The chief of the Andijan Employment and Poverty Reduction Department was fired after photos surfaced on social media showing him using a psychoactive substance, allegedly in his office. The head of the press service of the Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Employment, Gulnoza Alimova, confirmed that the people in the photo are indeed employees of the system.

Uzbekistan signed cooperation agreements with US companies, including on mining, implementation of innovations and advanced training of Uzbek experts.

Uzbekistan and China have not pulled back their plans to introduce a 30-day visa-free, the spokesman to the Foreign Ministry Akhror Burkhonov said that at the stage of completing internal procedures. “Then a visa-free will take effect for a period of 30 days,” he added.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz on Monday.

As part of the implementation of the agreements reached following the Uzbek-Russian high-level meetings in 2024, the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Russian Ministry of Transport , as well as Uzbekistan Railways and Russian Railways signed a set of documents on the start of the project implementation, the Russian Transport Minsitry said.

Uzbekistan Airways’ fleet will be significantly replenished to meet tourists flow. This was announced at a gov’t meeting on April 9 chaired by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said today.

The production sharing agreement with Gazprom on the Shokhpakhta gas field in Karakalpakstan has expired, and the Russian company has left the field, the press service of Uzbekneftegaz said.

At a government meeting today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke about global economic instability and its potential impact on Uzbekistan.According to him, in recent days, global financial markets lost 10 trillion in value in just three or four days.” 

OpenAI, that developed the ChatGPT and the DALL-E digital image creation model, has registered as a VAT payer in Uzbekistan as of today, April 9.

Man in Sergeli district of Tashkent attacked two people with a knife and set fire in an apartment, the Milliy TV channel's Millar program said today.

Different prices will be introduced for power consumption within 201 to 500 kWh range. This is provided for by the government resolution of March 31, the Ministry of Energy said today.

The problem of violence against women remains relevant in many countries, including Uzbekistan. These are not mere statistics. These are real people - wives, mothers, daughters, who face physical and psychological violence.

Tashkent passenger carriages plant, a subsidiary of Uzbekistan Railways, has been transferred to trust management. This became known from the minutes of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on March 28.

2,983 micro hydroelectric power plants with 164 MW total capacity are planned to be erected in Uzbekistan, which will generate 500 million kWh of power annually in 2025-26. This is provided for by the of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s March 28 Additional measures to develop the network of micro hydroelectric power plants in Uzbekistan Decree.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting Speaker of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Manh Monday. At the beginning of the conversation, Tran Thanh Manh conveyed sincere greetings to the Uzbek leader from the General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party To Lam, President Luong Cuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Tinh.

On the sidelines of the first Samarkand International Climate Forum, the Ministry of Investments, Industry and Trade signed a number of green project deals in Uzbekistan.

In Andijan province, a local taxi driver recruited people for the war in Ukraine. The man conspired with a Russian national to recruit Uzbeks into the Russian armed forces. For each new recruit he was promised one thousand dollars.

Uzbekistan Airways received the delivery of a fourth LET L-410 light aircraft of the Czech LET Aircraft Industries Monday, the company said.

Former chief of the presidential administration Zainilobiddin Nizomiddinov has been appointed mayor of Bekabad district of Tashkent province, the press service of the provincial administration said.

Dry and very warm weather is expected in Uzbekistan. The air temperature during the daytime will be within 23-28 degrees Celsius, in some places up to 30 degrees, the Uzgidromet said in a forecast.