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Romania intends to support Uzbekistan’s access to Caspian Sea-Black Sea international transport route, Ambassador of Romania to Uzbekistan Daniel Cristian Ciobanu told Trend in an exclusive interview.

MP of the Legislative Chamber, Odiljon Tozhiev condemned the threats made by the leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov against Uzbekistan officials, calling it interference in the country's internal affairs.

Uzbek physicians who visited Balkh region of Afghanistan on the Salomatlik medical aid train under the Temiryul Social Services institution are continuing their medical examination, the press service of Uzbekistan Railways said.

Leader of Milliy Tiklanish party, Alisher Qodirov raised the issue of Russian airspace security after an incident that occurred near Aktau in Kazakhstan on Saturday.

Today, the Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov attended the ceremony in Jalal-Abad region to launch the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project, his press service reported.

Mongolia has started delivering live sheep to Uzbekistan, local media reported on Wednesday, citing data from the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia.

Dry weather is expected across Uzbekistan on Friday and Saturday, the press service of Uzgidromet said. On December 29-30, it will fall in most provinces of the country, in some places in the north it will turn into snow. Dry weather will persist in the Fergana valley provinces.

Kazakh authorities uncovered 450-meter-long tunnel used by a transnational criminal group for smuggling oil and lubricants into Uzbekistan, the Turkistan Regional Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

Uzbek diplomats held talks with Shu Wengan, Head of the Mission for Immigration Affairs at the Representative Office of the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of China in Beijing.

100 wounded Palestinian women and children, along with their companions, were temporarily evacuated from Rafah to Uzbekistan, Uzbek Ambassador to Egypt Mansurbek Kilichev told the Egyptian news publication Ahram.

On December 26, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the regular meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg as the leader of an observer-state, the presidential press service said.

The councils of the two Chambers of the parliament at a joint meeting today heard the report of the Commission on July 1-2, 2022 Karakalpakstan Events.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the 2025 State Budget Bill into Law Tuesday. The Bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber on December 3 and approved by the Senate on December 18.

The Ambassador Amirsaid Azamkhodjaev me with the Deputy Minister of National Defense of Poland, Pawel Beida on Wednesday.

The Government issued a Resolution on December 24 approving the Tashkent City Master Plan 2045 (Phase I - until 2030). The Resolution aims at the integrated development and planning of construction, improving the quality and level of construction design, as well as improving the architecture, design and infrastructure of the Tashkent city.

Uzbekistan Visa Facilitation Center opened in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday. The Center, inaugurated between Uzbek Embassy in Pakistan and Meezab Group, a major travel firm company in Punjab province, marks a significant step in boosting tourism between the two countries.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the informal CIS Summit in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, the presidential press service said.

Humanitarian aid, including food and medication, was dispatched to Afghanistan on the instruction of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the press service of Surkhandarya province governor’s office said.

A number of legislative changes will take effect in Uzbekistan from January 1, 2025. Among them are legalization of online gambling and betting, rise in Tashkent public transport fares, and introduction of tax cashbacks for pubs and restaurants.

Auction for sale of the territory, buildings of Askiya market in Yakkasaray district of Tashkent ended on E-auksion platform Friday. The auction with two bidder lasted 15 minutes and ended after the only bid from Sheng Ke-International, which offered 225.59 billion soums, or 5% more than the starting price.