The Uzbek Technological Metals Plant (UzTMP), a division of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Plant, is implementing 34 projects for the exploration, production and processing of rare metals in Uzbekistan, said Deputy Head of the company Ulugbek Ruziev at the international congress "Mining Industry of Uzbekistan and Central Asia" that kicked off on Tuesday.

Uzbekistan’s permanent population as of December 9, 2024 stood at 37 million 535 thousand 605 people, the Statistics Agency said. Reportedly, of which 18.6 million are women and 18.9 million are men.

The Ministry of Energy reported on the measures taken to provide households with uninterrupted power supply in the conditions of a sharp cold snap.

A delegation of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade (MIIT) for the first time attended the meeting of the European Union working group on the implementation of the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) on December 4-5 in Brussels.

Deputy Foreign Minister Olim Abdullaev met with the Chargé d'Affaires of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed al-Zahiri.

Uzbekistan's permanent mission to the UN organized a presentation of Uzbekistan's strategy for the development of AI until 2030 at the UN headquarters in New York.

The Kyrgyz PM Akylbek Japarov, signed a resolution allocating land for the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project.

Uzbek officials met withthe Director General of the French Campus France, Donatienne Hissard. Donatienne Hissard drew attention to the fact that over the past 5 years, student exchange in the world has increased by 248 million people, or 25%.

Heating and hot water tariffs in Uzbekistan may be raised twice in 2025. announced Ilkhom Turaev, chief of the Department for Operation and Development of Heat Supply Systems of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services at a press conference on December 2.

Cash payment will not be accepted for travel on Tashkent public buses from January 1, 2025, Toshshahartranskhizmat (TShT) said.

The EU Central Asia Envoy (EUSR), Terhi Hakala will soon wrap up her posting and will visit the countries of the region on a farewell tour.

Uzgidromet posted weather forecast for Tashkent city on the weekend. No precipitation is expected on December 6-7 in Tashkent. Fog is possible at night and in the morning. Prevailing temperature at night will be -1…+1 degrees Celsius, and +2…+5 degrees during the day.

Tashkent’s Uchtepa district criminal court reviewed the administrative case against a 32-year-old man who spat on the face of a female passenger on a bus Tuesday.

In addition to Saturdays and Sundays, Uzbeks will have 3 additional days off In December 2024: December 9 (Monday): Since the Constitutional Day falls on a Sunday, in line with Article 208 of the Labor Code the day off is moved to the next working day.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in a telephone conversation warmly congratulated President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov on his birthday.

The art of making and playing the rubab has been included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was approved on December 4 at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Ezgulik Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan received the international French prize Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. This was reported on December 4 by the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights of France (CNCDH).

Now, when the negative effects of climate change and the shortage of conventional energy sources are becoming increasingly obvious, the peaceful use of nuclear energy is becoming the most important alternative solution for improving the quality of life and achieving national development strategies, said the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his message to the participants of the international conference “Prospects for the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy for Sustainable Development of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation: International and National Experience” in Samarkand.

Two high-ranking officials have been arrested in Uzbekistan: the former first deputy head of the Tashkent City Police Department, Doniyor Tashkhodjaev and former head of the internal security department of the Presidential State Security Service, Shukhrat Rasulov. While, dozens of security service employees have been sacked.

The Legislative Chamber passed amendments to the 2024 State Budget Law, which provide for a rise in government spending, in three readings at a meeting on December 3. The document has been submitted to the Senate.