Sunday, 08, March, 2026

National

The Minister of Mining and Geology, Bobir Islamov hosted the CEO of Traxys Group Tuesday. In the talks were also present the Director of Navoiyuran, Jamol Fayzullaev, and Director of the Uzbekistan Technological Metals Plant, Farkhod Abdullayev, the Central Asian regional office of Traxys Group said.

Garden Catering Trade is the food supplier to kindergartens in Fergana province where children were poisoned with food. Over the weekend, at least 62 children from three public kindergartens in the city (No. 2, No. 58, and No. 61) were hospitalized with a diagnosis of "acute diarrheal disease of alimentary etiology." T​three of them are in intensive care in "stable" condition. A criminal case has been opened under the Violation of sanitary regulations charge.

The UK is hosting the Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for a landmark summit in London.

Nearly 4,000 Uzbek women married Turkish nationals, placed second after Syrian women in 2025. The total number of foreign brides in Türkiye stood at 28 thousand 646 reaching 5.2% of total brides.

Uzbekistan abstained from voting on a United Nations General Assembly draft resolution that called for an immediate, complete, and unconditional ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.

On February 6, the Bustan District Criminal Court of Andijan province sentenced a 24-year-old man who was recruited by the Russian army in its invasion of Ukraine.

Wolt will be permanently closing its service in Uzbekistan from 5th March 2026, Clients will no longer be able to place orders through the service’s app or website, the company said in a statement on its website.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a Specially Designated Nationals List Update, which includes an Uzbek national Azizjon Mamashoev, 38, and the company Advance Security Solutions.

Uzbekistan's first toll road project between Urgench and Khiva has begun in Khorezm province, the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel said in a story.

Criminal case has been opened in Fergana following the mass poisoning of children in public kindergartens, the Fergana Province Police Department (FPPD) said.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Belarussian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin, the presidential press service said.

As part of the visit of the delegation led by the Tashkent province governor Zoyir Mirzaev and the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Russia Botir Asadov to Bashkortostan, the parties discussed ways to expand cooperation between the provinces, and unveiled one of the main joint projects: the Uzbekistan-Bashkir technopark project in Bekabad district.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the meeting with youth at Koksaroy residence. More than 60,000 young people from Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city are participating in the meeting.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on progress of major energy projects, ensuring sustainability of the power system, and improving energy efficiency, the presidential press service said.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree awarding Jasorat (Courage) medal to Khairullo Ibodullaev, a janitor in St. Petersburg, Russia. On February 22, Khairullo, 36, caught a 7-year-old boy who had fallen from a seventh-floor window.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed the progress of his previous directives to improve the performance of Uzbekneftegaz on Monday.

Pilot projects for artificial rainfall, or cloud seeding, will be deployed in Uzbekistan, based on the experience of France, China, and Saudi Arabia. This is envisaged by a decree of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the state program for 2026.

Religious figure and founder of Azon media group, Alisher Tursunov, aka Mubashshir Akhmad, was temporarily transferred to Specialized Hospital for Convicts No. 23 in Tashkent on Friday. His lawyer, Abdulloh Sodiq confirmed this information. The first to report this news was the director of Ezgulik human rights society Abdurakhmon Tashanov.

A 35-year-old man who was being held in a pre-trial detention center in Kattakurgan district of the Samarkand province died. According to official information, he died while being taken to the hospital due to deteriorating health.

Sixty-two children from three Fergana kindergartens (No. 2, No. 58, and No. 61) have been hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute diarrheal disease of alimentary etiology. The Fergana province health department said Monday.