Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree scrapping 16 types of licenses and permits for business entities as of March 1, the Ministry of Justice said.

Turkish law enforcement agencies arrested Uzbek national Alisher Tursunov, AKA Mubashshir Akhmad, on the morning of December 28, Azon Global portal, which he founded, said.

Talks took place at Highways Committee with executives of Saudi-based Al Bawani and Sajco companies. They discussed the 38-km length Syrdarya-Bakht bypass road project on M39 Tashkent-Termez highway.

Drugs were found and seized from a resident of Jambay district in Samarkand province in an operation, UzA said. The search in the house and outbuildings in the yard of A.A., 40,, 31.8 kg of marijuana, 2 grams of opium and 2 tablets of a psychotropic drug.

Two people in Nukus city got poisoned with a substance of unknown etiology, the mayor’s Jan. 6 decision to study the causes of the accident said.

Average price of 1 liter of premium (AI-95) gasoline in the world was at 16,028 soums on January 1, 2024, Globalpetrolprices said in a study.

Uzgidromet announced the Tashkent city weather forecast for Tuesday, January 9. The weather will be slightly cloudy, with no precipitation expected, a fog in the morning and 3-8 m/s eastward wind. The temperature will be +2...+4 degrees at night, +12...+14 degrees during the day.

Minister of Investment Laziz Qudratov and the visiting Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliev held talks and agreed to set up a joint working group to lift trade barriers on Friday.

Tashkent public transport will get two hydrogen buses (hydrobuses) as part of a pilot project with the Saudi company ACWA Power, the Ministry of Energy said.

President signed decree on January 4 allowing businesses, that own cameras for recording traffic violations will be entitled to record environmental violations.

The State Asset Management Agency announced the approval of the sale of the government stake in Uzbekistan Champagne.

The Tashkent city council of deputies by its Dec.28, 2023 resolution approved the Tashkent city's 2024 budget. The council meeting was not broadcast live. Prior to the adoption of the budget, its draft was not published for public input.

The Governmental Services Agency under the Ministry of Justice unveiled the most popular baby names of 2023. According to the agency, civil registry offices registered the birth of 968,140 children during the year, 466,563 girls and 501,577 boys.

An official of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade was arrested red-handedly while receiving 10 thousand dollars in Samarkand province, the press service of the State Security Service said.

Survey which studied number of children per household found that as of January-November 2023, there were 73.9 percent of households with children under the age of 16 in Uzbekistan.

Uzgidromet announced the Tashkent city weather forecast for Saturday, January 6. The weather will be slightly cloudy, with no precipitation expected and 3-8 m/s eastward wind. The temperature will be +4...+6 degrees at night, +16...+18 degrees during the day.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree appointing Asilbek Khudayarov as acting Minister of Health, replacing Amrillo Inoyatov who had held this role since December 2022.

Carbonated drinks containing sugar or sweeteners, as well as on energy drinks will be taxed as of April 1, 2024. relevant amendments to the legislation were made by the law signed into by the president on December 28, due to the adoption of the 2024 tax and budget policies.

Uzgidromet announced the Tashkent city weather forecast for Friday, January 5. The weather will be slightly cloudy, with no precipitation expected and 3-8 m/s eastward wind. The temperature will be +2...+4 degrees at night, +11...+13 degrees during the day.

Law enforcement agencies arrested persons who tried to sell gold coins from the late 19th century In the Surkhandarya province, the press service of the Department for Countering Economic Crimes said.