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.

According to the Statistics agency, as of January 1, 2024, the number of foreign-invested companies in Uzbekistan was at 14,053.

Large-scale military exercises will take place in Kazakhstan as part of combat training activities with the participation of Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan said.

Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas will land in Uzbekistan on January 16 on a working visit, the EU Delegation to Uzbekistan said.

President signed a decree on January 10 setting up Eltech Industrial technology park. The goal is reportedly to launch “a new type of high-tech electrical equipment” and its components.

The Uzbek authorities are closely monitoring the situation related to the recent elections in Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said today in a statement.

Officials of the Uzbek Embassy in Germany met with Michael Harms,  Michael Harms - Executive Director of the East German Economic Committee, Dunyo reported.

The Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Ecology, with the participation of experts, considered the air pollution in Tashkent city.