The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the King of Jordan Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein in Samarkand, the presidential press service said.

President Mirziyoyev signed decree amending the procedure for collecting sponsorship donations. Now funds shall be collected in the interests of specific recipients of assistance and within a pre-announced timeframes. The amendments also stipulate:

The Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on August 26-27, 2025. This is his first visit of a Japanese Foreign Minister to the country in the past three years.

The Anti-Corruption Agency identified violations in a public procurement by Uzbekistan Airports in the purchase of body cameras worth 6.8 billion soums.

Amendments and addenda were made to some regulations, which are aimed at simplifying and facilitating the procedures for registering intellectual property objects, as well as enhancing measures to effectively protect the rights of intellectual property owners.

Ecotourism complex is planned to be erected on the shore of the South Surkhan reservoir in Kumkurgan district, the press service of the governor’s office of Surkhandarya province said.

Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan are of key importance for Uzbekistan in terms of transport and logistics, since the two countries are important participants in the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian transport route), the Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel.

86.3 thousand Uzbeks were employed in more than 17 countries in 2025 H1, the press service of the Legislative Chamber said. The Milliy Tiklanish party, together with the Committee on Labor, Healthcare and Social Affairs, held an expanded meeting on August 21 dedicated to labor migration and ensuring the rights of countrymen abroad.

Uzbekistan has made remarkable strides in reducing poverty over the past four years. According to the latest Household Budget Survey (HBS) by the National Statistics Committee, the poverty rate has dropped from 17% in 2021 to just 8.9% in 2024 (Figure 1). This indicates that the share of the population living below the national poverty line has nearly halved during this period.

Prices for hot water supply and heat supply for Tashkent city are expected to rise. This is stated in the August 22 order of the capital's council of people's deputies, which approved the proposal of the Veolia Energy Tashkent.

After a comfortable temperature background on the weekend, the air temperature in Uzbekistan will begin to rise from Monday, Uzпшdromet said.

The King Abdullah II bin Hussein of Jordan will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on 25−26 August, the press service of the president said. Reportedly, this will be the first visit of a Jordan’s King to Uzbekistan.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a congratulatory message to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people on the occasion of Independence Day of Ukrainian. The Ukrainian leader published the text of the letter on his X page.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov had a telephone conversation with the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. “Had a constructive phone call with Foreign Minister of Russia H.E. Sergey Lavrov, Saidov said on his Telegram channel.

The Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR has commenced developing an oil field in Uzbekistan, announced the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Friday at a trilateral meeting with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Turkmenbashi.

A Trilateral Summit of the Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took place on Friday, August 22 in the Avaza National Tourist Zone, the presidential press service said.

On Friday and the weekend, light, sometimes variable cloudiness without precipitation is expected in Uzbekistan. The air temperature will be within +35…+37 degrees Celsius range, in the south and desert zone — up to +40, Uzhydromet reported.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber at the session on August 19 passed in the first reading a bill aimed at improving the system of governmental management and oversight over the use of atomic energy.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to improve the degree of dleivering justice by implementing AI into the judiciary and improving the logistical support of the judicial system Decree, the Ministry of Justice said.

Today in the afternoon, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev landed in Turkmenistan to attend the Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan trilateral summit.