Uzbekistan Railways plans to buy five set of cars for the Tashkent aerial metro line. The President's Draft Purchasing Rolling stock for Tashkent Aerial Metro Line Project Decree has been posted on the portal for assessing the impact of regulations.

The State Committee for Assistance to Privatized Enterprises and Development of Competition has been abolished. This is provided for by the president's decree on the fundamental improvement of the state assets management, antitrust regulation and development of the securities market.

The First Ministerial meeting of “India - Central Asia-Afghanistan” Dialogue took place on 13 January 2019 in Samarkand, Republic of Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of India, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan attended the meeting.

As of July 1, 2019, privatization of non-agricultural land plots will be allowed Uzbekistan for legal and natural persons. This is provided for by the decree of the President’s Measures to Fundamentally Improve the Processes of Urbanization Decree.

Azim Ahmedkhodjaev, who served as deputy director of the National Agency for Project Management (NAPM) under the President, has been appointed deputy governor of the Jizzakh province, and will be responsible for investments, innovation, assistance to privatized enterprises, development of small industrial zones and promoting tourism.

Confucius Park and a monument to the Chinese thinker will be erected in Samarkand, the Xalq So’zi newspaper reported.

Uzbekistan has posted progress in the latest Democracy Index published by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) climbing three places to 156th among 167 countries.

Kazakhstan delegation headed by Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov arrives in Uzbekistan on January 12, 2019, the Uzbek foreign ministry said.

Fines for prostitution have been increased in Uzbekistan. Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed into Law the Bill on Making Amendments and Addenda to Some Regulations of the Republic of Uzbekistan Aimed at Improving the Mechanisms for Ensuring Public Order.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree yesterday appointing Dmitry Li as the director of the National Project Management Agency (NPMA) under the President of Uzbekistan.

President of Uzbekistan, by his Jan. 7 decree, has appointed Golib Kholjigitov as deputy finance minister/ director at the Agency for the Development of Public-Private Partnerships under the Ministry of Finance, the ministry’s said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit 2019 in Gujarat on January 18-20 in India, the First Deputy Foreign Minister Ilkhom Nematov announced during the International Press Club meeting Wednesday.

The founding congress of the Ecological Party of Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent Tuesday. During the event, the members approved the party’s charter and program and elected members of the central council and central control-auditing commission.

Kyrgyzstan government delegation led by Foreign Minister Chingiz Aydarbekov will visit Uzbekistan on January 10, Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The Uzbek Public Education Ministry has rejected Russia's proposal to deploy teachers to Uzbekistan schools, the Russian Ambassador to Uzbekistan said in a statement.

Sino plant in Samarkand was found bankrupt last summer. held at the Uzeltehsanoat Association gave detailed information about the plant at a briefing Monday.

The creation of the National Center for Defense Management is envisaged by the draft 2019 State Program. The Ministries of Defense and Emergency, the State Security Service, the State Defense Industry Committee, the National Guard and the State Customs Committee will be tasked with developing a program of measures to enhance Uzbekistan’s defense and enhance the combat capacities of the Uzbek Armed Forces.

The trial behind closed doors against the former Prosecutor General Rashitjon Kadirov began in the Yunusabad district criminal court, a source in the Prosecutor General’s Office told Tashkent Times.

The consultative meeting of the Central Asian leaders will be held in Tashkent. This is stated in the draft 2019 State Program “Year of Active Investments and Social Development”.

The deputy governor of Andijan province Salombek Khabibullaev responsible for investments, innovation, assistance to privatized enterprises, development of small industrial zones and promoting tourism, died yesterday of myocardial infarction aged 48, the Ministry of Health said.