Uzbekistan plans to hand over the function of sending citizens to work abroad entirely to the most reliable private employment agencies from 2027, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a government meeting today.

State-owned Uzbekneftegaz has declined to disclose the contract price with China’s CCDC to contain a gas blowout at the 25 Years of Independence field (M-25) in Baysun district, Surkhandarya province, citing a confidentiality agreement.

Warm and mostly dry weather will persist across Uzbekistan this week, with rain expected midweek, Uzhydromet said. Daytime temperatures on Monday and Tuesday will mostly range from 20 to 23 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday, rain is forecast for parts of Bukhara, Navoi and Surkhandarya provinces, spreading to the rest of the country by evening, while northern and eastern areas stay dry. Rain is possible in places on Thursday at night and in the morning across central and eastern areas.

A court has sentenced a man to life in prison for setting fire to a woman and her four minor children in Guzar district, killing two of the children, the press service of the province’s courts said.

Remittances from labor migrants vary widely between provinces, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Nov. 2, calling for a review of how officials prepare citizens for better-paid jobs abroad.

Saudi club Al Nassr arrived in Tashkent on Saturday without Cristiano Ronaldo, ahead of their AFC Champions League Elite match against Pakhtakor today, Nov. 2.

Police have opened a criminal case against the management of Imarat Development, a limited liability company in Sergeli district, over homes that were sold as being in the capital but are being built in Tashkent province, the Tashkent Police Department (TPD) said.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan has scrapped the requirement to display a “Radar” road sign where mobile radars are in use, according to a resolution dated Oct. 29.

Airports in Uzbekistan served 12,662,922 passengers in the first nine months of 2026, up 13% from a year earlier, the press service of Uzbekistan Airports said.

Authorities in Navoi province have fined two people a total of 7.48 million soums for picking hawthorn berries in the mountains of Khatirchi district without a permit, the province’s Ecology Department said.

Uzbekistan Railways will implement additional charges on freight shipments to Afghanistan from November 7, the joint-stock company said, a move an Afghan businessman warned could push up prices in Afghan markets.

Tashkent’s city council has ordered the metro to prepare to run five-car trains and shorten intervals to 2-3 minutes at rush hour, and told officials to add bus services and fit buses with cameras that record violations, according to a resolution dated October 30.

Uzbekistan will restrict electricity payments for consumers who fail to settle unpaid drinking water and sewage bills from January 1, 2027, Uzsuvtaminot said.

Traffic police in Uzbekistan will stop recording drivers who cross solid lane markings within 50 meters of an intersection or 20 meters of a U-turn from November 1, an Interior Ministry official said, citing a government resolution dated October 29.

Novaya Gazeta, founded in 1993 and designated by Russian authorities as a “foreign agent” in September 2026, is ceasing operations. The editorial team announced the decision after being evicted from the building where it had worked for the past 30 years.

State Assets Management Agency has put a student dormitory in Tashkent’s Almazar district up for sale, with an auction scheduled for Nov. 4 at 10 a.m., according to a listing on the E-auksion platform.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his remarks at the Turkic Summit urged the member-states to make fuller use of their tourism potential. Mirziyoyev proposed expanding travel between Turkic states on ID cards alone, without foreign travel passports, and simplifying border crossing and stay procedures in the countries visited.

Weather will be changeable across the country on Saturday, October 31, with rain possible in parts of the central and southern provinces and in the mountains, Uzhydromet said.

Citizens in Uzbekistan received 642.1 billion soums in subsidies under the Solar Household program in January-September 2026, the Tax Committee said.

Poverty in Uzbekistan fell from 5.8% to 3.6% in January-September 2026, the Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Employment said in a report.