Wednesday, 12, February, 2025

National

The Turkish company TUSAS sold its ANKA drones to Uzbekistan, the company said on its X account. The Uzbek authorities did not post any information on the purchase and neither the contract price.

Price restrictions of over-the-counter drugs adopted in 2017 will be lifted from April 1, the Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday.

First season of participatory budgeting under Open Budget program will commence on February 1, 2024, the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Finance said.

On January 13, Ilya Puts, a Russian citizen, contacted the Chilanzar district department of the Employment Ministry with a request to help recover unpaid wages for the period from June to November 2024, the press service of the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction said.

Wheat fields stretching to the horizon are a familiar sight across Uzbekistan, where the grain is more than just a staple - it’s a lifeline. Over the past 20 years, wheat production in the country has grown by a staggering 700%, ensuring food security and supporting livelihoods. However, this remarkable growth has come with a cost: severe land degradation, intensifying dust storms, water pollution, biodiversity loss, and reduced agricultural resilience.

A baby was born on board the Tashkent to New York flight of the Uzbekistan Airways today, the press service of the airline said in a statement.

Deputy Foreign Minister Olim Abdullaev hosted the Charge d'Affaires of Kuwait, Khalid al-Mutairat. According to the Foreign Ministry, the parties discussed external labor migration, simplification of the visa procedure, and the organization of future bilateral and multilateral meetings at the highest level. 

Uzbek teachers have been getting relatively poorer since 2017, but in 2024 they became poorer by real terms. In 2024, the average monthly wages in Uzbekistan increased by 17.4%, reaching 5.35 million soums.

Uzbekistan Airways today held a press conference on the occasion of the company’s 33rd anniversary. Reportedly, the company will receive the delivery of 5 new aircraft in the spring of 2025 and that the airline will launch 4 new flights:

The Uzbek government delegation led by the President’s Foreign Policy Envoy, Abdulaziz Kamilov landed in Warsaw, Poland on a working visit on Monday.

Uzbekistan Airways has changed its flight routes to European countries since January 20 — they no longer fly over Russia, the company CEO, Shukhrat Khudaikulov told at a press conference Tuesday.

4,906 officials were convicted in Uzbekistan for crimes in 2024, which is by 37.2% more than in 2023 (3,575), the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office said.

President Mirziyoyev signed Measures for further development of the transport and logistics system of Uzbekistan Decree Monday.

President Mirziyoyev signed a decree creating International University of Turkic States Saturday. The new university will be located in Tashkent city as a private university.

Kazakhstan has temporarily restricted traffic through one checkpoint on the border with Uzbekistan as of February 1, the spokesman to the Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, Khusan Tangriev said.

The director of Ezgulik human rights society, Abdurakhmon Tashanov said he had been under increasing pressure. In particular, on January 26, when he was flying to India, his passport was taken and he had been held for more than an hour at Tashkent International Airport, and he was allegedly abused" he wrote on his Facebook channel.

Eight-year-old boy died in a traffic accident in Termez district of Surkhandarya province, the press service of the provincial police department said. Reportedly, he crossed the road where there was no zebra crossing.

 President Shavkat Mirziyoyev cordially congratulated the president-elect of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko over the telephone on his landslide victory in the elections on Sunday, the Uzbek president’s press service said.

The Foreign Minister, Olim Abdullaev hosted executives of the German SBH West GmbH (Stiftung Bildung & Handwerk), an education and qualifications development company, the Ministry said.

The President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov visited Uzbekistan, the Uzbek presidency press service said in a statement.