Prices for methane have increased to 5,200-5,300 soums per cubic meter at CNG filling stations (AGNS) in Tashkent and other provinces of Uzbekistan starting today.

The EVs disposal fee will rise starting from May 1. According to the resolution signed by the Prime Minister on January 31, the fee will be raised:

Government delegations of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed an agreement on joint management of the Amu Darya water basin and fair and rational use of water. The details of the document were disclosed by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture.

A plane full of Central Asian illegal immigrants departed from the U.S. to Uzbekistan under a deal brokered between the two governments, Fox News Digital said. 

Voltalia announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Urgench in Uzbekistan to develop human capital by introducing new nationally accredited training program focused on renewable energy. This ambitious project is co-financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and aims to equip young graduates at Bachelor and Master levels with the technical skills needed to thrive in the growing renewable energy sector in Uzbekistan.

Two people died, five were hospitalized in a fire in a synthetic padding workshop in the industrial zone in the Yakkasaray district of Tashkent on the morning of May 1, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Urumqi hosted Uzbekistan-China Economic Forum Wednesday, on April 30. The opening ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and a delegation led by Ma Xinzhuy, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The Ukrainian national project "I Want to Live", created to help Russian soldiers voluntarily surrender, published a list of 1,110 Uzbek nationals who signed a contract with the Russian Armed Forces and participated in military operations against Ukraine.

The traditional Teacher of the Year Contest among school teachers in Uzbekistan will take place every two years from 2026. The new regulation for the Contest were approved by the April 28 Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution of, the Ministry of Justice said.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber passed the amendments and addenda to certain regulations aimed at further improvement of the licensing, permitting and notification procedures, developed by the Ministry of Justice.

Judge of Mirabad District Court Rustam Rakhmonov who was accused of stealing a car while drunk, has been sacked. The Judges Supreme Council has provided additional information on the disciplinary investigation conducted against him.

For the first time in history, Uzbekistan was unanimously elected to the UN Statistical Commission for 2026-2029. The electing took place on April 22 during the meeting of commission members in New York, the press service of the National Statistics Committee said.

The delegations of the three parties to the Ustyurt Memorandum — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan — signed a roadmap to enhance nature conservation on the Ustyurt Plateau. The Michael Succow Foundation (charity foundation for nature conservation) and the Secretariat of the Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Animals provided assistance in developing the document.

The Senate at its plenary session on Wednesday passed amendments to regulations aimed at restricting the circulation of certain types of tobacco products, devices for consumption of tobacco and nicotine, the press service of the Senate said.

In the Surkhandarya province, the reconstruction project of the provincial Sariosiyo airport has been completed. The airport received its first technical flight - an ATR-72-600 aircraft of the SilkAvia airline on Tuesday, the press service of Uzbekistan Airports said.

The Europe-Uzbekistan Association for Economic Cooperation (EUROUZ) successfully hosted the H1 2025 edition of its Healthcare and Life Sciences Committee Roundtable in partnership with Pharmaceutical Development Agency, gathering nearly 50 participants, including EUROUZ members, representatives of government agencies, regulatory authorities, and diplomatic missions.

The Kyrgyzstan Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Bakyt Torobaev, as part of a working visit to the Jalal-Abad region, attended the launch ceremony of construction of the most important elements of a tunnel, which is part of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan international railway project.

Russian manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Future Transport will launch a civilian drones production unit in Uzbekistan before 2026, announced the company's CEO Yuri Kozarenko at the plenary session at the Innoprom. Central Asia International Industrial Exhibition.

Roadmap for the implementation of the Uzbekistan's Human Rights National Strategy 2030 could be drafted and is envisaged to:

There have been more frequent cases of collisions with traffic police officers in Tashkent. The Tashkent Police Department reported on recent traffic accidents.