Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Azerbaijan, the presidential press service said.

New mayors have been appointed in three of Tashkent’s districts, the capital’s administration press service said. Abdulaziz Abdulhakov was confirmed as mayor of Yashnobod district, replacing Bakhtiyor Rakhmankulov, who had held the post since 2020. Lazizbek Temirov was confirmed as mayor of Yangihayot district, and Hayot Inogomov as mayor of Chilanzar district, where Saidkahhor Kholkhodjaev had served since 2022.

Construction has begun on a 1.7-hectare artificial lake with fountains near Tashkent’s airport, directly beneath the aircraft landing path, the city administration (hokimiyat) said.

The president Mirziyoyev signed a law Wednesday setting a special procedure for handling cases involving people who hold inviolability or immunity.

A criminal group that ran a fake call center using illegal GSM gateway devices has been uncovered in Tashkent, the State Security Service (DXX) said.

Uzbekistan has increased penalties for violating marriage-age rules or the procedure for registering marriages, under a law the president signed on October 14. The amendments took effect the same day.

A court in Namangan province has sentenced an amusement ride operator to three years of restricted freedom over the death of a 60-year-old woman who fell from a ride at a leisure park in Chust district.

Uzbekistan has raised fines for begging and for involving others in it under a law signed by the president Wednesday, with the new penalties taking effect the same day.

Broadcasts by Halk TV, one of Türkiye’s largest opposition television channels, stopped after police searched its newsroom in Istanbul and a trustee was appointed to run it.

Customs officers have foiled an attempt to set up a clandestine drug laboratory in the city of Gulistan, in Sirdarya province, the Customs Committee said.

Uzbekistan has approved the procedure for a business census to be held from October 15 to November 30, 2026, according to a government resolution dated October 9.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku during a working visit, with the two leaders discussing how to deepen their strategic partnership by implementing agreements reached in August.

Uzhydromet has forecast dry weather across most lowland areas from October 16 to 23, with rain possible in the northwest toward the end of the period.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a law toughening penalties for violence against children, amending five codes and six laws at once, Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of the Presidential Administration, said.

The chief of a state-run water supply agency in Qibray district, Tashkent province, has been detained on suspicion of taking a bribe, the Department under the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

One person died when a mudflow swept away a car in the mountainous area of Dehkanabad district, Kashkadarya province, on October 13, the provincial Emergency Situations Department said.

Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities has published a draft government resolution proposing annual increases in district heating tariffs from 2028, linked to inflation.

A special environmental regime for greenhouses has been proposed for Tashkent and five adjoining districts, according to a presentation to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on October 13, his press service said.

Uzbekistan has exempted transport and logistics centres from land tax and property tax until 2040 and granted customs benefits on equipment imports, under a presidential decree dated October 12, the Justice Ministry’s legal information channel reported.