Thursday, 13, February, 2025

National

Thirty-one men, nationals of Uzbekistan, who arrived at 1:00 a.m. on November 30 at Sheikh Zayed Airport in Abu Dhabi on Wizz Air flight 5W7160 from Tashkent, were not allowed to leave the airport and are still being held.

Man,31, who brutally stabbed a 3-year-old boy to death under the influence of drugs in Yashnabad district was sentenced to 24 years in prison. He will serve the first 4 years of the sentence in a general prison, and the rest in a strict regimen penal colony.

Uzbekistan has completed bilateral talks with China on matters of joining the World Trade Organization, the President’s WTO Envoy, Azizbek Urunov said today on LinkedIn account.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan and the USAID Office in Tashkent organized the participation of the delegation of the Uztextile Industry Association in the Fast Textile 2024 international textile exhibition, which took place in Warsaw on November 19-21 this year.

On November 15, the President of Uzbekistan signed a new version of the Law on the Commissioner of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsperson). The document has already taken effect.

International delivery service Wolt continues to expand its presence in Tashkent. The Wolt delivery service platform will expand to cover new districts. By expanding the delivery area, the company is also increasing the choice of its customers.

After several days of very warm and dry weather, a humid and cold air mass from the Caspian Sea regions has begun to invade the territory of Uzbekistan, Uzgidromet said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Railway Transport Bill into Law on Wednesday. The current Law was adopted in 1999 and does not meet modern trends, many terms are outdated or not reflected in the Law at all, the Senate highlighted. The new document "reflects the railway transport system in accordance with the requirements of the modern market model".

On November 28, 2024, the Embassy of Romania in Tashkent organized a gala reception on the occasion of the National Day of Romania. The event was attended by officials from various ministries and departments, members of the diplomatic corps, scientists and cultural figures, and representatives of the business community.

Today, the president Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on measures to enhance the social environment and develop religious education, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on Wednesday to discuss the current state of attracting foreign investment and plans for 2025.

Erkinjon Turdimov has been relieved of his post as governor of the Samarkand province due to his transfer to another job. The decree on this was signed by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

74 carbon monoxide incidents occurred in households in Uzbekistan (86 in 2023) in less than 11 months This was reported at a briefing at the Information and Mass Communications Agency on Wednesday by the chief of the department of Khududgaztaminot company, Abdusattor Kayumov.

Accountant of a private firm stole a large sum of money from the company's accounts in Samarkand, the press service of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office said.

On October 25, the Yakkasaray district criminal court sentenced the driver of a GM Spark who hit a woman at an unregulated crosswalk in May.

Uzbekistan Railways received the delivery of a new electric train from Russia, which will be used on suburban routes from Tashkent. This was announced by the company's chairman Zufar Narzullaev told the Uzbekistan 24 following the government meeting with Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Tuesday.

Unidentified people placed a pig's head at the foot of the Islam Karimov statue in Moscow, leaving a message next to it.

The Legislative Chamber passed the Bill on ratification of the Alliance Ties Treaty between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in three readings at the meeting on Tuesday.

On November 26, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with a presentation on the progress of transformation in state-owned railway and aviation companies - Uzbekistan Airports, Uzbekistan Airways and Uzbekistan Railways.

The Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Committee denied rumors on social networks about spread of an unknown dangerous virus in Tashkent, which mainly affects children and causes pneumonia.