The size of consumer and car loans issued in 2024 decreased by more than half, the Central Bank said in a report. Car loans decreased by 2.14 times: for the whole of 2024, individuals took 17.08 trillion soums, or 1.3 billion USD, worth of loans.

Colonel Farhod Khasanov has been appointed First Deputy Chief of the Tashkent Police Department, replacing Doniyor Tashkhodjaev, who was sacked in November last year, the website of the Department said in a statement.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber passed bill on the approval of the Concept of Ensuring Freedom of Conscience of Individuals and National Policies in the Sphere of Religion, initiated by a group of MPs, at a meeting on Tuesday, the press service of the chamber said.

Bill adopting international mechanisms for reducing plastic waste will be drafted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection before November 1, 2025.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the deputy chief of the Russia president's administration, Maxim Oreshkin.

A woman willing to punish her eight-year-old son, put cotton wool between his fingers and set it on fire in Almalyk city, Tashkent province. A criminal case has been opened against her, and she has been put on the Wanted list.

Just like last year, Uzbekistan ranked 121th out of 180 countries in the 2024 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Transparency International said in a report on Tuesday.

Director of UzAtom Agency, Azim Akhmedkhadjaev in an interview to Uzbekistan 24 said that Uzbekistan was eyeing for the creation of an international consortium to support and develop nuclear energy projects in Uzbekistan, in particular for the small-scale nuclear plant project in Jizzakh province.

The Statistics Agency named the Top 10 cities and districts with the largest population in Uzbekistan. Tashkent city has not been considered in this list.

Amendments took effect on February 7 entailing the National Guard officers to fine parents of minors for offenses committed by their children, the Norma said.

As per the February 7 presidential decree on the implementation of the 2025 State Program as part of the Year of Environmental Protection and Green Economy, the Attorney General's Office has been instructed to strictly oversee the implementation of the solar panels installation target figures.

The Border Troops of the State Security Service (DXX) together with the Customs Committee stopped another attempt to smuggle a large batch of drugs into the country.

Deputy Foreign Minister Olim Abdullayev met with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braje in Riga on January 28. According to the Uzbek embassy, ​​during the meeting, the Foreign Minister Braje voiced her readiness to consider establishing a permanent dialogue on labor migration and signing an migration agreement.

A fire occurred in Bukhara province at the 106th km of the Bukhara-Ural gas pipeline, after gas leaked from a gas pipe underground section, 40 km from the nearest settlement - Kizilrabot mahalla of Romitan district.

The Uzbek Embassy in Russia has suggested that Uzbek labour migrants legalize their status. The diplomatic mission reminded that Uzbek nationals who are in the country illegally must legalize their legal status by April 30 to avoid possible negative consequences.

A drunk young man who killed three people by driving a car, which he doesn’t own, in Uychi district of Namangan province was issued a sentence, the spokesman to the Supreme Court Aziz Obidov said.

Privately-owned Anorbank has purchased buildings of the Ministry of Energy and the state-owned company Uztransgaz in downtown Tashkent worth total of 439.6 billion soums ($33.97 million).

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Special Adviser to the Japanese Prime Minister Akihisa Nagashima.

The governments of Uzbekistan and Russia will create a new mechanism for regulating labor migration, the press service of the Migration Agency said today.

At the government meeting today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed to increase the volume of aviation services by at least 20% in 2025. In particular, he ordered to double the number of flights to Samarkand, Bukhara, Urgench, Nukus and Termez. In general, airline passenger number in the country must be brought to 15 million passengers, which is 1.5 million more than last year.