As per the updated draft Uzbekistan 2030 Strategy, authorities will aim to increase the number of visa-free countries for Uzbeks up to 50 by 2030.

Oil-containing fluid spilt at M-25 gas field In Baysun district of Surkhandarya province. The release became known in early January after a video footage appeared on social media.

On December 12, 2025, reports emerged that riot police in Khabarovsk, Russia, beat Uzbek nationals, leaving two of them in a coma and one dead. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of one of them on Friday.

Uzbekistan's electricity production in 2025 topped 86.7 billion kWh, a 6% increase from the previous year. In 2024, the country produced 81.5 billion kWh of electricity, the Ministry of Energy press service said.

Law enforcement officers rescued a man who attempted suicide in Tashkent Sunday, the press service of the Interior Ministry said.

As per the updated draft Uzbekistan 2030 strategy, Uzbekistan plans to increase life expectancy to 78 years by 2030. According to the draft, the authorities are aiming the average life expectancy to reach 75.5 years in 2026, 76 years in 2027, 76.8 years in 2028, 77.5 years in 2029, and 78 years in 2030.

Soft import duties on smalll cars in Uzbekistan expired on January 1, 2026. The move to reduce the rates, made 2.5 years ago, has not been extended.

Draft Uzbekistan-2030 strategy includes a set of steps aimed at providing convenient and efficient governmental services to the public, fully digitizing processes, and reducing excessive paperwork.

Spill of oil-containing fluid has occurred at the 25 Years of Independence gas field in Surkhandarya province - one of the country’s largest oil fields - in Boysun district, where oil-containing fluid surfaced.

Bus carrying 47 passengers skidded off the road and oveturned on A-379 Navoi-Uchkuduk highway today in the morning in Tomdi district of Navoi province.

Dry weather is expected across Uzbekistan in the first business week of the new year, the Uzhydromet said in a forecast.

Uzbekistan exported about $2.3 billion worth of textiles in January-November 2025, the National Statistics Committee said in a annual report.

For Uzbekistan, 2025 will be a year of major transformations and achievements in the lives of our people, and growing confidence in the future, president Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in his wishes for the New Year.

A number of changes to regulations and other novelties will take effect in Uzbekistan on January 1, 2026. An overview of main changes to the legislation in Uzbekistan: 

Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the New Tashkent Construction Directorate office and reviewed a presentation of ongoing and future projects in the city.

Savings accounts have been opened for orphans and children left without parental care as part of the Presidential New Year’s Tree campaign, the National Agency for Social Protection said.

Four people died when a car fell into a canal in Syrdarya province, Milliy TV said in a report. The accident occurred on Friday at approximately 9:30 PM. The driver, 24, was driving four friends, aged 19 and 20, after a football match.

Parking in Tashkent city at all designated parking spaces managed by the Poytaxt Parking firm will be free of charge from December 31 to January 4, the company said in a statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today spoke to the Russian president Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation earlier today.

Uzbekistan delivered its fourth shipment of humanitarian aid this year to the people of Afghanistan, weighing approximately 390 tons. The ceremony took place on Monday in Hairatan, Balkh Province.