The Health Ministry's press service announced plans to implement a new program as part of its anti-corruption efforts Wednesday. The ministry noted that the fight against corruption “never stopped and was uncompromising."

Today, the President Mirziyoyev signed a decree creating Tourism and Swift Tourism Sector Development Committee. The newly created committee is the legal successor to the Committee on Tourism under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change.

President Mirziyoyev has relieved Sherzod Kudbiyev of chairman of the Tax Committee role, the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

The modern market dictates its own rules: it is no longer enough for businesses to have a website or social media page. Customers want to be closer, receive notifications about discounts, and make purchases in just a couple of clicks.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a conference call government meeting to increasing incomes in neighborhoods, reducing poverty and unemployment, and setting goals for 2026.

Uzbekistan is seeking broader labor migration cooperation with the countries of Europe, Asia and the Persian Gulf. This was discussed at a presentation attended by the president Wednesday.

At a conference call government meeting Wednesday, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev touched upon job legalization and pointed to the need to take a significant ratio of employment out of the shadow economy.

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan have made an agreement on recognition of undergraduate and graduate diplomas.

Industrial enterprises with I and II categories environmental impact will be required to install background monitoring stations on their premises and integrate them with the newly established National Environmental Monitoring Center by March 1, 2026.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today heard a report on improving the external labor migration system Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan could join the upper-middle-income countries group before 2030, announced the Deputy PM/Minister of Economy and Finance Jamshid Kuchkarov at the 3rd International Roundtable on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree creating National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change in place of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change by separating it from the Cabinet of Ministers, and keeping staff.

Tashkent mayor Shavkat Umurzakov signed an order imposing a fee for commercial video recording (not photography) at Tashkent markets and shopping malls Tuesday.

Uzbekistan Airways and CALC (China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited) have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the lease of four new two-class cabin Airbus A321neo aircraft, with aircraft deliveries due in 2027–2028.

The Samarkand province's power grids will be transferred to the management of the Turkish company Aksa Enerji, the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Finance reported.

Today, the Anti-Trust Committee announced the launch of a probe into the actions of mobile operators in Uzbekistan. The day before, several major operators announced price increases effective December 1, sparking a public outcry.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation of proposals to improve the efficiency of cotton production based on best practices and technologies Monday.

Uzbekistan will continue power supplies to Afghanistan in 2026, the Ministry of Energy said. The relevant contract was signed between the Ministry of Energy and the Afghan energy company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) following the meeting between the Minister Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov and the DABS Director General Abdul Bari Omar.

The European Union has added the Uzbek businessman Rustam Muminov in its 19th sanctions package on October 23. According to the published card, Rustam Muminov holds citizenships of Uzbekistan, Russia, and the United Kingdom (multicitizenship is illegal according to Uzbek laws).

Military performances and a military march will take place in Tashkent today in the afternoon in honor of the 34th anniversary of the adoption of the Uzbekistan Flag Day, the Ministry of Defense press service said.