Clean energy becomes more popular with locals of rural areas in Uzbekistan. Biogas units are especially in demand of farmers, which provide farms with heating, electricity and biologically clean fertilizers.

The share of small business in the total volume of Uzbekistan’s GDP made up 51% in January-September 2012, which is 0.5 percentage points more than in January-September 2011.

The ninth plenary session of the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan opened on 5 December 2012 in Tashkent. The session was attended by invited members of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of ministries and departments, representatives of other organizations, the mass media. The meeting was chaired by Chairman of the Senate I.Sobirov.

Uzbekistan developed an electronic system of forming and management of single database of investment projects.

Uzbekistan attracted investments for US$902.8 million as of 1 October 2012 within 1,561 projects, included to the regional investment programmes (RIPs, taking into account additional projects), which grew by 50.5% compared with 2011.

An Uzbek-French archaeological mission in southern Uzbekistan found part of Greco-Buddhist friezes.

\'\'Strong family – support of society\'\' contest held among the workers of print media in accordance with the execution of paragraph 85 of the State program Year of Family, approved by the resolution of President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on 27 February 2012 took place at Tashkent House of Photography.

Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan (lower house of parliament) held a session to consider several draft laws.

The Centre of National Arts in Tashkent has hosted the traditional exhibition-fair Bazar-Art.

About 90,000 citizens of Uzbekistan are registered at the consular establishments of Uzbekistan abroad, Jahon news agency reported quoting materials of Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea and the 75th anniversary of the ethnic Koreans living in the country, a gala evening \"Uzbekistan Our Common Home” has been held in Tashkent.

Uzbekugol (Uzbek Coal) open joint stock company will direct US$90 million to modernization of mining and transportation till the end of 2014, RIA Novosti reported quoting the source in the Uzbek Government.

Meeting with the delegation of Council of young entrepreneurs and the representatives of Kinnaird College (Pakistan) took place at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Delegations of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and Finland held next round of political consultations in Helsinki on 22 November 2012.

A number of investment projects under implementation at the Combine Olmaliq Mining Plant will assign more than 29 million US dollars for the project to modernize the oxygen plant.