Former chairman of Uzbekneftegaz, Bakhodir Siddikov has been arrested in suspicion of embezzlement of state funds and other corruption crimes.

Shadow and unobserved economy in Tashkent has reached 60 trillion soums, resulting in annual state budget losses of 7.5 trillion soums, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at an urgent government meeting today.

Embezzlement and financial irregularities totaling 53 trillion soums have been uncovered, with damages from corruption schemes totaling 4.2 trillion soums, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced at the urgent government meeting today.

At an urgent government meeting today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced that major checks conducted at the state-owned company Uzbekneftegaz and the State Assets Management Agency, found massive embezzlement worth of billions of soums.

The Saudi Fund for Development is mulling investing in two projects in Uzbekistan worth total of $138 million. the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade reported following the talks between the Minister Laziz Kudratov and the Saudi Fund's CEO, Sultan Al-Marshad.

Uzbekistan is introducing a GIS-based innovative system aimed at enhancing the real-time monitoring, forecasting, and emergency response. The new system automates the collection and analysis of data on territorial conditions and emerging hazards and enables scenario modelling through a unified digital mapping and information resources.

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Former imam-khatib of Tashkent city mosques, Odilkhon Ismoilov, has been arrested, the press service of the Supreme Court said.

An item of the draft 2026 State Program has proposed to postpone the start of the First Concrete phase for the Uzbekistan nuclear power plant project until December 2026.

Draft program for implementing the Uzbekistan 2030 Strategy includes an item proposing life imprisonment for sexual assaults against persons under 14.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, convened a high-level roundtable today to mark International Clean Energy Day, focusing on market-based approaches to scaling up renewable energy and international best practices for supporting the energy transition.

After several days of above-zero temperatures, Uzbekistan is expected to experience another cold snap in weather this week, although not as severe as last week, Uzhydromet said in a forecast.

The Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Istanbul confirmed Turkish media reports of the discovery of a decapitated body of an Uzbek woman in the Şişli district.

Former Deputy Interior Minister, Major General Bekmurod Abdullayev has been arrested. The spokesman of the Interior Minister, Shohrukh Giyasov, did not deny the reports, ​​but said that the Prosecutor General's Office was dealing with this matter.

Eight Uzbek nationals have been sentenced to life imprisonment after a mass brawl in Dubai, the spokesman to the Foreign Ministry Ahror Burkhanov said.

Russia’s imperial worldview may pose a greater long-term risk to Central Asia and the South Caucasus than to NATO member states, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an interview with The Washington Post, highlighting concerns that continue to resonate across the post-Soviet space.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting via teleconference on key objectives for 2026 in terms of poverty reduction and employment.

Cold anticyclone will remain across Uzbekistan on Friday afternoon and into the coming night, Uzhydromet said in a forecast.

On the sidelines of the signing ceremony of the Charter of the Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland yesterday. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Uzbekistan's international trade in 2025 reached $81.2 billion, recording an increased by $13.9 billion, or 20.7% year on year, the National Statistics Committee said in a report.