Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin's press service sid in a statement.

Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the US Ambassador Jonathan Henick, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

From January 1, 2023, the position of the Chairman of the Executive Committee/the Executive Secretary of the CIS has been transformed into to the General Secretary of the CIS.

Despite the holidays, the new Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia. December 31, 2022 and. about. Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov.

Explosion occurred in the basement floor of a private education center on the night of January 4 in Bukhara, the Emergencies Department of Bukhara province said.

The government-owned stake in Uzagroexportbank was sold to a private company without a public tender. According to the State Assets Management Agency (the message appeared on December 28 on the website without publications in social networks), a bid was received from the foreign enterprise Support Level to acquire a 100% stake in Uzagroexportbank in worth of $5 million “with the conditions of a one-time payment of the redemption value, increasing the authorized capital of the bank by at least 29 billion soums, as well as making investments in worth at least 50 million dollars for the development of banking infrastructure, the introduction of technologies and banking products.

Tax Free counters was launched in test mode at the airports of Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Urgench on January 2.

From January 9, the start time of classes at 31 universities in Tashkent will change, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education said.

The State Assets Management Agency (SAMA) announced the sale of 100% of the government stake in Humo Air to a Swiss investment company ValleyRoad Capital S.A. The deal topped 27.2 billion soums (about $2.42 million).

Officials of the Afghan Railways visited Uzbekistan on December 26-30, in Termez, and met with their Uzbek counterparts to discuss the ways to further advance bilateral cooperation.

The Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) has suspended the registration certificate of Marion Biotech Pvt. Ltd, the producer of the cough syrup linked to the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan.

The new composition of the government was approved in Uzbekistan. 32 new appointments were made in one day. 11 of the ministers of the previous government left their posts. Some of them moved to other ministries, and some of them became deputy ministers due to the merging of the ministries under their leadership with other ministries.

Sevara Ubaydullayeva, chief of the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the Ministry of Health, at a press briefing on Thursday explained the reasons for the sacking of seven medical workers, including the chief physician of the children's multidisciplinary medical center in the Samarkand province, Professor Mamatkul Azizov.

Construction of gas pipeline which will improve gas supply to the Ferghana Valley has begun. New 95-kilometer Yangiyer-Akhangaran gas pipeline is being built as part of the gas transmission system modernization program.

On Friday, in Karakalpakstan, Khorezm province and in the evening in Bukhara, Navai provinces, light precipitation is possible in some areas - rain and snow, precipitation is not expected in the rest of Uzbekistan, the Uzhydromet reported.

The Uzbek authorities have suspended the sale of all drugs manufactured by the Indian firm Marion Biotech. Among them are Cinepar, Nolgripp, Travamax and others, the spokeswoman to the Agency for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry Kizlarkhon Begmatova.

Vladimir Norov was sacked from the Foreign Minister role due to his moving to another job. The decree was signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Since 1991, the share of the urban population in Uzbekistan has increased by 10.6%, the State Statistics Committee said on Thursday.

On December 29, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the National Supreme Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Another syrup produced by an Indian firm Marion Biotech is said to have been withdrawn from sale after 19 children died after taking Doc-1 Max cough syrup produced by the said firm.