The contract was signed between Dadajon Isakulov, President of National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan and Hafiz Mohammad Amin, Chief Executive Officer of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS). This agreement has been signed following two days of talks between the two parties.

One of the items of the draft Roadmap of the Development Strategy for 2022-2026 to be implemented in 2022 proposed to provide free meals to primary school students in some provinces of Uzbekistan.

It is planned to further develop and support private health sector. This is stated in one of the items of the draft Roadmap of the Development Strategy for 2022-2026 to be implemented in 2022.

The President signed the Measures to expedite greening and further effective organization of tree protection in the republic Decree.

As per the order of the Foreign Minister of Romania, Bogdan Aurescu, this country made two voluntary contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) worth total of 60 thousand euros for projects in Uzbekistan, the Romanian Ambassador to Tashkent Daniel Christian Ciobanu said.

It is planned to improve the activities of the patrol police, including by abolition of procedure of taking individuals for check through introduction of modern ITs.

Uzbekistan, chairing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2022, plans to hold more than 80 international events and to develop a program to boost intraregional trade and step up cooperation in the field of security.

By the Dec. 30 presidential decree, Vladimir Norov was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said. On December 31, he was presented at a meeting of the collegium of the ministry.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the Uzbek people on the New Year and proposed to declare 2022 as the "Year of Ensuring Human Interests and Development of Mahalla".

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports issued a statement on how much users of the Healthy Lifestyle app were paid for walking in 2021.

Employment Minister Nozim Husanov held a conference call with executives of the German OPASCA GmbH, Dunyo said in a statement.

In accordance with the Dec. 28 resolution of the Senate council, Farhod Arziev was appointed Ambassador of Uzbekistan to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today.

Paleolithic era monument was found at Mount Kohitang in Sherabad district of Surkhandarya province, the Academy of Sciences said in a statement on Thursday.

Tashkent Metro issued statement on the running hours of Metro services on holidays. On December 31, 2021, the metro will run service on an approved schedule. Working hours will be extended by 1 (one) hour, that is, all metro stations will serve passengers from 05:00 AM on December 31 to 01:00 AM on January 1.

On December 28, 2021, the UzAuto Motors production line in the city of Hajigabul (Azerbaijan) moved to the second stage of production development - the assembly of Chevrolet Damas, Labo, Lacetti, Tracker and Malibu cars was launched at the plant.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has awarded the chess player Nodirbek Abdusattorov with the state award Mard Oglon (transl. Brave Son), the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov announced.

The 50% reduction in the supply of electricity from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan is due to the repair works at one of the 220 kV two power transmission lines (Naibobod-1), the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.

Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) is building a unique and successful entrepreneurship ecosystem in Uzbekistan. As a result, innoWIUT Entrepreneur's lab invited its recent graduate, a successful IT developer and the first hero of CNN’s new project #TheGenerationNext Durdona Bakhronova for an open discussion “Empowering Female Tech Entrepreneurs” on campus.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Anglesey Food Foreign Enterprise LLC (Korzinka) have signed $12 million in debt financing to promote food security and sustain the livelihoods of more than 5,000 employees and 1,200 farm workers in Uzbekistan.

The Uzbek Ambassador to Canada, stationed in Washington, Javlon Vakhabov, held a number of meetings in Ottawa with Director General of the Bureau for Eastern Europe and Eurasia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Heidi Kutz, the Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Middle East and Maghreb Sandra McCardell and the Executive Director Department for Afghanistan and Pakistan Christopher Gibbins, Dunyo said.