The leaders of Uzbekistan and Malaysia have agreed to declare 2025-2026 Innovative Development of the Uzbek-Malaysian Partnership Ties. This was announced during the talks between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim today in Kuala Lumpur.

Cabinet of Ministers issued a Resolution on January 29 aimed at simplifying the crossing of border by individuals and those moving on vehicles.

As per the government’s January 31 Additional measures to finance work on organizing infrastructure for recycling batteries of vehicles with electric motors Resolution the recycling tax for electric vehicles (HS code 8703 80) will be raised from May 1.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed the report on major transport infrastructure projects, including the Trans-Afghan Railway project Monday.

The Tashkent subway received the delivery of three trains manufactured by the Metrovagonmash plant (Russia), the subway's press service said today.

President, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on the country's defense capabilities Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting Monday, where he in particular, reviewed a report on major transport infrastructure projects, including the alternative Tashkent to Andijan highway project.

Templeton Global Investments, a part of Franklin Templeton, signed an agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and has been assigned as a trustee of the Uzbekistan National Investment Fund (UzNIF), the press service of MEF said.

Uzgidromet posted the weather forecast in Tashkent city for the business week.  There will be no precipitation in Tashkent on February 3-7. Temperature on February 3-4 will be 0…-2 degrees Celsius at night, and +8…+10 degrees during the day.

The President Mirziyoyev signed a decree introducing new mechanisms for protecting human rights through courts last Thursday.

In November 2024, a man who intended to have a sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old neighbor's daughter in Andijan province was only handed five-day administrative arrest for this, the anti-violence Nemolchi.uz project said.

President Mirziyoyev signed decree on January 30 requiring laboratory testing of palm oil and products containing palm oil and trans fats.

According to the State Security Service, the chief specialist of the Transport Department of the Khorezm province, having gained trusted a man engaged in business activities, promised to hand over a 960-square-meter vacant land plot belonging to another individual in the city of Urgench through acquaintances in the cadastral offices, and demanded 135 thousand US dollars in return for issuing the relevant documents for the construction of a multi-storey residential building there, and received US$ 80 thousand upfront. At the time of his arrest, law enforcement agencies seized evidence.

The Legislative Chamber posted a draft Concept of national policies on religious freedom of individuals has been posted for public input.

The Foreign Ministry welcomed the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of hostages in the statement on Sunday. We see these agreements as a very important positive step towards deescalating the tensions and ensuring long-awaited peace in the region, the spokesman to the Foreign Ministry Akhror Burkhanov said.

Polish companies are showing great interest in workers from Central Asia, primarily from Uzbekistan. Uzbeks are valued in Poland for their hard work, discipline, and their desire to master other skills. This, in turn, allows Polish enterprises to effectively fill the manpower shortage, the Dziennik Wschodni magazine said in a story.

Uzbekistan is mulling to join the common customs transit system of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and a third party, stated the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov at the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Almaty Friday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and will pay an official visit to Malaysia on February 4-5, the presidential press service said.

The second trilateral meeting of the ministers of Foreign affairs, Economy, Trade, and Transport of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye took place in Ankara on January 29, where the countries reiterated their commitment to jointly counter threats to the parties’ sovereignty, simplify trade, and assist Uzbekistan in transporting cargo via the Middle Corridor, the Ministry of Transport said.

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military have captured about thirty citizens from Central Asian countries. It is not yet clear from which countries these people are, as they did not have identity documents with them, the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice said.