President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved seven national programs for 2027-2031 aimed at enhancing the honor and dignity of the individual, according to a decree dated November 10.

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has warned of possible attempts to provoke ethnic clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in the south of the country ahead of the presidential election, he said in a Facebook post.

The Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Saida Mirziyoyeva, paid a working visit to Paris, the capital of France. During the visit, high-level talks were held with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace, and she also participated in the prestigious Paris Peace Forum, an important platform for global politics.

President signed a decree on November 10 setting out national programs aimed at enhancing human dignity, with education and digital skills at the center.

Fitch Ratings has assigned Karakalpakstan long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings of ‘BB-’ with a stable outlook, citing heavy reliance on central government funding and limited control over its own finances.

A court in Tashkent sentenced the head of the online outlet Demokrat.uz, Fazliddinkhon Mehmonov, to 10 years and three months in prison, and blogger Aziz Goipnazarov to 10 years and one month, the press service of the capital’s courts said.

As Generation Z-led protests continue to reshape political landscapes across the world, Uzbekistan is taking a markedly different approach to its younger generation, placing a former provincial governor known for his tough administrative style in charge of the country's education system, with an emphasis on discipline, attendance monitoring and stricter enforcement of existing rules.

The president has ordered the creation of a mayor's office for New Tashkent, with the city’s mayor to be appointed and dismissed by the head of state, according to a decree that took effect on Nov. 11.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a series of meetings on the sidelines of the global climate summit in Antalya, the presidential press service said.

Two officials in Andijan province have been detained while accepting a bribe, the State Security Service said. The suspects are a deputy mayor of Pakhtaabad district and an employee of the district branch of the Chamber of State Cadastres.

A 22.7-kilometer bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor linking Tashkent’s Sergeli and Yunusabad districts is being built in stages as the capital expands dedicated public transport infrastructure.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said Uzbekistan is proposing a Climate Integration Model for Central Asia, urging countries in the region to act jointly against threats such as melting glaciers, water scarcity and extreme droughts.

Countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus signed the “Silk Road” declaration on population mobility in the context of climate change on Nov. 10 at the 31st U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP31), the press service of Uzbekistan’s National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change said.

Uzbekistan’s natural gas production fell 16.4% in the first nine months of 2026 to 27 billion cubic meters, while electricity generation rose 7.3%, the National Statistics Committee said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met the Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the sidelines of the 31st U.N. Climate Change Conference in Antalya.

A presidential decree has been adopted to support large urban development projects with a high multiplier effect in New Tashkent city and other areas, offering investors tax breaks for up to 15 years under a special legal regime.

Courts imposed administrative penalties on more than 420,000 people in Uzbekistan in the first nine months of 2026, the Supreme Court’s press service said.

On a busy morning in Tashkent, the soundtrack of the city changes from one street to the next. Music drifts out of cafés, commuters listen through headphones, and drivers switch between familiar songs and talk radio. Yet the voices reaching listeners in Uzbekistan are no longer limited to stations broadcasting within the country. With an internet connection, a radio programme from London, a jazz station in Berlin or a Russian-language news broadcast can become part of an ordinary morning.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Odile Renaud-Basso, president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), on the sidelines of the COP31 summit to discuss expanding strategic partnership with the lender, according to a report on the president’s website.

A truck driver resisted eco-police officers and damaged their vehicle during a raid on illegal sand and gravel extraction in the Ishtikhon district of Samarkand province, the National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change reported.