Ecotourism complex is planned to be erected on the shore of the South Surkhan reservoir in Kumkurgan district, the press service of the governor’s office of Surkhandarya province said.

Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan are of key importance for Uzbekistan in terms of transport and logistics, since the two countries are important participants in the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian transport route), the Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

86.3 thousand Uzbeks were employed in more than 17 countries in 2025 H1, the press service of the Legislative Chamber said. The Milliy Tiklanish party, together with the Committee on Labor, Healthcare and Social Affairs, held an expanded meeting on August 21 dedicated to labor migration and ensuring the rights of countrymen abroad.

Uzbekistan has made remarkable strides in reducing poverty over the past four years. According to the latest Household Budget Survey (HBS) by the National Statistics Committee, the poverty rate has dropped from 17% in 2021 to just 8.9% in 2024 (Figure 1). This indicates that the share of the population living below the national poverty line has nearly halved during this period.

Prices for hot water supply and heat supply for Tashkent city are expected to rise. This is stated in the August 22 order of the capital's council of people's deputies, which approved the proposal of the Veolia Energy Tashkent.

After a comfortable temperature background on the weekend, the air temperature in Uzbekistan will begin to rise from Monday, Uzпшdromet said.

The King Abdullah II bin Hussein of Jordan will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on 25−26 August, the press service of the president said. Reportedly, this will be the first visit of a Jordan’s King to Uzbekistan.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a congratulatory message to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people on the occasion of Independence Day of Ukrainian. The Ukrainian leader published the text of the letter on his X page.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov had a telephone conversation with the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. “Had a constructive phone call with Foreign Minister of Russia H.E. Sergey Lavrov, Saidov said on his Telegram channel.

The Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR has commenced developing an oil field in Uzbekistan, announced the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Friday at a trilateral meeting with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Turkmenbashi.

A Trilateral Summit of the Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took place on Friday, August 22 in the Avaza National Tourist Zone, the presidential press service said.

On Friday and the weekend, light, sometimes variable cloudiness without precipitation is expected in Uzbekistan. The air temperature will be within +35…+37 degrees Celsius range, in the south and desert zone — up to +40, Uzhydromet reported.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber at the session on August 19 passed in the first reading a bill aimed at improving the system of governmental management and oversight over the use of atomic energy.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to improve the degree of dleivering justice by implementing AI into the judiciary and improving the logistical support of the judicial system Decree, the Ministry of Justice said.

Today in the afternoon, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev landed in Turkmenistan to attend the Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan trilateral summit.

Uzbekistan has adopted its first national standard establishing unified technical requirements for systems that alert and inform the population about potential or occurring emergencies. The new standard is a significant step towards enhancing civil protection mechanisms and strengthening national resilience to natural disasters.

This year, Uzbeks will not have any additional days off on the occasion of the Independence Day holiday (September 1) from August 30 to September 1, the press service of the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction reported.

Today on August 22, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and will land Turkmenistan on a business visit to attend the Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan trilateral summit, the presidential press service said.

An Uzbek national N.S., a native of Samarkand province, was stabbed to death out of jealousy by her husband, an Uzbek national in Istanbul on August 17.

Over 707,000 traffic violations were recorded between July 15 and August 15 across the country, the İnterior Ministry said in a report following the end of second stage of the Safe and Healthy Country campaign.