An official of Uzbekistan Airways said why air tickets are so expensive in Uzbekistan, UzA said. “30-40% of the ticket price is made by the jet fuel price. Since we don’t have enough supplies of kerosene in Uzbekistan, we buy it from abroad. We were selling kerosene to foreign carriers at US$ 1.2 thousand a ton. Under the new system, Uzbekistan Airways may buy kerosene and refuel foreign aircrafts for US$ 890,” said Ulugbek Bektoshev, the head the company's Air transport development department.

Smartcard fare payment system (SFPS) will be fully introduced for Tashkent public transport before Q2 2020, the director of Transport and Logistics Development Center under the Ministry of Transport, Murad Abidov announced at a briefing on Monday.

The President of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in Samarkand on a working visit. At the international airport of Samarkand, he was welcomed by the governor of the Samarkand province, Erkinjon Turdimov.

The First Deputy Foreign Minister, Ilkhom Nematov met with the head of the Election Observation Mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)б Cayetana de Zulueta Outram, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

The twenty-fourth plenary session of the Senate will be held on November 30, the Senate press service said. The main item of the session will be reportedly the draft Uzbekistan State Budget for 2020, with the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill, Volunteering Bill and Trade Unions Bill also expected to be considered.

The commander of the Interior Ministry’s Guard Troops Major General, Dmitry Pan, has been arrested, the Ministry said in a statement.

Next year, inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will inspect the ongoing construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus and evaluate the plans for the Uzbekistan nuclear power plant project, the acting DG of IAEAб Cornel Ferouta announced at a meeting of the IAEA Governing Council in Vienna, the UN News Service reported.

The Special Envoy of the Canadian Prime Minister to the European Union, former Foreign Minister, Stéphane Dion today landed in Tashkent.

On November 20, Delhi hosted the high-level meeting between the Minister of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, Pulat Bobodjonov and Minister of Internal Affairs of India, Amit Shah, the Uzbek Interior Ministry said.

On November 18, 2019, the aviation authorities of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan held talks in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan). The delegation of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Transport was hosted by the Director of the Law and International Treaties of the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority, Khalilullah Abavi.

The draft presidential decree, initiated by the Ministry of Sports, proposed to legalize sports betting in Uzbekistan as of January 1, 2021, the Xalq So’zi newspaper said.

On November 20, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed resolution creating joint Uzbek-Belarusian Intersectoral Institute of Applied Technical Qualifications in Tashkent.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed resolution prohibiting the initiation of questioning and cancellation of the results denationalization and privatization in Uzbekistan.

On November 20, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the IT Tech Park in Tashkent’s Mirzo-Ulugbek district, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to Improve Organization and Exploration for Oil and Gas Decree handing over a number of Uzbekneftegaz’s functions to the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources.

The President Mirziyoyev approved the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Republic of Korea on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments, signed by the leaders of the two countries during the official visit of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Uzbekistan on April 19, 2019 in Tashkent.

The President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov will pay a working visit to Uzbekistan in late November, the Russian Embassy in Uzbekistan said in a statement.

Mansion belonging to the former Prosecutor General, Rashid Qodirov has been put up for sale on E-ijro auction platform. The starting price of the lot is 10,007,940,000 soums, or over US$ 1 million.

Temperatures across Uzbekistan will be tumbling to the single digits on November 21-24, with cold and humid air flows coming from central the regions of Russia and occasional showers expected across Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet said.

On November 16 was held a telephone conversation between President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov, the Uzbek presidency press service said.