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.”

Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian ambassador Oleg Malginov, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Footage of a fire at a poultry factory in Pskent surfaced on social networks. The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said that on December 21 at 15:20 they received information about a fire at one of the poultry farms located in the Kultepa mahalla in the Pskent district of Tashkent province.

Uzbekistan exported $ 1.28 billion worth of gold in November (which led to a decrease in the gold reserves of the Central Bank). While, year-to-date, the gold exports have reached US$ 8.15 billion, which is 2.3 times more than the same period last year.

The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on environmental threats to Central Asia put forward by Uzbekistan.

Gas production in Uzbekistan in the 11 months of 2023 topped 42.75 billion cubic meters (BCM), a 9.6%, or 4.56 BCM decrease, compared to the same period last year, the Statistics Agency follows said in a report.

Центробежные питательные насосы типа ПЭ 100-53 предназначены для обеспечения водой стационарных паровых котлов, способных работать при абсолютном давлении пара до 6,2 МПа (63 кгс/см²). Они являются ключевым элементом в системах современных паровых котлов.

5 members of one family died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the Karakalpakstan autonomy, with 2 more people hospitalized on December 15, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office said.

US authorities returned 119 Uzbek nationals who illegally entered the country back to Uzbekistan, the UzReport TV reported, which met the arriving Uzbek citizens at the Tashkent airport. The footage was posted on the Telegram channel of the Agency for External Labor Migration.

Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov prohibited government bodies from holding New Year parties at the expense of budgetary and extra-budgetary funds. This became known last week at the government meeting. The information was confirmed by the PM’s spokesman, Bekzod Khidoyatov.

Law enforcement agencies arrested the Namangan province deputy governor in charge of construction, development of communications, environmental protection, Saidakhmad Sultanov, the press service of the Namangan provincial court said.

Another case of a bank employee betting public money on gambling occurred in Uzbekistan. According to the State Security Samarkand province branch, a person who worked as a department head at the Halq Bank was arrested for betting 631 million soums, 51 thousand USD of public funds on gambling.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is officially launching the ‘Women Artisans of Central Asia: A Lookbook Journey’ digital and print publication. This compilation features stunning items produced by 50 Central Asian women artisans of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, showcasing their remarkable craftsmanship to the world, and opening new commercial opportunities for their businesses.

Resident of the Keles city which is in Tashkent province contacted the Children's Ombudsman about sexual abuse of her daughter, 4, in kindergarten.

The president signed a bill into law amending the election-related regulations. Now the number of females must be at least 40% of the number of candidates nominated by a political party in single-mandate electoral districts.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev made remarks at the International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award ceremony in Tashkent today, the presidential press service said.

Law enforcement bodies, as part of the anti-corruption campaign, arrested the mayor of Bekabad district of Tashkent province, Shukhrat Mirzaev in suspicion of embezzling funds, a source told the Tashkent Times.