Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov on the sidelines of the 30th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held a number of meetings in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Today early in the morning, a fire broke out in a hostel in Almaty (Kazakhstan), which killed 13 people, Tengrinews.kz said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Dubai (UAE) on November 30 - December 2, where he will attend the UN conference on climate change, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on further support for production and boosting export potential in the pharmaceutical.

The Tashkent State Economic University and the Tashkent Finances Institute could ne be moved from the city downtown to the Sergeli district.

President Mirziyoyev today signed the Measures to implement the “A Thousand Books for Youth” project Decree. In accordance with the Decree, the Agency for Youth Affairs will implement the “A Thousand Books for Youth” project, within the framework of which 1000 world-famous books will be translated into the Uzbek.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Russian president Vladimir Putin over the phone, the Uzbek presidency website said.

According to Uzhydromet, partly cloudy weather is expected in Tashkent city. Partly cloudy, light rain and fog possible at night and in the morning on December 1, with no precipitation. Temperature was is +5…+7°C at night, 10…+12°C during the day.

Almond tree bloomed in Aktash village in the mountainous Bostonliq district of Tashkent province. According to climatologist Erkin Abdulahadov, it does not look like a mass bloom for the area.

At the Nov. 28 government meeting the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed the development of the Uzbekistan’s electrical equipment manufacturing industry.

On November 29, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on Israel to liberate the occupied Golan Heights. 91 countries voted in favour of the document, including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, as well as Russia, Brazil, India, and China. Eight countries opposed it, including the US, UK and Canada. Another 62 countries abstained.

At the regular meeting of the Legislative Chamber today, MPs considered and passed the bill on traffic regulations in three readings.

From December 1, 2023, a number of legislative changes and other novelties will take effect in Uzbekistan, including an increase in wages, pensions and benefits, the launch of a warning system for strong earthquakes, the VAT return on imported cattle, and more.

“Some high-ranking people” knocked on Karim Benzema's hotel room at Tashken Hilton Hotel the night before Al-Ittihad FC's match against  Almalyk-based AGMK of Uzbekistan. The men reportedly wanted to take photos with him, according to the football news website Championat.Asia . 

Interior Ministry proposed liability for publishing on the Internet photos and videos about the work of law enforcement officers “with the aim of discrediting and insulting them.” The relevant bill was conceptually adopted in the first reading at the November 28 Legislative Chamber meeting.

Prominent journalists of online news publications in Uzbekistan have been quitting jobs. Resigning of the journalist of www.Kun.uz (most visited news site in Uzbekistan) Ilyos Safarov has raised new concerns about the state of freedom of speech and media freedom in this country.

General Prosecutor's Office commented the arrest of three female doctors in the case of mass poisoning of children after taking the Antistrumin iodine drug.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on improving the anti-corruption system and increasing the efficiency of the system of oversight over the activities of government bodies on Monday.

Cooperation among Central Asia countries to protect biodiversity and promote sustainable management of natural resources is gaining momentum. The Regional Dialogue on Transboundary Conservation in Central Asia held 28-30 November 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, makes a significant stride in advancing this shared agenda. The event is attended by government representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and numerous national and international organisations.

Committee for Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health commented on reports of a sharp increase in the number of children infected with measles in Namangan province.