Uzbekistan’s first toll road, connecting Khiva and Urgench, is scheduled to open this August, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev confirmed: a vital piece of tourism infrastructure, it will benefit local residents as well as domestic and international travelers

Cabinet approved a procedure for issuing permits for transplanting, shaping, and pruning of green spaces not included in the state forest fund; the resolution specifies activities are allowed after the vegetation season to 1 April of the following year

The restriction that limited importing of vehicles to one per year for persons or companies, for their personal or corporate needs, has been lifted

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Tashkent have negotiated and signed a trilateral protocol formalizing the agreed volumes and schedule of water releases from the Toktogul reservoir for the next two months

Classrooms with more than 35 students have been diminishing, but 5,2% - some 13.500 out of 259.636 - still exceed; senior officials from the Ministry of Preschool and School Education outlined their plans for addressing the shortage of school places