The Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov hosted the Director General of China Railway, Xuede Sun and the Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment Department of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, Jin Xing.

Uzbeks filed 58,691 visa applications in 2024 (an increase of 26.21% compared to 2023). Applicants from Uzbekistan are responsible for 0.50% of all Schengen visa requests submitted globally.

The Uzbek Technological Metals Plant (UzKTM) dispatched its first export delivery of 99.9% pure metallic rhenium, the company's press service said.

Unmanned aerial vehicle complex has been inaugurated in a military unit of the border troops of the State Security Service (SSS), the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel reported. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the chief of the SSS, Bakhodir Kurbanov.

800-mm heating networks pipe at the intersection of Farabi and Shifokorlar streets in Tashkent’s Almazar district broke during a test for mechanical strength, the Veolia Energy Tashkent said.

The Antitrust Committee has recognized 29 companies with exclusive rights as having a dominant position in the commodity or financial market, the press service of the Committee said.

The State Security Service (SSS) arrested the mayor Makhmud Kholbutaev of the Sharaf-Rashidov district in Jizzakh province on suspicion of committing corruption crimes.

The Tashkent mayor Shavkat Umurzakov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel about plans for a major overhaul of the capital's road network.

Cybercrime has been named one of the most pressing problems in Uzbekistan, accounting for 42% of all crimes in the country year-to-date. the president Mirziyoyev said at the government meeting dedicated to preventing crimes in neighbourhoods and ensure the rule of law.

A waste-to-energy project in Andijan province will be designed to process 1,500 tons of waste daily and generate 240 million kWh of power annually. The $140 million project is being implemented by a Chinese company and will take approximately 18 months to be commissioned.

At the government meeting on improving road safety and reduction of jams, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev focused on the Uzbekistan public transport, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov reported.

The UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued an official opinion on the case of Gulnara Karimova.

The National Electric Networks and the Chinese Shandong Electrical Engineering & Equipment Group signed the contract for the designing, procurement and installing of two high-voltage (220 kV) Zafar and Fayziobod substations in Tashkent, the press service of the Ministry of Energy said.

9,364 road accidents occurred in Uzbekistan in 2024, in which almost 9,000 people were injured and 2,203 people died, stated Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the government meeting on road safety and reducing congestion.

Law enforcement bodies arrested 12 people suspected of extortion and fraud at the auto parts market on Farkhad street in Uchtepa district of Tashkent, the press service of the State Security Service reported.

Uzbekistan’s population reached 37,859,698 people as of July 1, 2025, recording a 2% increase compared to the same period in 2024, the National Statistics Committee said in a report.

13 employees of Andijan State University were sentenced to imprisonment in a criminal case on the theft of public funds on an especially large scale.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Russian President Vladimir Putin over the telephone, the Uzbek presidential press service said.

The Minsk Tractor Plant (MTP) will supply more than 3,000 tractors and tractor kits to Uzbekistan before 2026, the BELTA news agency said.

The President Mirziyoyev signed the Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill into Law Monday.