President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted a delegation from the Senate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, led by its speaker, Faisal Akef Methqal Al-Fayez Wednesday, the presidential press service said.

Today, the senators passed amendments to the Personal Data Law virtually lifting restrictions on operation of international payment systems in Uzbekistan.

The Scarlet Sails annual school festival in St. Petersburg is an event intended for school graduates in Russia. In 2025 the festival’s organizers decided to invite Uzbek schoolchildren from the Samarkand province, to attend this festival.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to Pakistan on February 5-6, his press service announced. Talks are scheduled in Islamabad with the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, the Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces and Commander-in-Chief of the Army Field, Marshal Asim Munir.

The Plant Protection Agency (PPA) has announced a temporary ban on the import of tangerines and pineapples from China Tuesday.

The MPs passed amendments to the Administrative Offences Code in the first reading Tuesday, the lower house's press service said.

Four men who kidnapped an underage girl have been handed sentences in Samarkand. According to the case file, B. Kh., 30, conspired with his acquaintances—29-year-old M. M., 28-year-old A. M., and 24-year-old U. Z., to kidnap an underage girl on the morning of August 6, 2025.

106,500 new apartments were commissioned in Uzbekistan in 2025, the highest figure ever, announced the Chairman of the National Committee for Sustainable Development of Urbanization and Housing Market Sherzod Kudbiyev at a presentation to the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Tuesday.

Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation has maintained a fruitful partnership with Uzbekistan since 1994, focusing on human capital development, technical training, and applied development cooperation in sectors where Israel has significant expertise for the benefits of future generations.

U.S. Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, Ambassador Sergio Gor, will visit the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan from February 3 to 7.

A 31-year-old resident of the Fergana province killed his one-year-old child with a knife. According to the case file, on September 11, 2025, the man had an argument with his colleagues and informed his mother of his resignation. The woman responded by saying that her son needed to find another job and provide for the family.

Uzbekistan is purchasing the latest C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft, Brazilian company Embraer announced at the Singapore Air Show. The Air Force of the Uzbek Defense Ministry will be the first operator of this type of aircraft in Central Asia.

The president Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to expedite the socio-economic development of Jizzakh province in 2026-2027 Decree.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed proposals for the development of Navoi International Airport and the transformation of civil aviation enterprises Monday, the presidential press service said.

The Competition Development and Consumer Rights Protection Committee proposed that passengers with a UzAirways round trip ticket holders shall not get their back trip ticket canceled if they fail to take the flight for some reason.

In line with the president’s December 10, 2025 Additional measures aimed at popularizing cashless payments and reducing ration of shadow economy Decree only cashless payments shall be accepted for some items starting from April 1, 2026.

Uzbekistan and Türkiye signed agreements aimed at facilitating freight transport and developing the Middle Corridor, the Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

Links to several resources, including those on the dark web, were published on Reddit, claiming to contain data from Uzbek government information systems. This data may include the personal information of 15 million Uzbek citizens.

Today, the MPs of the Legislative Chamber passed in its first reading a bill proposing administrative liability for insults and hooliganism online.

Following a major fire at the Aviator mall in Tashkent, which exposed serious violations in the fire safety and evacuation system, the Ministry of Emergency Situations appealed to shopping malls and entertainment venues, restaurants, cafes and service facilities.