Forest cover has increased by 1 million hectares to 11,9 million hectares in the last six years, now reaching 26,4% of the country's total area, said Forest Agency Director Nizomiddin Bakirov

The 10% excise tax on mobile communication services will be abolished starting January 1, 2025; the announcement was made after reviewing the country's progress in 2023 and in the frame of key plans for 2025 to support entrepreneurship

Uzbek ambassador Ravshan Usmanov met with Vanessa Potter, vice-chancellor for international cooperation at the University of Essex, who may open a university campus in Tashkent

Uzbekistan ranks first among countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus and 33rd in the world in the global cryptocurrency adoption index, according to a study on the digital financial assets market conducted by RISE Research

UNICEF and its partners have made a call for reforms that provide children with alternative routes of justice, with the use of detention only as a last resort in Uzbekistan