President Mirziyoyev signed a decree on new steps aimed at improving the efficient use of water resources, conserving drinking water, and upgrading the billing system in the sector.

Natural gas production in Uzbekistan totaled 18.3 billion cubic meters in January–June 2026, down 16.4 percent from 21.9 billion cubic meters over the same period in 2025, the State Statistics Committee said in a report.

The new legislative changes and the major updates will take effect in August. The full list of changes have been compiled below.

On July 28–29, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Transport, Ilkhom Makhkamov, and Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Talantbek Soltobayev, visited key construction sites along the Kyrgyz section of the upcoming China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway to inspect the progress of the project.

At the invitation of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will today head to Kazakhstan to attend the grand opening ceremony of the third international Future Games in Astana.

A new hotline, accessible via the short code 1246, has been launched to report incidents that threaten the lives and health of children.

Today the Yangihayot District Criminal Court in Tashkent will begin hearing a criminal case against former Deputy Interior Minister Bekmurod Abdullaev, former chief of the Department for the Execution of Punishments Rustam Tursunov, and 28 other defendants.

An ancient cave containing rock art and inscriptions has been discovered in the Sokh district of the Fergana region, according to a report by the O‘zbekiston 24 television channel.

During the first half of 2026 (January–June), inbound remittances to Uzbekistan through international money transfer systems reached $9.3 billion. This represents a 13% increase compared to the same period in 2025 and a substantial 44% surge compared to the first half of 2024.

In the first half of 2026, Uzbekistan's airports handled 64,831 flights, up 8% compared to the same period last year, the press service of Uzbekistan Airports reported. Of the total, 47,371 flights were international and 17,460 were domestic.

A ​Swiss court handed private bank Lombard Odier a 3 million Swiss franc ($3.68 million) ‌fine on Monday for failing to prevent money laundering but dropped proceedings against Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's former president.

Tashkent is exploring the procurement of agricultural products from Afghanistan to secure local food supplies, the press service of the capital’s mayor's office  reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized the Russian government to open negotiations with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to amend their existing military-technical cooperation treaties. Two executive orders, signed on July 27, were published on the official portal for legal information. They target the December 24, 2013 agreement with Kazakhstan and the November 29, 2016 treaty with Uzbekistan.

A 12-year-old schoolboy has tragically lost his life in a traffic accident, triggering a criminal investigation. Video footage obtained by Kun.uz reveals a Cobalt driving on the wrong side of the road before striking the child, who was crossing the pedestrian walkway on a bicycle.

A woman in the Chiroqchi district of the Qashqadaryo region has stood trial on charges of driving her daughter-in-law to suicide. The case was reported by the news outlet Daryo, citing official criminal court records.

On Monday, following the government meeting on problems in the fuel and energy sector, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited construction sites in New Tashkent, his press service reported.

On July 27, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a video-conference government meeting on priority tasks in the fuel and energy sector.

Georgy Sorokin, a notorious underworld figure known by the aliases "Jora Tashkentsky" and "Soroka" (The Magpie), has been arrested in Egypt and extradited to Uzbekistan.

A new Center for Digitalization of Fuel and Energy Complex and AI Implementation will be established under the Ministry of Energy, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced during the government meeting Monday.

A criminal case has been launched in Samarkand after three men brutally beat a local resident, the press service of the Provincial Police Department reported.