To provide electricity to the Surkhandaryo province, Uzbekistan began to import more electricity from Tajikistan, the Surkhandarya branch of Districtal Electric Networks said.

To increase hydropower capacity in Uzbekistan, 250 promising sites for microhydroelectric power plant projects have been identified. This was discussed at a meeting on improving electricity supply on January 19 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Uzbekistan and Singapore will set up a Design and Engineering Center to develop and implement the New Tashkent smart city project, the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade (MIIT) said.

Golden AK-74 assault rifle was found in a luggage of a passenger flying from Yekaterinburg to Tashkent. The rifle was seized by customs officials and was handed over for examination.

Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the UAE’s Ambassador Saeed Matar Al-Qemzi. The parties exchanged opinions on the implementation of previously reached agreements and was agreed upon the schedule of bilateral events.

For the first time, Uzbek doctors independently performed an operation to separate Siamese twins, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday.

Families of children who died after taking Marion Biotech's Doc-1 Max cough syrup could get compensation if the cause of death is confirmed, the Deputy Health Minister Elmira Basitkhanova said at a session of the International Press Club on Wednesday.

Republican Special Commission on Road Safety issued a MoM on January 17. According to the press service of the Interior Ministry, as per the MoM, the maximum speed of vehicles in some areas of Karakalpakstan autonomy, the city of Tashkent and some provinces will be 60 kilometers per hour.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will launch joint production of cars. The car prices is yet not known, but manufacturers promise to make them competitive, Kursiv reported.

Meeting of the Ambassadors of the Central Asian countries with the officials of the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) took place on Monday at the headquarters of the organization, Dunyo reported.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov today hosted the Ambassador of Iran, Hamid Nairabadi, the Dunyo reported. The parties underscored that Uzbek-Iranian ties had been developing at a completely new pace in recent years and emphasized the importance of the full implementation of the agreements reached during the official visit of the President of Iran Ibrahim Raisi to Uzbekistan (September 2022). They also focused on the ways to expand cooperation in the field of transport.

5.2 million Uzbeks traveled abroad for tourism purposes in 2022, recording an increase by 3 million or 2.4 times, the Statistics agency said in a report.

New private airline Centrum Air received the delivery of two planes in Tashkent from Vilnius Wednesday. They landed one after another - at 19:07 and 19:18, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

Today, First Deputy Foreign Minister Furkat Sidiqov hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America Jonathan David Henick.

The president’s Jan. 16 Decree on improving the efficiency of activities of the courts has outlined measures to enhance of the independence of judiciary and ensure the immunity of judges.

The West is exerting pressure on the countries of Central Asia and is demanding from them to join the sanctions against Moscow, said the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference in St. Petersburg.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as part of his state visit to Singapore, met with the leaders of major companies and financial institutions.

President’s draft Additional measures for the further development of transport infrastructure and the introduction of a digital traffic control system in the city of Tashkent Decree has been posted for public input.

With the support of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kuala Lumpur, an online meeting was held between the Ministries of Transport of Uzbekistan and Brunei, as well as the CEOs of Uzbekistan Airports, Marokanda Air and Royal Brunei Airlines, Dunyo reported.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Samarkand Sub-commission on Combating Trafficking in Persons and the non-governmental organization Istiqlol Avlodi, opened the second Information and Consultation Center for Migrants and Families of Migrants.