The first meeting of the Supreme Interstate Council took place in Astana under the chairmanship of the Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the press service of the Uzbek leader said.

As of August 1, Uzbekistan's official reserves stood at $37.4 billion (+2.9%), recording an increase of $1.06 billion in July, the Central Bank said in a report. This is a record figure for the entire period of statistics.

Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a head-to-head meeting at the Akorda residence in Astana, the press service of the Uzbek leader said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev landed in Astana, Kazakhstan on a state visit, the Uzbek president’s press service said. At the Astana International airport, he was welcomed by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Probation Bill into Law on Wednesday, the press service of the Ministry of Justice said today.

Urgench International Airport opened on August 5 after a major overhaul of the runway. In the evening of that day, it received the first aircraft.

Uzgidromet unveiled the weather forecast for the city of Tashkent on Thursday, August 8. The weather will be slightly cloudy, changeable from time to time, with no precipitation expected. The temperature will be +23...+25 degrees Celsius at night, and +39...+41 degrees during the day.

The Samarkand city criminal court has sentenced the former prosecutor of the Kagan district of the Bukhara province, Bakhodir Gulomov.

In January-July 2024, the state budget deficit of Uzbekistan topped 36.4 trillion soums (about 2 billion US dollars at the Central Bank exchange rate on the day of publication), the Ministry of Economy and Finance said in a report.

Uzbeks will have 4 days off in a row on the occasion of the Independence Day holiday. According to the relevant presidential decree, regardless of working days (5 or 6 day-a-week), Uzbekistan residents will have 4 days off from September 1 to 4:

In Bostanlyk district of Tashkent province, a local policeman killed his wife and 7-month-old child, and then killed himself, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Recognition of rights for illegally seized land plots and buildings and structures built on them Bill into Law, the presidential press service said.

Ms. Akiko Fujii, the newly appointed Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, held her first official meeting with Mr. Aziz Abdukhakimov, the Minister of Ecology, Environment Protection, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan. This introductory meeting served as a platform to reflect on shared achievements and discuss future collaborations.

On August 3, the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov signed a Cabinet of Ministers‘ resolution regulating retail trade in goods subject to mandatory digital labeling.

GM Lacetti driver, 24, died after being hit by a passenger train in his car in Kumkurgan district of Surkhandarya province, the provincial traffic police department press service said.

MP of the Legislative Chamber, Doniyor Ganiev has announced that he took the decision to step down as the MP in the lower house of the parliament. He is one of the few members of parliament who spoke out and criticized openly on important issues.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with a presentation of measures aimed at developing competition on Monday, the presidential press service said.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will unveil an economic aid package for Central Asia in a meeting with five leaders in Central Asia-Japan Summit in Kazakhstan early next month, the Japanese government said.

In the first year-half, Uzbekistan Airways’ profit increased by 5.4 times to the same period last year, the company said in a report. The company's assets grew to 18.6 trillion soums, which is 1% more than the figure for the H1 of 2023.

Uzbek truck and bus drivers will be hired for jobs in Slovakia, the Dunyo news agency said. Uzbek Ambassador Bakhtiyor Ibragimov met with the President of the Slovak Association of Road Carriers (Česmad) Pavol Piešťanský.