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.

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.