Thursday, 18, September, 2025

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The State Security Service (SSS) has issued a warning about the growing influence of criminal subcultures, in particular the A.U.E. movement, among young people and migrant workers, particularly in Russia.

A trilateral meeting took place between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the National Leader of the Turkmen People/Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in Avaza, Turkmenistan.

In H1 of 2025, Uzbekistan courts held over 5,000 people accountable for domestic violence, said Aziz Abidov, the spokesman to the Supreme Court.

The Senate at its meeting on August 1 passed a bill providing for more lenient criminal penalties for minors. The bill proposes to deem those persons who committed a crime before reaching the age of 18 and fully served their sentence as having no criminal record.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev presented an address in the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in Avaza National Tourist Zone in Turkmenbashi, the presidential press service said.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber at its meeting today passed the Urban Renovation Bill in the first reading, the press service of Chamber said.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the special event dedicated to the preparation and holding of the Seventh Central Asia Summit in Tashkent.

Massive heat wave will hit the northern regions in the middle of the week, and from Friday, most of the country. As previously reported, in the last days of July and early August, daytime temperatures were well below 40 degrees. Nighttime temperatures dropped to +11 degrees in the mountains, and to +5 degrees in very high mountain areas.

Seven inspectors of the Bukhara province environmental protection department were awarded the Nature’s Protector breastplate for their courage and dedication in protecting nature, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.

Sea Breeze Uzbekistan has been registered as a legal entity in Uzbekistan following the government's Measures to create the Sea Breeze resort on the coast of the Charvak reservoir in the Bostanlyk district of the Tashkent province Resolution.

Today in Tel Aviv, the Uzbekistan-based company Expert One and the Israeli international gemological organization GCI Gemological Centers signed an agreement to set up a joint venture, Dunyo News Agency said.

Video footages of a group of women busy refurbishing a school are circulating on social media. They were cleaning and whitewashing the walls and ceilings of school rooms and halls.

The Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade, Laziz Kudratov host the CEO of Qatari investment company Protocol Capital Group Ahmad Abdulla Al Jufairi Thursday. The parties explored the opportunities to expand partnership in key sectors of the Uzbek economy.

The government has brought forward strict conditions to the investor of the Sea Breeze Uzbekistan project on Charvak, the adviser to the Minister of Environmental Protection Rasul Kusherbayev stated.

Uzbekistan tops the list of 33 countries by the number of citizens captured in Ukraine during the military conflict after the Russia’s invasion. All of them ended up there as mercenaries under contract with the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian project "I Want to Live", created to help Russian soldiers voluntarily surrender.

A delegation from the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade landed in the United States to promote Uzbek goods, to expand export opportunities and to develop bilateral trade and economic ties, the Ministry said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and will visit Turkmenistan on 4–5 August to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. He will also attend an event dedicated to preparations for the upcoming Centra Asia Summit.

The government plans to build a new road between Tashkent and Charvak, the Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation of transport projects onFriday. According to the presidential press service, new international airport will be erected in Tashkent province. Currently, proposals from foreign companies are being considered within the framework of a private partnership mechanism.

Traffic accident involving 10 vehicles occurred on Choshtepa street in the Tashkent’s Yangihayot district on the afternoon of August 1, the Road Safety Department said.