President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz Thursday, the presidential press service said in a statement.

In Bukhara, a driver of special equipment ran over a retired person to death, with the press service of the provincial police department reporting of launching a criminal case.

Платформа METER*, специализирующаяся на измерении аудиторий для наружной рекламы и геоаналитике, объявляет о расширении своей географии — к числу стран, где доступны её технологии, присоединились Иордания и Азербайджан. Таким образом, на сегодня система охватывает уже 20 стран, включая Узбекистан, где METER активно работает с операторами и агентствами.

Major fire broke out at a carriage repair depot near the Northern Rail Station in Tashkent on the night of May 16. The Emergency Situations branch received a report of the fire at 23:58.

The police in Tokyo have arrested five Uzbek men in their 20s on suspicion of robbery and assault in Shibuya last December.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the conference call government meeting on reforms in school education, ordered to set up harsher liability for allowing minors to drive, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov reported.

A MoM was signed during a regular trilateral meeting among the energy and water resources ministries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as the nations agreed on the modes of operation of energy facilities and the procedure of water allocations from the Syrdarya River basin for the upcoming vegetation period, the Kazinform reported.

At a government meeting on school education, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev drew attention to the fact that 7–11th graders spend average of 8 hours on social media a day, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said today.

The Strategic Reforms Agency denied reports on social networks about the alleged transfer of the pension system to the private sector. This information is fake, the Agency said.

If you’re heading to Goa, no doubt it’s because you’ve seen pictures of pristine beaches, magical palm trees and the beautiful turquoise sea. It’s India’s number one beach and family holiday destination and for a good reason, it’s absolutely stunning. But there is so much more to do in Goa beyond beaches. 

Uzbekistan ranked 107th in the latest UN Human Development Index (HDI) for 2024. The HDI is a statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the GDP per capita is higher.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the progress of Uzbekistan's accession to the World Trade Organization and discussed steps to expedite this process, the presidential press service said.

The State Security Service (SSS) has launched a hotline for calls from individuals and legal entities on issues within its competence, the press service of the Service said.

The number of imported cars in Q1 of 2025 was three times lower than in the same period in 2024, the National Statistics Committee said Tuesday.

Uzbekistan will be hosting Central Asia-European Union Economic Forum and Investor Forum in November, the EU Ambassador to Tashkent Toivo Klaar at the celebration of Europe Day on May 12.

As of May 6 of this year, there were 96 airlines in the CIS countries, with about 1,100 strong fleet, the Airfleets.net said.

Parents complained on social media about their children's phones being checked at schools. The Tashkent Department of Preschool and School Education commented on the situation.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the CEO of Gazprom Neft Alexander Dyukov, who landed in Tashkent to attend the Oil and Gas of Uzbekistan International Forum Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

Afghanistan donated 16 trucks with white marble to Uzbekistan for the construction of the Imam Bukhari complex in Samarkand, the press service of the Surkhandarya province governor’s office said.

In pursuance of the intergovernmental Treaty on Mutual Visa Exemption between Uzbekistan and China, signed in Chengdu on December 1, a 30-day visa free travel shall take effect for citizens of Uzbekistan and China Starting from June 1, 2025. However, the visa-free shall not apply to employment, study, media-related activities, or any other undertakings that require prior approval from the relevant authorities of the respective countries.