A score of changes in regulations and other novelties will take effect in Uzbekistan on June 1, 2025 in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday. 

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev ordered the completion of a number of key railway facility projects before 2025, the CEO of Uzbekistan Railways Zufar Narzullaev told the Uzbekistan 24.

The Senate passed amendments to the Code of Administrative liability at a plenary session on May 28. They toughen penalties for disobedience to law enforcement officers.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with a presentation on steps to develop the railway industry Tuesday. Reportedly, in 2024, Uzbekistan Railways, which had previously ended 3 finacial years in a row with losses, recorded a net profit of 47 billion soums. The company revenues after using freight cars following the creation of a subsidiary - Temiryoʻlkargo has doubled.

Following the talks in Samarkand, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Italian PM Giorgia Meloni signed a joint Declaration On Strengthening Strategic Partnership Ties, the presidential press service said.

The Samarkand Congress Center hosted one-on-one talks between the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and between the official delegations, the presidential press service said.

UNICEF, the Government of Uzbekistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), today emphasised the importance of quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) and acknowledged the need for sustainable investments on training quality pre-school teachers.

The Senate at its session yesterday passed amendments, fostering protection of consumer rights and introducing administrative liability for petty theft of coal, and goods made of it.

In a bold bid to build on both global and national momentum on ending violence against children, Uzbekistan today announced its National Pledge to the global Bogota Call to Action on Ending Violence Against Children.

Eid al-Adha will be marked on June 6, the Fatwa Center under the Spiritual Authority of Muslims said in a statement. The first day of the month of Zulhijja falls on May 28, marking June 6 as the first day of Eid al-Adha.

Uzbekistan's public debt reached $42.4 billion as of April 1, having increased by $2.22 billion over the first three months of the year, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said in a report.

A flock of sheep died after falling into a ravine in Saryosiyo district of Surkhandarya province, the chief of the district veterinary and livestock development department, Shamsher Umedov said.

Uzbekistan’s population growth and active urbanization are raising the demand for construction materials, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a government meeting on Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell, who is visiting the country Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

On Tuesday, May 27, short but heavy rains occurred in some villages of Zaamin district of Jizzakh province, which resulted in a mudflow, the provincial emergency department said.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber at the meeting today passed the Accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (Vienna, May 21, 1963) Bill.

The president Mirziyoyev signed decree on May 23 adopting additional restrictions for licenses to pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies.

In Namangan, a 19-year-old man died in a fire in the Ravon Nexia 3 he was driving, the provincial emergency department said today.

From May 30 to June 1, 2025, the ancient Samarkand will become the epicenter of high-end technologies, roaring engines and designer audacity. SOF EXPO Samarkand will host the PROMOTORS SHOW SAMARKAND 2025 international exhibition and festival comprising all the top modern cars, motorbikes, active transport and automobile culture in the world.

Deals have been inked with three Hungarian companies on launching contractual manufacturing, localization, and investment, the Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency Abdulla Azizov told the Uzbekistan 24.