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.

As per the President's decision, Olimjon Abdullaev has been appointed as the Deputy Foreign Minister. Reportedly, he has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for many years. Before this, he worked as the Consul General of Uzbekistan in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) in 2021-2024.

The Senate passed a new version of the Protection of State Secrets law at its October 23 session. Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defense and Security Tolibjon Madumarov underscored that the current law was adopted in 1993, so there was a "need to improve the legal framework for regulating relations in this area."

Pierre-Paul Antenissens, Director of the French EDF in Central Asia touched upon projects and spуcifics of doing business in Uzbekistan during the International Partnership Initiatives Week on October 18.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Kazan on October 23-24 to attend the BRICS summit, the presidential press service said.

The Afghan authorities have reduced the fees and charges for Uzbek freight carriers from, the press service of the Ministry of Transport said.

Three people, including two Russian nationals, were found dead in a Tashkent hotel Sunday, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said.