President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday, the presidential press service said.

Event dedicated to the 32nd anniversary of the Uzbekistan Constitution and a presentation of the country's tourism potential took place in Madrid, Spain.

Uzbekistan Railways’ cargo division, Temiryulkargo opened its first representative office in Beijing, China, the Uzbekistan Railways said in a statement.

President Mirziyoyev signed decree appointing Ulugbek Mustafoyev as governor of the Jizzakh province to replace Ergash Soliyev, the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Chief of the Uzbek diaspora union in Russia, Ibrahim Khudoiberdiev, called the Uzbek national, suspected of killing the Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov a "traitorous beast." Earlier, a 29-year-old Uzbek was detained in Moscow on charges of committing a “terrorist attack”, allegedly ordered by the Ukrainian SBU.

Husband, 39, and wife, 38, living in the Asaka district of Andijan province, died on December 7 from carbon monoxide poisoning, the press service of the district mayor’s office said.

The Tashkent city police department has rejected the complaint filed by the Minister of Energy and will not be initiating persecution against the renowned finance blogger Otabek Bakirov after his suggestions that the Energy minister should "take time for from his duties serving his big brothers in Kremlin and Gazprom".

A 169 bus of Tashkent public transport was destroyed after it caught fire in Uch Kahramon post in Yunusabad district on Wednesday. Video footage from the scene surfaced on social networks.

Uzbekistan and Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has extended the electricity purchase contract for the year 2025. The agreement was signed following a visit by an Islamic Emirate delegation, led by DABS CEO Abdul Bari Omari to Tashkent, where the parties engaged in discussions with Uzbek officials.

Uzbek Ambassador, Ravshan Usmanov met with , Vice-Chancellor for International Cooperation at the University of Essex, Vanessa Potter, the Dunyo news agency said.

On December 16, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Uzbekistan hosted the celebration event of the Great Victory Day at the country's Embassy in Tashkent.

MPs are reviewing the Bill on providing working men with paid short-term leave when they have a child. According to the MP Nodir Tilavoldiev, the Bill proposed that get a five-day paid leave within a month after the birth of a child to assist their spouse.

Uzbekistan Airways and Silk Avia, a low-cost wing by Uzbekistan Helicopters, have been officially declared as monopolies in the domestic and international aviation markets after passing the 40% market share threshold.

At the plenary session of the Legislative Chamber on December 17, MPs bill banning the movement of motor vehicles (excluding special-purpose vehicles) on sidewalks, pedestrian and bicycle paths, and green areas in second reading.

Three African lions at Lion Park private zoo left the cage and tore the guard to pieces, and the man died after the door was allegedly left open overnight on December 17 at about 5:00 a.m. in Faiziobod mahalla (Krasnogorsk) in the Parkent district of the Tashkent province. The lions attacked the guard, 44, when he tried to drive them back, the spokesman to the Prosecutor General's Office, Khayot Shamsutdinov said. 

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today in a telephone conversation with the Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed the progress of agreements reached at the highest level and the promotion of investment projects, the presidential press service said.

The Anti-Corruption Agency issued its conclusions and recommendations based on the national report on combating corruption in Uzbekistan for 2023 and the analysis of corruption crimes and criminal law statistics presented in it.

Explosion occurred at a gasoline-propane filling station in Fergana. The Fergana province emergency situations department reported that the fire was extinguished at 14:14.

Fruit and vegetable products grown in Uzbekistan are exported directly to Sweden. Executives of leading exporting companies of Uzbekistan attended a webinar dedicated to the supply of fresh fruit and vegetable products, organized by the Swedish National Trade Council with the support of the Embassy of Uzbekistan.

Humid and cold air mass will move to the territory of Uzbekistan on December 20-22, Uzgidromet said in a statement. It will rain and snow in some places in the country, with heavy precipitation possible in foothill and mountainous areas on December 20-21.