The President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, concluded her trip to Asia with a stop in Tashkent today, where she was hosted by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

As of October 1, 2025, Uzbekistan's total external debt reached $75.4 billion, an increase of $11.3 billion year-to-date, the Central Bank said in a report.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has received an official invitation from the US President Donald Trump to join an international initiative to achieve peace in the Middle East and resolve conflicts, the president's spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Tashkent has developed a list of environmentally hazardous and energy-intensive manufacturing facilities that must be gradually relocated outside the Tashkent city. The list includes 87 facilities, the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change said.

11.7 million foreign tourists visited Uzbekistan in 2025, the National Statistics Committee said in a report. Reportedly, this is a historic high and a clear testimony of Uzbekistan’s attractiveness as a tourist destination.

In Khatyrchi district of Navoiy province, a father stuffed a sock into his crying five-month-old baby's mouth. The baby later died, Zamon program on Sevimli TV channel reported.

1,329 medical clinics were licensed and started operations in Uzbekistan in 2025, the Center for Licensing and Accreditation of Medical Organizations said.

An expanded meeting of the Commission on compliance with constitutional rights and freedoms under the Ombudsperson took place on Saturday.

Effective February 1, ticket prices for Afrosiyob high-speed electric trains, as well as the Sharq, Nasaf, and Uzbekistan trains, will increase by 15%, Uzbekistan Railways said in a statement.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continues to invest in renewable energy power generation and in the safe and reliable connection of variable renewables to Uzbekistan’s power grid by organising a financing package of up to US$ 195.5 million (€168.5 million) for the construction and operation of a 300 MW greenfield solar photovoltaic plant and a 75 MWh battery storage facility in the Kashkadarya region.

The Tashkent city police said it had opened a criminal case against journalists from Taftish.uz. The news publication is known for conducting investigations based on complaints from individuals.

Reports have surfaced on social media that several young men gang raped a 14-year-old girl in Uchkuprik district of Fergana province on January 9. Four 23-year-old men have been arrested.

Uzbekistan will update its Foreign Policy Concept, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in his address at a meeting devoted to Uzbekistan's foreign policies:

Uzbekistan plans to review the operating conditions of private operators who have failed to increase natural gas reserves, Uzbekneftegaz said in a statement.

On January 13, at an expanded meeting of the Security Council, the Chairman of the State Security Service (SSS) Bakhodir Kurbanov reported to the president Mirziyoyev on the progress of implementing the directives given at last year's meeting.

In Uzbekistan, maternal and infant mortality rates have decreased by 4.4 and 3.9 times, respectively, over the past 34 years, the Family and Gender Research Institute said in a report.

Criminal case has been opened against the judges of Tashkent city criminal court Odilbek Ilhomjonov, Mirziyod Abidov and Mukhtarama Turgunova, as well as the Deputy Chairman of the Tashkent City Court/Chairman of the Judicial Criminal Board Murodjon Mirzajonov, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office said.

Reports have surfaced on social media that an 11th-grade student at school No. 64 in Denau district of Surkhandarya province allegedly raped a 9th-grade student of the same school. The school has issued a statement regarding the incident.

President of Uzbekistan and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Shavkat Mirziyoyev inspected the Special Operations Forces training ground in the Tashkent province, the presidential press service said.

On January 10, a serious incident occurred in the skies in the Shymkent area over Kazakhstan, NUR.KZ reported. Reportedly, on January 10, at approximately 5:42 a.m. Astana time, an aviation incident occurred in the A2I sector of the Shymkent Province Communications Center during handling of Pobeda Airlines PBD997 flight from Vnukovo to Samarkand and Uzbekistan Airways flight UZB9609 from Termez to Moscow.