Draft National night economy development program Resolution has been drafted in Uzbekistan, the Strategic Reforms Agency (SRA) said.

Uzbekistan will gradually raise the minimum retirement age, announced today the executive director of the Off-budget Pension Fund under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Murodbek Atajanov unveiling the draft project.

Late in the evening of September 8, social networks reported the start of demolition of flower stalls at the Yunusabad Market (Universam). It was reported earlier that a three-story complex with an eco-bazaar would be erected in its place.

Uzbekistan has condemned the Israeli strikes on a residential area in Doha, Qatar, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the President of Finland Alexander Stubb in a telephone conversation Tuesday. The main topic of discussion was the upcoming visit of the Finnish leader to Uzbekistan. The dates of the visit were not revealed.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sacked all deputy ministers of higher education, science and innovation. The head of state's spokesman Sherzod Asadov announced today.

The second court hearing of the criminal case against religious scholar Alisher Tursunov, aka Mubashshir Akhmad, took place Monday in Tashkent’s Uchtepa District criminal court. Two experts who gave political and religious opinions testified at the open court hearing.

The authorities are planning to introduce the Chinese language into the education system, announced Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a government meeting today.

Unified SState Exam that has passed international accreditation could be adopted in Uzbekistan. This initiative was put forward at a government meeting chaired by the president on Monday.

Two men who demanded $900,000 from a businessman have been detained in Tashkent, the State Security Service (SSS) said Tuesday.

Tower crane fell during mointing at the construction site of Dombirobod City residential complex in Tashkent’s Chilanzar district on the evening of Monday, the Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety said.

A number of MoMs regulating the water and energy balance in the region were signed following a trilateral meeting of power and water management departments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyz Republic).

Two deputy mayors of Buston district of Andijan province — in charge of investment and the other for agriculture and water management — have been arrested on suspicion of corruption, the State Security Service (SSS) said. The operation was conducted jointly with other law enforcement agencies.

The Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced visits to a number of countries, as well as delivering speech at the anniversary session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Tengrinews.kz said.

The Government of Uzbekistan today transferred 265 tons of humanitarian to the people of Afghanistan in connection with the devastating earthquake, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

ACWA Power, the world’s largest private water desalination company, and a leader in energy transition and first mover into green hydrogen, is proud to announce its support for the presentation of the winning design of the AlMusalla Prize, in collaboration with Diriyah Biennale Foundation and Vision Invest, at the Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan.

The first Conference on Attracting Investments and Supporting the Power Sector of Afghanistan took place on September 6 in Kabul, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan said.

The deputy mayor for women’s affairs of Saryosiyo district in Surkhandarya province, Dilfuza Toshmatova has been forcing activists in neighborhoods to pick cotton. Kun.uz news publication said it had received video footages and audio about this. The deputy mayor called the activists “unscrupulous.”

The Tashkent authorities unveiled which district of the Tashkent city recorded the most road accidents in over 4.3 thousand cases that occurred in the capital over the eight-month period.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ACWA Power Company (ACWA Power) signed a $51 million loan package to build the Nukus 2 Wind and Battery Energy Storage facility in Uzbekistan’s Qoraozak district in the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The project will be implemented by ACWA Power Beruniy Wind FE LLC, which is fully owned by ACWA Power. This project is Central Asia’s first wind power facility with a utility-scale battery energy storage system.