Uzbekistan plans to further tighten restrictions on foreign items in government procurement and provide more waivers to local companies. This is provided for in the minutes of the meeting of the government commission chaired by the Deputy PM Zhamshid Khojaev on December 25.

According to the Statistics agency, as of January 1, 2024, the number of foreign-invested companies in Uzbekistan was at 14,053.

Large-scale military exercises will take place in Kazakhstan as part of combat training activities with the participation of Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan said.

Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas will land in Uzbekistan on January 16 on a working visit, the EU Delegation to Uzbekistan said.

President signed a decree on January 10 setting up Eltech Industrial technology park. The goal is reportedly to launch “a new type of high-tech electrical equipment” and its components.

The Uzbek authorities are closely monitoring the situation related to the recent elections in Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said today in a statement.

Officials of the Uzbek Embassy in Germany met with Michael Harms,  Michael Harms - Executive Director of the East German Economic Committee, Dunyo reported.

The Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Ecology, with the participation of experts, considered the air pollution in Tashkent city.

The President of Uzbekistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent congratulatory message to the military on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the Armed Forces and the Day of Defenders of the Motherland (January 14).

If the public’s needs for news and analysis are not met, foreign media will overtake our media environment. The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev said speaking at the expanded meeting of the Security Council on Saturday, the Menimcha program of the Uzbekistan 24 reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed amendments to the Constitutional Court Law on Friday, the press service of the Ministry of Justice said.

Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov spoke to the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan over the phone and discussed cooperation plans for 2024, the Dunyo news agency said.

Even more benefits and reliefs are planned with an aim to support manufacturers of home appliances. This is provided for in the minutes of the meeting of the government commission headed by Deputy PM Zhamshid Khojaev which took place on December 25.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the production cluster of the Defense Industry Agency in the Tashkent province Thursday. Uzbekistan is actively reforming and modernizing the national armed forces, including the creation of training grounds and updating infrastructure to improve the combat training of troops, the presidential press service said.

Джанга (Дженга, Jenga)- культова настільна гра. Джанга, відома також під назвами Jenga, Башня чи просто Дженга, - це справжня культова настільна гра, одна з найпопулярніших у світі. Її полюбляють за прості та захопливі правила, адже гра тримає в напрузі до останньої хвилини.

Presidential signed Additional measures to further develop the pharmaceutical industry and accelerate the implementation of investment projects Decree.

Law enforcement agencies of Uzbekistan and Turkey, as part of a joint operational event, arrested Nilufar Mirkhanova, aka Madame Claude, the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Istanbul said.

Traffic accident involving a truck and a minivan occurred in the Nizhnelomovsky district of Penza region of Russia on the night of January 11. As a result, seven people in the minivan, including the driver, died, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said.

Three young men in Fergana city insulted a woman who was filming cars moving on the street. According to the information service of the provincial police department, the incident took place on January 9, 2024 in Fergana city.

US Ambassador Jonathan Henick and US Agency for International Development (USAID) mission director David Hoffman took questions about their views on poor air quality in Tashkent Wednesday.