tashkent. The project, valued between US$120-300 million, aims to integrate advanced technology with sustainability, setting a new standard for data infrastructure in the region.