Uzbekistan has adopted its first national standard establishing unified technical requirements for systems that alert and inform the population about potential or occurring emergencies. The new standard is a significant step towards enhancing civil protection mechanisms and strengthening national resilience to natural disasters.

This year, Uzbeks will not have any additional days off on the occasion of the Independence Day holiday (September 1) from August 30 to September 1, the press service of the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction reported.

Today on August 22, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and will land Turkmenistan on a business visit to attend the Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan trilateral summit, the presidential press service said.

An Uzbek national N.S., a native of Samarkand province, was stabbed to death out of jealousy by her husband, an Uzbek national in Istanbul on August 17.

Over 707,000 traffic violations were recorded between July 15 and August 15 across the country, the İnterior Ministry said in a report following the end of second stage of the Safe and Healthy Country campaign.

Six-year-old boy died after being dragged by a vehicle on the afternoon of August 16 in Buvayda district of Fergana province.

The Nurafshan City Criminal Court sentenced the TikToker Valery Yugay, aka Abdullokh, to 3 years and 1 month in a penal colony, the press service of the Supreme Court said Thursday.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of projects being implemented in New Tashkent City project, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced a new initiative at a meeting with business leaders Wednesday, according to which from 2026 business can be started in just 15 minutes.

New version of the Rental Law will be adopted in Uzbekistan, was announced Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a meeting with business leaders today.

Today on the Entrepreneurs Day, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is chairong the so-called open dialogue with business leaders in the New Tashkent.

The Tashkent mayor Shavkat Umurzakov signed an order for installation of 29 automatic air pollution monitoring stations in the capital Wednesday.

The president Mirziyoyev signed s decree Monday zeroing the excise tax for imported polyethylene granules and customs duties for primary forms of ethylene and propylene. The move is reportedly aimed at supporting local enterprises manufacturing goods with high added value from ethylene and propylene.

Dry and mostly partly cloudy weather will remain in Uzbekistan until the end of the business week, Uzgidromet said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff of Pakistan, the Four-star General Sahir Shamshad Mirza.

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have studied the seismic safety of potential sites for nuclear power plant projects, the press service of the Atomic Energy Agency (Uzatom) said.

The Uchtepa District Criminal Court began hearing the criminal case against Alisher Tursunov, aka Mubashshir Akhmad, on Tuesday, the chief of the press service of the Supreme Court, Aziz Abidov reported.

Blink, a geosocial service for convenient and secure location sharing with friends, has quickly gained popularity in Uzbekistan. The app, first developed in Russia, is now used by over 1 million people across the country. In the App Store, Blink now ranks #3, while in Google Play it holds #5 in the “Social Media” category among the most popular apps in Uzbekistan.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber passed the bill on indemnifying damages from illegal decisions of civil servants at its session on August 19, the press service of the Chamber said.

Afrosiyob high-speed trains now have Wi-Fi, announced the Minister of Digital Technologies Sherzod Shermatov. He said he had personally tested the service quality during his travel to Bukhara by watching useful videos on YouTube.