The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Russia on February 5, the first deputy foreign minister Ilkhom Nematov told RIA Novosti.

UzAuto Motors unveiled four new Chevrolet models in Tashkent - Tahoe, Traverse, Trailblazer and Equinox Wednesday. Sales of Trailblazer will start on December 26, Traverse and Tahoe will go to stores from the beginning of 2020, and Equinox - from March-April, the company’s press service said.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the celebration of the 75th anniversary of victory in the Second World War (WWII) on May 9, 2020. The Uzbek leader accepted the invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the First Deputy Foreign Minister, Ilkhom Nematov told to RIA Novosti.

In an interview to Japan's Nikkei Asian Review, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that foreign investment into Uzbekistan will reach US$ 7 billion in the year-end.

The next round of Uzbek-Russian political consultations between Foreign ministries took place in Moscow yesterday. The Uzbekistan delegation was headed by the First Deputy Foreign Minister, Ilkhom Nematov and the Russian Delegation was represented by the Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrei Rudenko.

Today, the Chamber of Lawyers hosted a meeting with members of the Chamber and the media to mark the 20th anniversary of the Lawyer magazine, during which, the Speaker of the Chamber made remarks about the shortcomings in the industry and the years of recession.

Shohruh Shadmanov, aka Shohruh rapper, began a political career. He was elected as a deputy to the Chilonzor distrcit deputies’ council.

By a presidential decree of December 24, from January 1, 2020, a visa-free regime will be in force for foreign citizens who hold UN passports (red Laissez-Passer biometric passports), who will be staying in the country for up to 30 days, the Ministry of Justice said.

Today, the Information and Mass Communications Agency hosted a press conference to discuss the implemented measures and future tasks for ensuring road safety. At the event, the Deputy Interior Minister, Azizbek Ikramov said that starting from January 1, 2020, the traffic police officer will use body cameras to perform their duties.

After a long hiatus, Andijan International Airport resumed operations, the State Committee for Tourism said. In line with the authorization from the Uzbek aviation authorities, on December 22, the Russian IrAero launched Moscow to Andijan flights on Superjet-100.

Improvements to Uzbekistan’s election law and greater acceptance of freedom of expression are to be welcomed, but did not offset the absence of opposition parties, a continuing lack of respect for fundamental rights, and some serious irregularities on election day, international observers to the parliamentary elections said in a preliminary statement published yesterday.

Uz-Autotrans Service, a state owned company, on Monday launched a regular bus service to Moscow. "We launched the first service today. We hope that on the New Year's Eve, we will get a good load," an Uzavtotrans Service official said.

The first compensation certificate in Uzbekistan was awarded by the authorities for building a hotel. The company which built the 3-star Grand Hotel Sogdiana hotel was awarded the 4,080,000,000 soums worth certificate. The hotel has 102 rooms.

UzAuto Motors will unveil four new Chevrolet models on December 25б the company said in a statement. “Through the use of advanced technologies and attractive design, these models will exceed all expectations and will surprise even the most sophisticated” the statement said.

The chief off the CIS observer mission, the chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, Sergey Lebedev recognized the Uzbekistan parliamentary and municipal elections on Sunday as “free, transparent and competitive" at a press conference yesterday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA), George Tsereteli.

Some time at the beginning of the next year, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo will visit Uzbekistan, a source in the government told the Tashkent Times.

Japan on Thursday pledged a total of 187.9 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in loans to Uzbekistan to help boost its power generation and exports of horticultural products.

According to the provisional data, deputies to the Legislative Chamber were elected in 128 out of 150 constituencies. Yestreday were announced the preliminary results of the elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

Uzbekistan Railways plans to launch transit trains to Azerbaijan and Georgia before spring 2020, it was announced in Tashkent at a meeting on the development of an international multimodal route between the railway authorities of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.