The Cabinet issued a resolution creating a center in charge of transportation, sorting, and safe storage of radioactive materials Tuesday.

Kazakh authorities have granted Russia's request to extradite activist Yulia Yemelyanova, who is facing criminal charges in Russia for stealing a mobile phone from a taxi driver, the Anti-War Committee reported on Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov over the telephone yesterday, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan slipped three places to the 124th position out of 182 countries and territories on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025 released on Tuesday.

From 2026–2028, new procedures will be gradually implemented in public procurement aimed at supporting local manufacturers, expanding participation of SMEs, and improving procurement skills of corporate customers.

Starting July 1, if a homeowner fails to make mandatory payments for housing services to apartment building's bank account by the 15th of the month, they will not be able to make payments for electricity bills until the arrears are fully repaid.

Drug use in public places could be criminalized in proposed amendments backed by the MPs in a second reading Monday.

Information surfaced on social media about alleged impending demolition of the Lotte City Palace Hotel. A Facebook story claimed on Monday that all the staff of the hotel had allegedly been laid off.

As per the president’s the Measures to increase income of population, create stable jobs and reduce poverty through the development of provinces based on new approaches in 2026 Decree, a warning letter shall be sent to personal accounts of employers in the Unified National Labor System by the State Labor Inspectorate should cases of informal employment be identified based on a report of deputy mayors requesting to address it.

The European-Uzbek Association for Economic Cooperation (EUROUZ) convened the initiation meeting of its Infrastructure, Industry & Energy Committee (IIE-C), gathering representatives from over 30 member companies in a hybrid format.

In honour of International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb. 11), the British Council’s Women in STEM programme is offering fully funded scholarships for talented female scientists from Uzbekistan to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses in the UK.

In line with amendments and addenda made to a number of regulations, national forestry bodies will be allowed to lease unused forest fund lands to individuals and legal entities through an electronic online auction.

In 2025, the highest number of corruption crimes were recorded in the ministries of health, preschool and school education, and local mayor offices, unveiled Akmal Burkhanov, chief of the Anti-Corruption Agency at a press conference in Tashkent on Friday.

In Uzbekistan, the total births in 2025 fell to 879,600 for the first time since 2020, the National Statistics Committee said. To 2024, this figure decreased by 46,800, or 5.1%. For comparison, in 2024, the birth rate declined by 3.7%, or 35,500.

Uzhydromet today issued an emergency statement for weather. Reportedly, a moist air mass will move into Uzbekistan on February 10-13. This will result in intermittent rainfall across the country, with snow in the north, with heavy precipitation expected in some areas.

Starting March 1, officers of the Water Facilities Safety and Water Use Inspectorate under the Ministry of Water Resources will be equipped with body cameras and drones. This was announced by the chief of the Inspectorate Rustam Rakhimov told the Uzbekistan 24 channel.

Prosecutor General Nigmatilla Yuldashev chaired a long service honoring ceremony for elderly prosecutor officers, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office said.

In 2025, Uzbek courts heard over 4 million cases, 4,766 of which were heard by the Supreme Court, the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases Alisher Usmanov stated at a press conference on February 4.

In the face of a changing global reality, Uzbekistan must be prepared to respond harshly to any threats to its sovereignty, stated the senator/Director General of the UzA National Information Agency Abdusaid Kuchimov at a meeting of the Senate Thursday.

Precipitation (rain and snow) is expected across most of Uzbekistan on Friday morning, with no precipitation expected in northern areas. Daytime temperatures will range from 1 to 6 degrees Celsius, with temperatures in the north ranging from -2 to -7 degrees Celsius, Uzhydromet said in a forecast.