Chief and workers of the NazoratUz Telegram publication are suspected of extorting money from owners of restaurants and fast food outlets.

A group of Russian and Azerbaijani nationals who extorted money from Azerbaijani nationals in Tashkent have been arrested.

On January 20, 2025, Ambassador Jonathan Henick hosted an official reception at his residence for senior Government of Uzbekistan officials in honor of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent said on its telegram channel.

The Tashkent to Khodjikent electric train route has been extended by 1.5 km to Chinorkent (Chinor), Uzbekistan Railways said. The inauguration of the new station took place on Wednesday.

The Court of Appeals upheld the 40-time aggravated life sentence and 1,368-year prison sentence given to defendant Abdulkadir Masharipov for his terrorist attack in the Reina night club in Ortaköy on New Year's Eve, finding it lawful. The chamber also upheld the prison sentences of varying degrees given to the other 46 defendants.

Timur Kapadze was appointed the new head coach of Uzbekistan national football team, the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) said on Wednesday. The Slovenian Srečko Katanec stepped down from the position he had occupied since 2021 due to health reasons.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on creating Cyber ​​University, a state-owned university Monday, the press service of the Ministry of Digital Technologies said.

Korean tourist Park Jun-hee posted a video on his trip to Samarkand on his YouTube channel called Deno Trip. The tourist met two police officers while looking for a ticket to enter a historical site.

The deputy principal of a school in Denov district in the Surkhandarya province sexually had been abusing the school's 9th-grade student for one-year period. In September 2024, the student's parents learned about this and contacted law enforcement agencies.

President signed a decree appointing Erkinjon Turdimov as the acting governor of Syrdarya province, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Uzbekistan and Russia signed a cooperation plan between the defense ministries for 2025 and a program for strategic military partnership for 2026-2030, the press service of the Uzbek Defense Ministry reported.

The president of the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA), Abdusalom Azizov has left his job. According to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), First Vice President Ravshan Irmatov has been appointed as the interim president.

Srečko Katanec has stepped down from the Uzbekistan national football team head coach role due to health reasons. He was reported to be battling with cancer.

5,716 corruption crimes by 6,898 individuals were committed in Uzbekistan in 2024, the chief of the press service of the Anti-Corruption Agency, Sherzod Saparov said.

The Presidential Aide Saida Mirziyoyeva met with the Ambassador of the European Union to Uzbekistan, Toivo Klaar. During the meeting, the parties discussed bilateral preparations for the upcoming EU-Central Asia Summit in Samarkand in April of this year.

Uzbek female, 28, was detained in Osh region of Kyrgyzstan on suspicion of preparing and distributing extremist materials via social networks, the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security reported.

Russian defense minister Andrei Belousov lands in Uzbekistan on official visit on Wednesday. During his visit to Tashkent, the Russian defense minister will be received by the Defense Minister of Uzbekistan, Major General Shukhrat Khalmukhamedov, as well as the country's military-political leadership.

During the session of the Legislative Chamber today, MPs reviewed and passed amendments to the Detention in Criminal Proceedings Law, preventing the use of torture during criminal proceedings and introducing mandatory medical examination of detainees before their placement in a pre-trial detention center.

Uzbek Ambassador Bakhtiyor Ibragimov met with the Kazakh Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Svetlana Dzhakupova Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President of the United States of America Donald Trump on his official inauguration, Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.