President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed construction progress on a bridge over the Karadarya River during a visit to Samarkand province, the president’s press office said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Samarkand with his wife on Sunday evening, on his first visit to Central Asia, ahead of a day of diplomatic and business meetings on Monday.

Three young men have been identified over the smashing of a facial recognition surveillance camera in the entrance hallway of a multi-story building in the Chilanzar district of Tashkent city, the Tashkent Police Department's press service said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev met the CEOs of three leading Chinese companies, CAMCE, China Energy and Sinoma Energy, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Council of Foreign Investors in the Fuel and Energy Sector.

A fistfight broke out among schoolgirls at School No. 11 in the Altynkul district of Andijan province, the Zor TV channel reported on its “Bu Kun” program.

The State Security Service said it has uncovered hidden warehouses in the city of Namangan storing uncertified medicines valued at 5.2 billion soums.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted Sergio Gor, the U.S. President’s Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs, to discuss developing the strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and the United States.

A total of 140 million seedlings are due to be planted nationwide this autumn under the Yashil Makon (Green Space) national project, with planting starting in stages from November 1 to November 20, Ismatulla Dustmurodov, adviser on information policy to the director of the Agency for Forest and Green Area Expansion and Combating Desertification, announced the plan at a press briefing.

Average monthly electricity and natural gas use per household customer in Uzbekistan fell between 2023 and 2025 after tariffs were raised, a deputy minister of economy and finance said on October 14.

Uzbekistan plans to build a second and third nuclear power plants, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today at an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector.

Tashkent’s city administration plans to build dedicated bus lanes down the center of streets, on the bus rapid transit (BRT) model, on four more sections totaling 17.9 km, it said.

Uzbekistan plans to extend private-sector involvement in electricity distribution networks to Jizzakh and Tashkent provinces, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector.

An Investors’ Council will be set up in the fuel and energy sector in Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced at an open dialogue with investors in the sector.

Today the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced drafting of a National Master Plan for Energy Development -2050, to be drawn up and published openly for the first time. He spoke at an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector.

The official opening ceremony of the TURON International Business Club, established under the Uzbekistan National Economic Cooperation Association (UzMIHU), will take place in Tashkent on 27 October 2026.

Information that Uzbek businessman and ANORBANK shareholder Qahramonjon Olimov is on an international wanted list is no longer visible on Interpol’s website.

Residents of five districts in Tashkent have complained to Veolia Energy Tashkent about the quality of their hot water, the company’s press service said.

A government resolution has amended the rules for placing outdoor advertising. Under the resolution, a business’s signboard displaying its name and line of business on the exterior of the building or structure it occupies, including at the entrance, no longer counts as outdoor advertising. The same applies to the company name, trademark or service mark shown on the signboard, none of which requires an advertising space passport.

On the sidelines of the summit of the Council on Cooperation and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia have discussed simplifying visa procedures to boost tourist flows between the two countries, the Tourism Committee said.