A criminal case has been opened in Moscow against the president of the “Vatandosh” Uzbek community Usman Baratov, the Russian Investigative Committee said. He, who wrote a post “No eggs for you! Bring back the roosters from the front!” about rising egg prices, was arrested in Moscow. Russian military officers saw in it an insult to the participants of the special military operation (Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) and appealed to Bastrykin. The detainee says that there was no insult.

The State Asset Management Agency has temporarily suspended the privatization of the Pakhtakor football club. “Having studied the public opinion, please be informed that the process of public sale of 100% government stake of Pakhtakor Football Club LLC has been temporarily suspended,” the Agency’s statement said.

President’s Envoy on Foreign Policy Matters Abdulaziz Komilov during his visit to Brussels met with Jivka Petkova, Director of Coordination and Administration of the President of the European Commission, the Dunyo said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and will pay a state visit to China on January 23-25, the presidential press service said.

President signed Measures to sharply increase the flow of foreign tourists to the republic and further accelerate domestic tourism Decree.

Every day in Uzbekistan, an average of 4,754 liters of water is used per person, with annual consumption at 54.5 billion cubic meters.

According to automatic atmospheric air monitoring stations at 8:00 in Tashkent, today the content of fine PM 10 particles was 46.5 μg/m3, which did not exceed the maximum permissible concentration according to SanPiN 0293-11 (500 μg/m3).

On January 15, the Fergana city court handed a verdict against two guys who raped and killed an 11-year-old girl in Fergana, the press service of the Fergana regional courts.

By the end of 2023, the number of the self-employed stood at 2.5 million, the spokesman to the Tax Committee, Dildora Hoshimova said.

The International Opera and Ballet Festival will take place in Tashkent from February 28 to March 16. It is being organized by the Foundation for the Development of Culture and Art of Uzbekistan.

President signed amendments and addenda to the State Duty Law. According to the amendments, when individuals apply to court against decisions, actions (omission) of local government bodies, executive authorities, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, local self-government bodies, their officials who violate their rights and legal interests, citizens shall be exempt from paying state duties.

Tashkent city mayor's office is developing a comprehensive plan of measures to improve the environmental situation in Tashkent city, the office said in a statement.

This morning, on January 17, Tashkent ranked 8th on IQAir portal among the major cities in the world in terms of air pollution.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas on Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

100 percent government stake in the limited liability company Pakhtakor Football Club has been put up for sale, the State Assets Management Agency said.

As reported earlier, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting to outline economic policies for 2024. At the meeting, he underscored that the vocational training entities were not operating properly.

Today, the Uzbek Ambassador to the UAE Abdulaziz Akkulov and the UAE’s Deputy Foreign Khalid Abdullah Belhoul signed a MoM between the governments of the two countries on mutual visa waiver, UzA reported.

On January 15th, 2024 Romania celebrated the National Culture Day. The date also marked the birth of Romania's national poet Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), whose works became a landmark of Romanian and universal culture.

President got acquainted with a presentation on implementation of a business sustainability rating Monday. The development of doing business is a priority area of Uzbekistan’s economic policy course.

Uzbekistan plans to further tighten restrictions on foreign items in government procurement and provide more waivers to local companies. This is provided for in the minutes of the meeting of the government commission chaired by the Deputy PM Zhamshid Khojaev on December 25.