Senate approves bill to toughen penalties for border tunnels
09:22:14
At its September 10 plenary session, the Senate approved a bill on amendments to further step up guarding a...
Senate approves bill reforming Latin alphabet
07:29:54
The Senate has approved a bill amending the Latin-Based Uzbek Alphabet Implementation Law, greenlighting a long-discu...
How a judge and a banker conspired to fix a court case
07:23:48
A judge and a bank official caught taking bribes in Sirdaryo province have been sentenced. 39-year-old...
Serbia to open embassy in Tashkent
06:49:51
Serbia plans to open an embassy, a move that could significantly simplify visa procedures for its citizens,...
Government proposes allowing ground-floor apartments to host retail businesses without rezoning
05:58:58
Ground-floor apartments in multi-story residential buildings may soon host retail businesses and service centers with...
Central Asia marks 20 years of nuclear-weapon-free zone treaty
05:49:02
Foreign ministers from the five Central Asian states issued a joint statement marking the 20th anniversary ...
Uzbekistan and Serbia begin drafting free trade agreement
05:47:12
Tashkent and Belgrade have begun drafting a free trade agreement that would establish zero tariff rates on goods on a...
Import duty rates to be set by law after WTO accession, decree says
2026-09-09
The country plans to shift to setting import duty rates by law once it joins the World Trade Organization. ...
Talks explore Tashkent-Jakarta route and pilgrimage tourism ties with Indonesia
2026-09-09
Officials are discussing the launch of direct flights between Uzbekistan and Indonesia, the Tourism Committ...
Uzbek bride in Türkiye denies stealing wedding gold
2026-09-09
An Uzbek woman who married into a family in Türkiye has been accused of stealing gold jewelry gifted b...
Household bank debt rises 18.8% to $20.3 billion over the past year
2026-09-09
Outstanding household loans from banks grew 18.8% over the past year. The Central Bank reported that most o...
New decree gives state temporary say over strategic enterprise sales
2026-09-09
A special temporary state participation right will be implemented for privatization of strategically import...
President signs decree overhauling customs administration
2026-09-09
A presidential decree on improving the operations of state customs service bodies and deploying modern appr...
New bill would lower judicial age limit, create permanent tenure track for judges
2026-09-09
MPs in the Legislative Chamber have approved the Judges' Status Bill in its first reading. The bill is...
Four sentenced to prison for robbing Kazakh national near border post
2026-09-09
A Tashkent province court has sentenced four men to prison for beating a Kazakh national and robbing him of 300 ...
Presidents Mirziyoyev and Vučić launch 2026–2028 joint action plan
2026-09-09
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić have convened a high-level joint business forum...
Traffic police impound Tashkent microvan carrying 25 children
2026-09-09
Traffic police in the Yashnabad district intercepted a Chevrolet Damas microvan on Ohangaron Street on September 4, d...
Uzbekistan lowers down payment on state-owned assets to 15% to boost privatization
2026-09-09
Uzbekistan has lowered the advance payment required for purchasing state-owned assets and non-agricultural land plots...
Vučić signals defense industry expansion and tech transfers at Uzbekistan-Serbia forum
2026-09-09
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has expressed readiness to partner with Uzbekistan in the defense sector, specif...
New decree offers banks and investors tax relief on debt-linked property
2026-09-09
Uzbekistan will offer tax incentives to banks, investment companies and certain real estate buyers to encourage the r...
