Today the Senate Committee on Defense and Security convened for a meeting of the was held, the Senate’s press service said.

President Mirziyoyev signed a decree on December 20 entitling more financial independence to the provinces from January 1, 2025.

Businessman and former Tashkent mayor, Jahongir Ortiqhodjaev unveiled his future projects at a meeting with the President Mirziyoyev Friday.

Fire broke out at Mir livestock complex in Alabuga district of Tatarstan in Russia on the night of December 24 in which 6 people died, including 5 Uzbek nationals, the Uzbek Consulate General in Kazan said.

Oxford Insights unlocked its Government AI Readiness Index 2024 assessed the AI readiness of 188 countries at a time of growing complexity, where governments face evolving citizen needs and challenges like economic uncertainty, climate risks, and rising inequalities.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on the socio-economic development goals in the Karakalpak Autonomous Republic 2025 Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to St. Petersburg, Russia on December 25-26, the presidential press service said.

The Uzbek Embassy officials held talks with the chief of the Korea Social Workers Association on building cooperation Monday.

Uzbek Ambassador Alisher Tukhtayev held an online meeting with President of the  Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Muhammad Ayub Mariani of Quetta city in Balochistan region of Pakistan.

The press service of Uzgidromet posted the Tashkent city weather forecast in the last business week of the year. The weather will be dry in Tashkent, with light, sometimes variable cloudiness without precipitation. At night, the temperature will gradually increase from -3…-5 degrees Celsius to 0…+1, during the day the prevailing temperature will be +6…+9 degrees.

The workshop: JICA Environmental and Social Considerations in the Horticulture Value Chain Promotion Project (HVCPP), and Gender Mainstreaming in HVCPP" took place on December 20-21.

The city of Samarand will host the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) from November 24 to December 5, 2025.

Space monitoring conducted by the Environmental agency year-to-date found that there were 1,928 illegal landfills on an area of ​​about 721 hectares in Uzbekistan. Of these, 123 with a total area of ​​255.5 hectares are registered as located outside waste storage sites, and 1,805 with a total area of ​​465.2 hectares are registered as illegal waste landfills.

The Senate at its session discussed and passed the Amendments to the Article 135 of the Criminal Code stipulating harsher punishment for human trafficking.

Gulrukhkhon Erkinova, who had been on wanted list since 2020 on charges of theft, was deported to Tashkent, the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Istanbul said.

Corpse of an Uzbek woman was found inside a travel suitcase in St. Petersburg, Russia, the 78.ru said. Reportedly, on December 21, a bag with a woman's corpse inside was found in the basement of a residential building on Olga Berggolts street. The person who committed the crime reported the murder to the police.

The US authorities deported 572 Uzbeks in the 2024 fiscal year, which ended on September 30, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a report.

Uzbek Ambassador Ayubhon Yunusov met the Head of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Kuwait, Sheikh Humoud Mubarak Humoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent condolences message to the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier over the victims and injured in the Magdeburg tragedy, Mirziyoyev’s spokesman Asadov said.

On December 27, official work will launch the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project. This was announced by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov at the III People's Kurultai on December 20.