The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on August 23-24 at the invitation of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Uzbek presidency website said.

Uzbekistan has enshrined into law a guarantee that businesses can participate in drafting regulations that affect their rights and interests.

A new Bektemir City business district will be erected in Tashkent on 58 hectares under the August 18 order signed by the Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov.

Tashkent plans to build a large, modern, interactive library in each of the city's 12 districts, with sites already selected for all of them, Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov told the state news agency UzA.

The First Deputy Minister of Culture and Cinematography Agency Director Jahongir Akhmedov has revealed that Uzbekfilm, the country's state film studio, is in serious financial distress.

The chief of the Presidential Administration Saida Mirziyoyeva returned to Bukhara province today, August 21 to check in on a string of infrastructure and tourism projects she had set in motion during a visit just three months earlier — a follow-up that doubled as a status report on the government's promises.

Tashkent has identified sites for the construction of multi-level and underground parking garages with a combined capacity of 200,000 vehicles, which will be auctioned off in phases, Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov said in an interview with the state news agency UzA.

Uzbekistan has established formal procedures for declaring an emergency, transmitting urgent information, and providing rapid response in the event of a radiation accident — or the risk of one — at a nuclear power plant.

A man set fire to his father-in-law's home in the Kuva district of Fergana province following a family dispute, the Zamon news program reported.

Uzbekistan's sweltering heat will ease slightly on August 22 and 23, the country's national weather service, Uzhydromet, reported Friday.

Uzbekistan's women's national team now knows its road to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, after Tuesday's draw pitted the side against Papua New Guinea, Ghana, and South Africa in the preliminary round of a new intercontinental play-off tournament, the Uzbekistan Football Association announced.

The Ministry of Transport has launched an electronic permit (E-permit) system for international road freight transport in collaboration with Georgia.

Only 4% of Uzbekistan's adult population holds a savings or fixed-term deposit account, despite 86% of adults having a bank account, the Central Bank said in its 2025 financial inclusion index report.

Uzbekistan's existing Republican Radioactive Waste Storage Center may only have enough capacity to last another four to five years, officials told the Legislative Chamber during the first reading of the Management of Radioactive Waste Bill Tuesday.

Tolls on the Urgench–Khiva expressway will run 25,000 soums for passenger cars, the press service of the Automobile Roads Committee said.

Starting August 20, a specialized survey aircraft operated by Avion will conduct scheduled flight inspections of air navigation systems over Tashkent's airports, Transport Ministry press service announced, citing the Uzaeronavigatsiya air navigation authority.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed proposals for expanding Uzbekistan's network of small and micro hydropower plants Wednesday.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved steps to implement a World Bank-backed project aimed at curbing gas leaks across the country, under the August 18, 2026 Resolution.

Kyrgyzstan exported a total of $3.2841 million worth of livestock between January and June 2026. According to the Kyrgyz Statistical Committee, cattle accounted for the bulk of those exports: over the six-month period, the country sold 14,823 head of cattle abroad for $3.1958 million, with Uzbekistan emerging as the leading buyer, 24.kg reported.

The 2025–2026 Women, Peace, and Security Index, compiled by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the Oslo Peace Research Institute, assesses 181 countries and economies on women's well-being. The index scores nations on a scale from 0 to 1, where higher scores reflect superior conditions for women.