Friday, 12, December, 2025

National

As part of the new anti-corruption model in Uzbekistan, a special anti-corruption cluster will be formed, uniting the Anti-Corruption Agency, law enforcement agencies, the Accounts Chamber, internal control services, and a number of scientific institutes.

At a meeting with agriculture leaders dedicated to the Agricultural Worker's Day, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev summarized the year's results and highlighted the sector's key achievements.

Seven-month-old boy successfully underwent a liver transplant, making him the youngest child in Uzbekistan to undergo the life-saving surgery, the press service of the provincial Children's National Medical Center.

The Interior Minister Aziz Toshpulatov hosted the President of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Mohammad bin Sulayem, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the FIA ​​General Assembly Wednesday.

Reports of a girl falling from a zipline at Kamchik Pass have surfaced on social media. The incident occurred today, December 11: a 16-year-old girl got stuck in a zipline due to a technical malfunction. In the video footage circulating online, the girl held onto the cable for a while before slipping and landing on rocks, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Chairman of the People's Council, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan on December 11-12.

The Tashkent Metro has completed the technical renovation of the long-closed lobbies at the Uzbekistan, Mashinazozlar, Gafur Gulyam, and Milliy Bog stations, which will reopen to passengers today, the company said in a statement.

The Paraguayan President Santiago Peña will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan from December 11 to 13, the presidential press service said.

Ceremony to mark the departure of the first batch of Hyundai Rotem high-speed trains at Masan Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province to Uzbekistan took place on Wednesday. The event was attended by Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Jamshid Abdukhakimović Khojayev and other key figures from both countries' political and economic circles.

According to the president’s Additional measures to expand non-cash payments and reduce the share of the shadow economy Decree signed earlier, starting January 1, 2026, companies will accept electronic payments via a single QR code generated by banks. This requirement will become mandatory starting July 1, 2026, and the absence of a QR code shall be deemed a violation of trade regulations.

Today the president signed Additional measures to expand non-cash payments and reduce the ratio of the shadow economy Decree, the Ministry of Justice said. It stipulates that starting April 1, 2026, payments for some goods and services will be accepted only in non-cash form:

The data from the sample household surveys conducted by the National Statistics Committee in January-September 2025 show the distribution of the population in the country by type of housing.

At a government meeting the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev was provided information on steps to transform neighborhoods into areas free of unemployment and poverty and job creation program, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekneftegaz has ongoing projects worth over $10 billion. This was announced by the company chairman Bakhodirjon Sidikov told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel Friday during the launch ceremony of new energy facilities in Uzbekistan.

On December 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Mohammed bin Sulayem, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the FIA General Assembly in Tashkent, the presidential press service said.

Journalists do not just die – they are killed. The number of murdered journalists has risen again, due to the criminal practices of military groups — both regular and paramilitary — and organised crime. At least 53 of the 67 media professionals killed over the past year are victims of war or criminal networks, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a report.

At 1:15 a.m. on December 8, a Boeing 747-400 cargo flight of Air Atlanta Icelandic landed at the Tashkent International airport and brought 93 tons of live cattle from Liege, Belgium, Uzbekistan Airports said.

The press service of the Tashkent province governor’s office responded to the public outcry on social networks regarding the allocation by the office of 4.5 billion soums ($375 thousand) for a parking lot for the Tashkent province prosecutor's office in Nurafshan city (Tashkent province’s administrative center) as per the decision made by the governor’s office.

Rain is expected overnight and in the morning of December 10 in Tashkent city. Nighttime temperatures will drop to 0 to -2 degrees Celsius, with daytime highs of +4 to +7 degrees, Uzhydromet said.

Rare aircraft, the An-124-100M Ruslan cargo plane belonging to the Ukrainian Antonov Airlines, which took off from Urumqi Airport in China landed at Tashkent International Airport on Monday.