Ugandan opposition figures, human rights organisations and legal experts have condemned a sweeping bill that proposes up to 20 years in prison for promoting “foreign interests”, and imposes restrictions on a broad range of people and organisations that work with or receive funding from overseas partners.
On May 1, much of the world celebrates International Workers' Day, honoring workers' rights and the history of the labor movement. In the United States, however, this public holiday has traditionally been stifled, reflecting the nation's ambivalence toward international labor solidarity and workers' rights.
The press service of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Health has denied reports that the 'Electronic Prescription' system is being cancelled. The rumors were sparked by a draft order published on the portal for discussing regulatory legal acts, which proposed invalidating the procedure for the phased implementation of the system.
A tragic incident of domestic violence has shaken the city of Shirin in Sirdaryo region, where a woman allegedly stabbed and killed the legal wife of her husband and her five-year-old daughter. The press secretary of the General Prosecutor's Office, Hayot Shamsutdinov, confirmed the event.
Law enforcement agencies in Uzbekistan have conducted a series of operations across multiple regions to dismantle underground schemes for the illegal sale of potent drugs. More than a thousand tablets were seized, and criminal cases have been opened against the dealers.
In the first quarter of 2026, residents of Uzbekistan earned over 73.9 billion soums by selling electricity generated from rooftop solar panels to the national grid, the Tax Committee reported. This marks a nearly nine-fold increase compared to the same period last year.
In the Andijan region of Uzbekistan, a major land fraud scheme has been uncovered. According to the State Security Service, the chairman of a mahalla (neighborhood committee) in the Andijan district and his deputy (assistant to the khokim) conspired to illegally sell state-owned land plots.
On April 15, a criminal court in the Yakkabog district of the Kashkadarya region sentenced 38-year-old citizen B.A. for participating in the Russia-Ukraine war on the Russian side. According to court documents, he initially went to Russia in 2020 for work and was sentenced to six years in prison in 2021 for drug trafficking.
English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion has announced plans to build a separate stadium solely for its women's team, with the project costing between $75 and $80 million.
The Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan has drafted a document to cancel the outdated procedure for introducing the electronic prescription system. The system itself will continue to operate.
In the Oqqorgon district of the Tashkent region, illegal extraction of sand and gravel outside the designated area in the bed of the Akhangaran River has caused environmental damage amounting to 3 billion 665 million 864 thousand 700 soums. This was reported by the regional Department of Ecology and Climate Change.
Online brokers are increasingly targeting female investors with tailor-made products and branding campaigns. The question remains whether this will help bridge the persistent gender investment gap.