First Deputy Minister of Transport Mamanboy Omarov has said that a Chinese company plans to enter Uzbekistan's taxi market with a fleet of 5,000 vehicles. 

Uzbekistan has reached agreements with Kazakhstan and China to increase the number of scheduled flights, the Transport Ministry said.

Presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov proposed four priority areas for media cooperation between Uzbekistan and Russia at the third Uzbekistan-Russia Media Forum in Tashkent, where he also warned that fakes and deepfakes are doubling every year.

Uzbekistan plans to carry out 164 projects worth a total of $11.6 billion in electrical engineering and related new industries over the next three years, presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov said.

Uzbekistan will shift from recording and compiling crime statistics to using artificial intelligence to forecast crime trends and identify risk factors early, under a presidential decree that took effect on Nov. 7.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Nov. 9 proposed a mechanism under which commercial banks would offer consumer loans at 18% annual interest to buy household appliances made in the country, presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov said.

The implementation of a guarantee deposit for truck drivers hauling cargo from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan, due to start on Nov. 9, has been postponed, the State Revenue Department of Turkistan province said.

Rain, heavy in places, is forecast across Uzbekistan on Monday, with thunderstorms possible, Uzhydromet said. Only the Fergana Valley is expected to remain dry.

Employees of state bodies in Uzbekistan would be tested for their resilience to corruption under a draft regulation whose discussion concluded today, part of efforts to prevent corruption-related offences.

A 500-kilovolt substation, Koltsevaya, was commissioned in Tashkent province on Nov. 7, a project that will make electricity supply more reliable for the capital and part of the province, the Energy Ministry of Uzbekistan’s press service said.

Uzbekistan has proposed a special trade and transit corridor through Afghanistan after trade with Pakistan fell sharply, and Pakistan called the idea acceptable, the Dunyo news agency reported.

More than 10 million litres of substandard AI-92 gasoline were found during inspections of filling stations in Uzbekistan in January-October, officials of the Uzenergoinspection fuel and energy inspectorate said on Nov. 4.

Tashkent police have begun reviewing the actions of a blogger with nearly 600,000 Instagram followers after several days of public outrage over a video that can be read as a call to kill singer Mubinlolo.

A court has sentenced a 38-year-old civil servant to three years and one month in prison for phoning the governor of Surkhandarya province and posing as a Presidential Administration employee to push a construction request for an Afghan entrepreneur.

An increase in the proportion of working-age individuals has the potential to significantly boost productivity, especially when paired with improvements in education, healthcare, and capital investment. However, this trend is not uniform across the globe. Central Asia is one of the few regions where fertility and birth rates consistently exceed the replacement level, a crucial factor to consider. By the end of 2026, the total fertility rate (TFR) in Central Asia is projected to reach 3.10 children per woman, well above the replacement level of 2.1. Most births are expected to occur among women aged 20-24, with a birth rate of 207 births per 1,000 women in that age group. Additionally, the average age of mothers is expected to be 27.6 years, resulting in an estimated total of around 1,843,639 babies born.

The 22nd Congress of the International Kurash Association was held in Astana, Kazakhstan. A delegation from Uzbekistan, made up of leaders of the Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee (NOC), took part. In line with the agenda, delegates heard reports from the association’s leadership and reviewed the work carried out in 2025-2026.

A court has jailed a 36-year-old Russian citizen for seven days after he verbally abused flight attendants and disrupted a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent.

A cold, moist air mass will bring a sharp change in the weather to Uzbekistan from Nov. 9, with rain, snow in places and falling temperatures, Uzhydromet, the weather service, said.

Tashkent will begin supplying heat in stages from Nov. 9, the city administration’s press service said, after Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov signed a decision opening the 2026-2027 heating season.

Authorities have begun restoring a lake in central Tashkent beside the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, with earthworks now under way at the site.