The President’s Envoy for Afghanistan Ismatulla Ergashev met with a delegation of the German Berghof Foundation led by the Director for Afghanistan, Central and Southeast Asia Basir Feda.

Light truck manufacturing unit has been launched in Denau district of Surkhandarya province, the provinceal governor office said.

Uzbekistan plans to introduce an environmental fee on certain types of goods. told the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Aziz Abdukhakimov, in a presentation to the president on Thursday.

Partly cloudy and moderately hot weather will prevail across Uzbekistan on August 15 and 16. Only in some areas of Karakalpakstan, short-term rain and thunderstorms are possible at night and in the morning of August 16.

The president Mirziyoyev signed a decree Thursday on financial and household assistance to each Palestinian family in Uzbekistan, as well as individual support from a social worker., UzA said.

The railway workers who sabotaged the Afrosiyob high-speed train have been sentenced to long prison terms, the State Security Service said.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the French Ambassador Aurelia Bouchez, who is completing her posting in Uzbekistan, the presidential press service said.

The acting chief of the Tashkent’s Main Transport Management and Road Transport Infrastructure Development department, Allayor Norbutayev, at a session of the city council of people's deputies Tuesday proposed to launch night bus routes in Tashkent.

8-km subway line is planned to be built in New Tashkent, the Directorate for Construction of the New Tashkent City said. The new line will be the extension from the Dustlik station to New Tashkent, with the project completion due before 2027.

Uzbekistan will be one of the last Central Asian countries to join the high-income countries, the World Bank said in a forecast. The World Bank classifies countries into four income groups based on the level of Gross National Product (GNP) per capita: low (up to $1,145), below average (from $1,146 to $4,515), above average (from $4,516 to $14,005) and high (above $14,005 in 2023 prices).

Swiss Grow and the Uzcharmsanoat Association discussed the launch of a joint environmental project in the leather industry, the press service of Uzcharmsanoat said.

For the first time in Uzbekistan’s history a new type of operation was performed at the Children's Multidisciplinary Clinic of Tashkent State Medical University, the press service of the Ministry of Health said.

At a government meeting on Wednesday, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced the creation of the Light Industry Development Agency, which will be in charge of textile, leather and silk industries.

Uzgidromet announced Tashkent city weather forecast for Thursday, August 14. The air temperature will slightly decrease in the capital as in the whole of Uzbekistan.

In an unexpected turn, Joachim Löw - famous for leading Germany to World Cup glory in 2014 - has politely turned down the opportunity to coach Uzbekistan’s debut World Cup squad.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted French Ambassador Aurelia Bouchez, who is ending her posting to Uzbekistan.

The president signed amendments criminalizing teaching religion to children without special religious education. Amendments are to be made to Article 229-2 (Violation of the procedure for teaching religious doctrines) of the Criminal Code, criminalizing teaching religious knowledge to a minor without special religious education, without permission from the central governing body of a religious organization, for private teaching of religious knowledge.

A senior inspector of the passport and visa department at the Tashkent International Airport was detained while accepting a $400 bribe, the State Security Service said.

68% of Tashkent’s heating networks are in a dire state, the CEO of Veolia Energy Tashkent Sevara Pardaeva said at a meeting of the city council of people's deputies on Tuesday.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in a telephone conversation. At the beginning of the conversation, Shavkat Mirziyoyev cordially congratulated the Prime Minister and the friendly people of India on the upcoming national holiday - Independence Day of India, sincerely wishing peace, well-being and prosperity.