The National program for development and support of reading culture for 2020-2025 was approved by a government resolution of December 14, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.

On December 14, as part of the visit of the government delegation to Japan in Tokyo, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade met with the Chairman of Japan-CIS Business Cooperation Committee of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and the Chairman of Marubeni Corporation Fumiya Kokubu, President and CEO of Itochu Corporation Yoshihisa Suzuki, and President and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation Takehiko Kakiyuchi.

The chairman of the High Judicial Council Kholmumin Yodgorov at a recent press conference at the AIMC reported three recent cases of unjustified interference in the activities of judges, over one of which was opened a criminal case. He also stated that the mayor of one of the districts of Kashkadarya province was sacked for interfering with judicial work.

On December 14, the Republican Interdepartmental Commission was formed to "thoroughly and objectively" verify the arguments of Bukhara city prosecutor Jasur Fozilov, who had earlier announced an attempt to fabricate a case against him, UzA said.

A 413-meter bridge is planned to be built across the Amu Darya river, which will connect the Khorezm province and Karakalpakstan.

A person who made a living by begging in Maltepe, Istanbul, stabbed an Uzbek man to death with a knife in the chest. While the moment of stabbing was caught by cameras, the suspect was quickly caught and arrested.

Members of the Legislative Chamber in the first reading passed the Bankruptcy Bill, the press service of the lower house said. The Bill reportedly consists of 17 chapters and 252 articles and introduces practice and regulation of the bankruptcy of an individual, the procedure for payment by installments from monthly income of debtor (individual).

Footages surfaced on social media showing how residents of Hamdustlik neighbourhood of Andijan blocked the road at the junction of Uzbekistan and Bobur streets, demanding to resolve the problem with the supply of electricity and gas.

On December 7, 2020, citizen Kh., who wished to remain anonymous, called the Syrdarya province prosecutor's office asking to take action against a businessman J.Z., who ordered to hit his rival M.D. in return of money.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the National Guard Bill into Law on November 18, it was officially published on November 19.

A footage is being widely discussed on social media, on which a strange death of the farmer Muzaffar Mukhammadiev in Navoi province's Khatyrchi district is being related. The incident has been commented by the spokesman to the General Prosecutor's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov.

The Ministry of Public Education and the networking hardware, software, telecommunications equipment manufacturer Cisco signed a cooperation agreement that provides for the free IT courses, trainings, educational materials, Webex video conferencing systems and certification for use in schools in Uzbekistan by Cisco, the Ministry of Public Education said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a virtual summit with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Uzbekistan received observer status in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This decision was made on December 11 at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, which was attended by the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The English Speaking Nation: Secondary School Teacher Program (ESN: STT) program has now moved into its training and selection phases.

The son-in-law of the Uzbek president, the chairman of the Uzbekistan Triathlon Federation, Otabek Umarov, has been nominated for the post of Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Asia, the Uzbek Olympic Committee (NOC) said.

The Authority for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health of Uzbekistan received 16 vehicles from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). They are intended for the provincial departments of the sanitary and epidemiological authority and will be used to improve the quality of monitoring the timely vaccination of children throughout the country, the Ministry of Health said.

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has developed the #Safetravel protocols in collaboration with tourism experts, governments, healthcare and other professionals to join forces to revitalize the tourism industry and develop meaningful action plans. Protocols are aligned with common standards to ensure the safety of private-sector employees and tourists.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over 2,000 copies of the “Collection of Legal Documents on the Rights of People with Visual Impairments” in Braille to the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan. The collection contains documents such as the Law on Social Protection of the People with Disabilities and related presidential decrees, as well as a list of available support services to which people with  disabilities are entitled. Representatives of the USAID mission to Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Justice took part in the ceremony.