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.

Amendments to the Civil Code were considered in the first reading at a meeting of the Legislative Chamber, which are aimed at improving the procedure for paying compensation for harm to victims of torture.

Officers of the State Security Service (DXX) detained two men involved in the illegal dispatch of Uzbeks to the United States. They planned to send them to the United States along the Uzbekistan-Turkey-Bolivia-Colombia-Mexico-USA route.

On December 28, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the informal meeting of the heads of state of the CIS in St. Petersburg.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on December 27 handed over special machinery, equipment, training manuals and personal protective equipment to the Plant Protection Agency of Uzbekistan to improve pest control processes, the FAO office in Uzbekistan said.

The former Uzbekistan international Nikolai Shirshov died at the age of 48, the Rostov football club said in a statement on Tuesday.

New cable car, Amirsoy Express, was launched in the mountains of the Tashkent province on Sunday. The cable leads to the Amirsoy ski resort. The Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Tourism and Sports Aziz Abdukhakimov attended the event.

On December 27, hand-over ceremony took place in Seoul of eight units of special automobile fire-fighting and medical equipment, as well as protective gear and equipment donated by the South Korean government for the needs of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan, Dunyo reported.

As reported earlier, oo December 27, the newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Uzbekistan presented credentials to the President of Uzbekistan. Then the president stressed that the country was committed to pursuing the democratic reforms, ensuring consistency in the comprehensive reforms based on the New Uzbekistan's Development Strategy.

The nuclear power plant, planned to be built in Jizzakh province, will pay off at any cost, said the Russian Ambassador to Uzbekistan Oleg Malginov at the annual press conference in Tashkent.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, and left for a working visit to St. Petersburg to attend the informal summit of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Traditional Presidential gifts for the New Year were sent to the provinces. They are intended for inmates of orphanages, family orphanages, SOS Children's Villages and children left without parental care.

Ceremony of presenting credentials by newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Uzbekistan took place today, the presidential press service said.

On December 24, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on ensuring the academic and managerial independence of state universities.

The Syrdarya province governor, Gofurjon Mirzaev dressed up as Santa Claus and handed out gifts. The original idea was however to implement the president’s Additional measures to support and further strengthen social protection of low-income groups of the population Decree.

Due to the extension of the Tashkent metro, the number of passengers is growing day by day, which is causing huge crowds at metro stations, the administration of the Tashkent metro said in a statement.

The State Statistics Committee unveiled from which countries Uzbekistan mainly imported cars. According to the State Statistics Committee, in January-November 2021, China and South Korea, with 6,963 and 5,630 cars were the leading exporters of passenger cars to Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the informal meeting of CIS leaders on December 28 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the official website of the Kremlin.