19th meeting of the Uzbekistan-EU Cooperation Committee took place in Tashkent on December 5. The meeting was co-chaired: Uzbek Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Badriddin Abidov, and the EU’s Deputy Director of the European External Economic Service Action for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Luke Devin.

On December 11, the opening ceremony of the Embassy of Uzbekistan took place in Doha, the capital of Qatar, FM Bakhtiyor Saidov said.

On the sidelines of the ICAO-owned ICAN-2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a meeting was organized between the aviation authorities of Uzbekistan and Bangladesh.

Uzbekistan Airways plans to launch regular flights to Canada, the press service of the Ministry of Transport said. At the international conference ICAN 2023 in Riyadh, the aviation authorities of the two countries signed a memorandum to begin the development of an air services agreement, including the third and fourth air freedom, which would facilitate flights.

Hyundai Engineering Co. has partnered with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to cooperate in exports of small modular reactors (SMRs), which are more advanced and cost efficient than conventional nuclear plants, according to the company Tuesday.

From December 11, the Fergana Oil Refinery will increase the total production of AI-80 and AI-92 gasoline to 1,000 tons per day.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the participants of the international conference: Jadids: Ideas of National Identity, Independence and Statehood in Tashkent.

Project of the 350-km long Tashkent to Samarkand toll road has been drafted. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provided $350,000 in grant funds for the development of the initial feasibility study of the project by the Austrian ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH. This was reported by the Samarkand province highway department.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $240 million loan to improve 700 kilometers of rural roads in Uzbekistan, making them safer and more climate-resilient to enhance connectivity and promote rural development. 

On Monday afternoon, a cold and humid air mass will spread across the entire Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet reported. There will be precipitation (rain, snow) everywhere. In the provinces of Fergana Valley, precipitation will begin in the late afternoon.

Blogger Otabek Sattoriy, sentenced  to 6.5 years in May 2021, was transferred from a general regimen colony to an open prison colony. This was announced by the head of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, Abdurakhmon Tashanov.

Uzbekistan's official reserves topped $32.89 billion as of December 1, decreasing by only $7.5 million in November, the Central Bank said in a report.

Inauguration ceremony of Uzbekistan’s Trade House took place in Baku, Dunyo reported. Reportedly, the ceremony was attended by the official, political and business circles of Azerbaijan and the media.

As of January 1, 2023, the degree of providedness with housing of Uzbeks was an average of 18.5 sqm of the total living space per resident.

Foreign ministers of Uzbekistan and Germany discussed the comprehensive agenda of bilateral cooperation in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Fast EV charging stations for will be established in a number of areas From December 1, 2023. According to the Legal Information channel, these areas are:

Drop in temperature and precipitation is expected in Uzbekistan over the weekend, Uzhydromet reported. it will rain in places in most provinces of Uzbekistan on December 8; only in Karakalpakstan, Khorezm, Surkhandarya provinces and provinces of the Fergana Valley will the weather remain without precipitation.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million policy-based loan to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Uzbekistan and spur economic growth in the Central Asian nation. 

Blogger Fozilkhoja Arifkhojaev, sentenced to 7.5 years, was released before end of term. The chief of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, Abdurakhmon Tashanov was the first to announce this on December 6.

34 members of a criminal group were detained in the Tashkent province. During the raids, 13 units of pneumatic and hunting weapons, ammunition, a stun gun, knives, brass knuckles and bats of various sizes were found.