Srečko Katanec has stepped down from the Uzbekistan national football team head coach role due to health reasons. He was reported to be battling with cancer.

5,716 corruption crimes by 6,898 individuals were committed in Uzbekistan in 2024, the chief of the press service of the Anti-Corruption Agency, Sherzod Saparov said.

The Presidential Aide Saida Mirziyoyeva met with the Ambassador of the European Union to Uzbekistan, Toivo Klaar. During the meeting, the parties discussed bilateral preparations for the upcoming EU-Central Asia Summit in Samarkand in April of this year.

Uzbek female, 28, was detained in Osh region of Kyrgyzstan on suspicion of preparing and distributing extremist materials via social networks, the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security reported.

Russian defense minister Andrei Belousov lands in Uzbekistan on official visit on Wednesday. During his visit to Tashkent, the Russian defense minister will be received by the Defense Minister of Uzbekistan, Major General Shukhrat Khalmukhamedov, as well as the country's military-political leadership.

During the session of the Legislative Chamber today, MPs reviewed and passed amendments to the Detention in Criminal Proceedings Law, preventing the use of torture during criminal proceedings and introducing mandatory medical examination of detainees before their placement in a pre-trial detention center.

Uzbek Ambassador Bakhtiyor Ibragimov met with the Kazakh Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Svetlana Dzhakupova Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President of the United States of America Donald Trump on his official inauguration, Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

At the session of the Legislative Chamber, MPs reviewed amendments to the National Guard Law. MPs noted that the existing regulations had been failing to define the procedure by which National Guard officers, while they are performing official duties, are required to identify themselves when addressing an individual or when an individual addresses them.

Two people were killed after being by Damas minivan in Toshloq district of Fergana province, the Bu Kun program of Zo‘r TV channel reported.

The Ministry of Energy commented on a recent video footage filmed near Kafrun village of Baysun district in Surkhandarya province, where a gas with an increased content of hydrogen sulfide has been leakin at the 25 Years of Independence (M-25) gas field since September 1. The statement said that gas leaking from ​​the field is being safely fired in order to neutralize it.

Uzbekistan has one of the youngest populations in the world – more than 60% are under 30. Being surrounded by a sea of young people on Tashkent's metros, which double as art museums with Soviet-era mosaics, you can see a new generation taking over.

The Central Asian University for Environmental Studies and Climate Change hosted a landmark event to celebrate the “Year of Environmental Protection and Green Economy” with the launch of two international projects. These initiatives are jointly implemented by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The combined budget for these projects amounts to approximately $6.5 million, with implementation planned through 2030. 

According to the State Statistics Committee, in the period from January to December 2024, 35.9 thousand Uzbek nationals went abroad for studying. Tajikistan was Uzbeks’ top destination for studying on 12,809 students.

The level of perceived (personal) inflation in December rose by another 0.6 percentage points - to 14.7% compared to November, the Central Bank said in a survey.

Traffic police officer died in Navoi after being hit by car driven by male teen. The male, 16, was driving his father's Kia Sonet car without a license plate at night in Navoi city and violated traffic rules. When a police officer inspector on duty in the area tried to stop him, the teen hit the officer and fled the scene.

A video footage on a snake show in a kindergarten has been circulating on social media. The Children's Ombudsman has commented on the situation.

Uzgidromet posted a weather forecast for the Tashkent city during the business week. There will be no precipitation on Monday In Tashkent, , the air will rise up to +10…+12 degrees Celsius during the daytime. It will rain occasionally on Tuesday, fog is possible at night and in the morning, the air temperature will be +2…+4 degrees range at night, and +8…+10 degrees during the day.

Uzbek Ambassador Fariddin Nasriev met with the Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri.

Deputy Foreign Minister, Olim Abdullaev met with the Latvian Ambassador Reinis Trokša, the Foreign Ministry said. Reportedly, the parties discussed the ways to expand cooperation in the field of external labor migration.