Saturday, 15, November, 2025

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The president Mirziyoyev signed a law amending and supplementing several regulations, the Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday.

Vehicle traffic in Tashkent will be temporarily and partially restricted from November 14 to 17, the Interior Ministry’s press service said today.

The President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan will join the seventh Central Asia Summit in Tashkent on November 16. The President Aliyev previously attended the Central Asia Summit in Dushanbe in 2023 and Astana in 2024—both times as an honorary guest and in an expanded format.

The goal of security cooperation among Central Asian countries is to develop a common capacity to counter challenges and threats. This is what the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated in his article, "Central Asia on the Threshold of a New Era." The article was published ahead of the Seventh Central Asia Summit, which will take place in Tashkent on November 16.

The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project is advancing ahead of schedule and may be completed earlier than planned. First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Uzbekistan Railways This Hikmatulla Rakhmetov said on the sidelines of the International Forum on Multimodal Transportation.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev was briefed on the program progress and objectives for 2026 to curb inflation and ensure macroeconomic stability, the presidential press service said today.

106 business entities have been temporarily suspended in Tashkent city and Tashkent province, and administrative fines have been imposed on 58 greenhouses, the Ministry of Ecology's press service said.

The Tashkent Metro expects delivery of 14 more subway trains (a total of 56 cars) in 2026, the press service of the Tashkent metro said in a statemnt in response to social media complaints about crowded trains.

Man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, father-in-law, and mother-in-law, all of whom he intentionally hit with a truck in Navoi province, the Millar program on the Milliy TV channel's said in a story.

The Deputy Foreign Minister Muzaffar Madrakhimov met with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Jan Bratu, and discussed joint projects on media literacy and organizing trainings for journalists and press secretaries with the participation of international experts.

Energy Minister Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov in an interview to the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel discussed plans to expand cooperation with several major US oil and gas companies.

Uzbekistan is considering the US small modular reactor (SMR) technologies, the Director of the UzAtom Agency Azim Akhmedkhadjaev said today.

On October 17, the Criminal Collegium announced the verdict against a Khanabad City Criminal Court judge in Andijan province, the Supreme Court press service said.

Criminal case has been opened against employees of the Tashkent City Municpal Cleaning Department and other individuals for felling of 174 trees and shrubs on Babur Street in the Yakkasaray District.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Setting up Uzbekistan - U.S. Business and Investment Council decree, which also stipulates opening of more Uzbek consulates in the United States. The Foreign Ministry has been given directives to work on this matter within one month.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Russian president Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) will launch daily Almaty to Tashkent service deploying high-speed Talgo starting December 14, the company said in a statement.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber, at the November 11 meeting passed the bill on Islamic banking, the press service of the lower house of parliament said.

Uzbekistan's gold and foreign exchange reserves reached record high of $59.3 billion as of November 1, the Central Bank said in a report. In October, reserves increased by $4.34 billion (+7.9%), with total increase topping $18.1 billion (+44%) year-to-date.

Since Monday evening, Tashkent has been experiencing high air pollution levels, Uzhydromet said in a statement, and urged to take precautions: spend less time outdoors and wear masks.