Grant agreement was signed at the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change on December 26 for the Sound Management of Hazardous Chemicals project.

Uzbekistan may tighten the import of conventional and electric vehicles. This follows from the government’s draft Measures to further improve the import of passenger cars into the territory of the republic and the system for assessing their conformity Resolution, which is undergoing interdepartmental discussion.

Maiden meeting of the railway authorities of the countries-stakeholders in the Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Turkey multimodal transport corridor took place in Istanbul.

Kamashi district court in Kashkadarya province sentenced a 21-year-old resident of the province to seven years in prison on charges of distributing and promoting extremist ideas on the Internet, the press service of the State Security Service said.

Новые страны — это всегда интересно и захватывающе. Необычные традиции, другая культура, удивительные места и незнакомая природа. Все это притягивает туристов из других стран. Ведь таким образом можно получить массу новых впечатлений и запастись позитивными эмоциями до следующей поездки.

Complex minimally invasive surgical treatment of Parkinson’s disease was conducted for the first time in Uzbekistan on December 26 at the Department of Neurosurgery and Clinic of Samarkand State Medical University (SamSMU), the press service of SamSMU said.

On December 28, president Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree aimed at ensuring price stability for main food items, a government source told the Tashkent Times.

On December 28, blogger Olimjon Khaidarov’s appeal was reviewed by the criminal panel of the Fergana provincial court. According to the spokesman to the Supreme Court, the Dec. 1, 2023 ruling of the Fergana District Court has been upheld, and the appeal was not satisfied.

Uzbekistan will introduce a fee for over 10-ton capacity trucks and trailers from Jan 1., 2024. This follows from the 2024 state budget, which was passed by the parliament and signed by the president.

The Management company for the Construction of New Tashkent under the Cabinet of Ministers and the Gold Step Invest company entered into a direct agreement for the construction of a transport interchange at the intersection of New Uzbekistan street and the 4R12 highway. This follows from data from the government procurement portal.

According to the State Security Service, during an operation conducted by the State Security Department for Syrdarya province together with the department against economic crimes, the lawyer of an agricultural company, specializing in the production of products in the Mirzaabad district, was arrested while receiving $14 thousand and 12 million soums from the director of a logistics company.

Russian Ural Airlines will launch regular flights to five cities of Uzbekistan from January 13, 2024. Reportedly, flights will be to launched to Yekaterinburg, Samara, Krasnoyarsk and Moscow (Domodedovo Airport and Zhukovsky Airport) in Russia.

Uzbekistan desperately needs guaranteed and stable energy resources, Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at the launch ceremony of green energy projects on Wednesday. As reported earlier, the commissioning took place of five solar power plants and the first stage of a wind power plant with a total capacity of 2,400 MW.

Car production in Uzbekistan reached 355.25 thousand in January-November 2023, which is by 25.9%, or 73 thousand, more than in the same period in 2022 (282.2 thousand). the Statistics Agency said in a report.

On December 27, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the ceremony of launching and connecting to the network of 5 solar and 1 wind power plants in six provinces of the country, the presidential press service said.

A Concept for production of national TV series will be developed in Uzbekistan. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced this at a meeting on December 22, as reported by his press secretary Sherzod Asadov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke about the international situation in the world at a meeting of the Republican Council on Education with cultural figures. The quote was given by his spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

GM Tracker crossover inside a residential area hit two children aged 8 and 10 years old and might have crushed them in Tashkent’s Yunusabad district on Thursday. The footage of the incident surfaced on social networks.

Official spokesman to the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the statement of the co-chairman of the Just Russia - For Truth party, Zakhar Prilepin about the annexation of Uzbekistan and other territories of the former USSR to Russia.

The Ministry of Defense stated that Uzbekistan has sufficient Armed Forces to ensure its security. The spokesman to the Minister of Defense Otabek Yuldashev told in his Telegram channel, citing Article 153 of the Constitution of Uzbekistan, which states: “The Republic of Uzbekistan has the Armed Forces to ensure its security at the level of necessary sufficiency.”