On December 29, 2018, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Başar Şen, who is ending his diplomatic posting in Uzbekistan.

Five girls died in Urikzor mahalla in Zangiata district of Tashkent province on the night of December 29 from carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Development Strategy Center has published the draft 2019 State Program “The Year of Active Investments and Social Development” for public consultation. Discussion will last until January 15.

Colonel Bakhtiyor Pormonov has been appointed head of the Main Patrol and Public Order Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, the ministry said.

30 day visa-free regime will be introduced for German citizens visiting Uzbekistan for tourism purposes as of January 15, 2019,, the Tourism Committee said.

As of January 1, 2019, Vladimir Norov has assumed the post of Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Baskin-Robbins, the largest chain of ice cream and cake specialty shop restaurants and world leader in the varieties, opened its first cafe in Tashkent's Samarkand-Darvoza mall.

The phase I of the construction project of the business aviation airport in place of the former Tashkent-Sharqiy (Eastern) airfield is scheduled to be completed in 2020, the main contractor Uzbekistan Railways said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his annual message to the parliament on Friday declared 2019 as The Year of Active Investments and Social Development.

On December 26, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the bill on ratification of the Constitution of the International Organization for Migration into law. The document was passed by the Legislative Chamber on December 12 and approved by the Senate on December 14.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin press service said in a statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Uzbekistan's Accession to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against the Illegal Reproduction of their Phonograms Bill into the Law.

Behzod Musaev has been confirmed as chairman of the Tax Committee of Uzbekistan, a source in the government told Tashkent Times. He had been serving as interim chief of the committee.

President of Uzbekistan will address a message to the joint session of the parliament on December 28 of this year, a source in the government told The Tashkent Times.

Next year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan will focus on increasing the amount and range of exports, attracting foreign investments and promoting the tourism, the First Deputy Foreign Minister Ilkhom Nematov said on Uzbekistan 24 Tuesday at a briefing devoted to the annual activity results of the ministry.

On December 26, 2018, Ismatulla Ergashev, the Special Representative of the Uzbek President for Afghanistan met with the Iranian Ambassador to Uzbekistan Bahman Agharazi Dormani.

UMS, the state-owned mobile operator, will be providing mobile services for the government, and will create and develop a data processing center for the provision of e-government services, the Director General of UMS Sobir Aripov told Uzbekistan 24.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the new building of the State Security Service on Tuesday, where he chaired the meeting of the State Security Service (SSS), Uzbekistan 24 reported.

The vice-president of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) Mehmet Süreyya Er has been appointed as the new Turkish Ambassador to Uzbekistan, replacing Ahmet Başar Şen, who had in charge of the Turkish diplomatic mission since the end of 2016, Hürriyet Daily News reported.

Flydubai will operate regular flights between Tashkent and Dubai. About it reports the Uzbek Aviation Authority. According to the agency, Flydubai has been approved as a regular carrier on the Dubai-Tashkent route instead of the previously designated Emirates Airline.