On November 9, a new high speed train route №94/93 from Andijan to Tashkent will start operating, a UzJeldorPass statement said.

Tashkent metro has joined the organizational structure of Uzbekistan Railways pursuant to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, published on 28 October. 

On Tuesday early morning Johann Peter Traugott Tijler, the Head of Mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) arrived in Tashkent to observe the presidential elections. 

The Central Election Commission, having examined the documents presented by the political parties, has adopted the Presidential candidates registration Decision, which allows the candidates to start campaigning. 

On Friday the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon as part of his Uzbekistan visit went to Samarkand, where he laid a wreath at the tomb of the First President Islam Karimov. 

Interim President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 29 received the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon, UzA said. 

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov in a telephone conversation on October 26 invited the Interim President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to visit Turkmenistan, the Turkmenistan National News Agency said. 

The Interim President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and  President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev in a phone conversation on Wednesday confirmed their interest in successful completion of delimitation and demarcation of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz state border, UzA said. 

The Interim President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 24 signed a decree "On measures to improve the plant protection and agrochemical services", which has approved the establishment of UzAgroKimyoKhimoya (tr. Uzbek agro-chemical protection), a joint-stock company, the Center for coordination and development of the securities market announced. 

On October 26 at 11:30 a private building on Farabi street of Tashkent’s Shayhantahur district collapsed, killing three people and injuring two, the Uzbek Emergency Situations Ministry said. 

The Interim President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 25 signed the law "On ratification of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention №87 of the International Labour Organization (San Francisco, July 9, 1948)."

Uzbek parliament’s delegation headed by the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Sodiq Safoyev paid a three-day visit to the United States, Jahon IA said. 

By the end of 2016 Uzbekistan Railways is expected to buy another two high-speed electric Talgo trains of a Spanish manufacturer, the Uzbek Ministry of Economy announced. 

Uzbekistan delegation headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Adham Ikramov will pay, on October 26 as was previously agreed, a reciprocal visit to Osh (Kyrgyzstan), the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. 

On October 25, Helsinki will host the next round of the Uzbek-Finnish consultations between the Foreign Ministries, MFA's press service said.

At 23:55 on Saturday UzbekNefteGaz announced that it has set common prices for gasoline for whole of Uzbekistan valid starting from Sunday, which is on average by one-third higher than the previous price.

The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon will visit Uzbekistan as part of his first visit to the Central Asian countries, October 24-29. 

The inflation rate in Uzbekistan in 9 months of this year was at 2.2%, the Economy Ministry and the Statistics Committee joint report released on Thursday said. 

The United Nations Development Programme and the National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation on human rights. 

The foreign ministers of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have noted the recent positive dynamics of bilateral relations.