Friday, 29, August, 2025

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Uzbekistan will see fairly high temperatures on Friday and Saturday — in the daytime within +38…+40 degrees Celsius range, and up to +41…+43 degrees in the south, Uzgidromet said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement calling on Thailand and Cambodia to peacefully resolve the border conflict. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan is closely monitoring the military hostilities on the border between Thailand and Cambodia. We call on all parties to peacefully resolve the conflict and comply with international law," the statement said.

The Chinese company - Shanghai LinkWise Data Intelligence Co is considering two data center projects in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Energy said.

Uzbekistan’s permanent population has reached 37.86 million. With the current trend, by the first weeks of September, the country’s population will reach 38 million.

Constrained restrictions on power supply took effect for a total capacity of 16 MW in some neighbourhoods of Tashkent's four districts, today as of 14:00, the press service of Provincial Electric Networks (PEN) said.

Major fire broke out in Sherabad district of Surkhandarya province on the territory of the Surkhan state reserve, the press service of the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

Today, the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and Uzbekneftegaz signed a production sharing agreement (PSA), the press service of the Ministry of Energy said.

The Yunusabad District Criminal Court heard a case against a man who tried to rob a bank with a toy gun. According to the defendant, he did not know that the bank branch had CCTV cameras and security. He also voiced regret for what he had done. The bank employee who suffered from the defendant's actions stated that she had not filed a lawsuit against him and asked for the punishment as per laws.

At a press conference on Wednesday dedicated to the Sea Breeze Uzbekistan project on the Charvak reservoir, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Aziz Abdukhakimov said that the ministry had not yet received official documents on the project.

The aviation authorities of Uzbekistan and Russia reached an agreement on increasing the number of flights and expanding the geography of flights during negotiations in Moscow on July 21-22, the press service of the Ministry of Transport said.

The Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has warned Indian medical students against taking admission to undergraduate medical courses in some institutes in Belize and Uzbekistan.

Surgeon mistakenly amputated a patient's healthy leg in Ferghana province. A few days later, she died. The man also held the position of chief of the surgical department of the Fergana branch of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Endocrinology.

Tourist riverwalk is planned to be erected in the Uychi district of the Namangan province on 20 hectares, the press service of the provincial administration said.

Social activist Saodat Abduzakirova reported on a 15-year-old girl who was admitted to the Angren Children's Hospital with a high temperature and serious injuries.

The Chairman of the State Security Service (SSS), Colonel General Bakhodir Kurbanov met with the Acting Minister of National Defense of Afghanistan, Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid in Kabul Monday, the press service of the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

A Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a college in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 31 people, mostly children, according to officials, in the country’s deadliest air incident in recent memory.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Jizzakh province today and got acquainted with the progress of projects in the Zaamin Technopark special industrial zone, the presidential press service said.

Air China launched Beijing to Tashkent and Urumqi to Tashkent regular flights. On the evening of July 19, the airline's first flight on a Boeing-737 from Beijing landed at Tashkent Airport. According to the Uzbekistan Airports, the flights will be operated three times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The Cabinet of Ministers by its July 10 resolution has identified priority areas and projects for the implementation of AI in various sectors and governance for 2025-2026.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the CEOs of major Chinese companies. “Today, we had several engaging and productive meetings with leading Chinese companies representing various spheres — Chison Medical Technologies, China Resources Pharmaceutical Group, Norinco, Hangzhou Miuge Chemical Commodities Science and Technologies, Xiamen Tungsten, Shandong Gold, Contemporary Amperex Technology, Great Wall Motor, Origin Quantum, China Aerospace Science and Technology,” the Minister Saidov said on his Telegram account.