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The presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a deal on Thursday on demarcating their shared frontier, seeking to end a long-running border conflict that has seen dozens killed in skirmishes in recent years.

The Uzsuvtaminot and the French Suez signed an agreement on the modernization of the water supply system in the Surkhandarya province, the company's press service said.

During his trip to Paris, Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the meeting with the CEOs of major French companies, the presidential press service said on Wednesday.

Orano and Navoiyuran announce an agreement laying the foundations for the industrial development of the South Djengeldi uranium mining project of their joint venture Nurlikum Mining. 

The sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) is one of the most ancient herbs used by the Chinese and Europeans for millennia. In 2015, the Chinese Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for isolating the sweet wormwood’s active ingredient, artemisinin, which cured malaria with 100% efficiency.

Following the bilateral talks, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of France Emmanuel Macron in Paris signed a Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership Wednesday.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber passed the bill according to which the right of accused and suspects to leave the country may be restricted by the inquiry, investigation, attorney's office or court bodies Wednesday.

The Presidents of Uzbekistan and France, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Emmanuel Macron elevated the bilateral ties to the strategic partnership level during the talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris Wednesday, the press service of the Uzbek President said.

Polish border guards detained a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced in Kazakhstan to 12 years in prison for participating in an organised criminal group trading in human organs and selling 56 kidneys, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Two more automatic air pollution monitoring stations have been put into operation in Tashkent’s Yashnabad and Almazar districts, the press service of the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.

In February the decline in imports of conventional cars and EVs was slower to January (21-fold), which was quite a fall. February imports were by 1.4 times higher than in January.

Uzbek Ambassador Gayrat Fozilov met with Tommy Kok, Director/Co-founder of the Dutch recruitment agency EuroTalents, Ticho Saul Tuesday.

Voting for the Budget Initiative of the 2025 Season One kicked off on the Open Budget portal on March 11, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said today.

Total value of securities held by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan stood at $202.5 million as of March 1, recording $100.4 million increase month-on-month. 

Voltalia, an international player in renewable energy, announces the signing of a power sales agreement (PPA) for its hybrid project in Uzbekistan.The agreement was entered into with the state company JSC Uzenergosotish on the sidelines of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's official visit to France.

SOF EXPO exhibition center will host the WORLD EDU 2025 International Educational Exhibition in Samarkand on April 11-12, 2025.

2,570 passenger cars worth $44.8 million were imported to Uzbekistan in February 2025, the Customs Committee said in a monthly report today.

An explosion occurred at Navoi Azot in Navoi city, the press service of the Fire Department said. Reportedly, today, March 11, at 14:10, a gas-air mixture flashed in the laboratory of workshop 25 of the plant causing a fire.

A truck hit a 2nd grade girl in the Baysun district of Surkhandarya province, the provincial traffic police said. Reportedly, on March 7, 2025, an 8-year-old girl was crossing the road in front of her school when she was hit by a truck, and died in the hospital.

Warm and mostly dry weather is expected in Uzbekistan from March 11 to 14, Uzgidromet said. There will be no precipitation in Tashkent city until the end of the business week. The temperature at night will be within +6…+9 degrees Celsius, while reaching +17…+20 degrees during the daytime.