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Visa announced the launch of Apple Pay and Google Pay support for its cards in Uzbekistan. Cardholders can add their cards to Wallet or Google Wallet and pay for purchases with a smartphone or watch in stores, on public transport and online. Payments are confirmed via Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode, and card details are protected through tokenization.
Aziz KarimovStarting October 27, Android and Wear OS users in Uzbekistan can pay for purchases via Google Wallet. So far, the service supports cards from nine banks — mostly Visa and Mastercard. Money is deducted directly from the linked card, not from a separate balance.
Otabek YusupovKhafiza Yusupova, a cardiologist at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Cardiology, has received an official invitation to join the Education and Professional Development Committee of the ESC for the term from September 2026 to August 2028. According to publicly available ESC data, Uzbekistan had not previously been represented on this committee. Khafiza Yusupova, a cardiologist at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Cardiology, has received an official invitation to join the Education and Professional Development Committee of the ESC for a term from September 2026 to August 2028. According to publicly available ESC data, no representatives of Uzbekistan had previously served on this committee.
Aziz KarimovUzhydromet has published its forecast for Wednesday, October 28: Tashkent, Karakalpakstan, Khorezm and three regions of the Ferghana Valley will remain without precipitation, while rain is possible in places in Bukhara, Navoi, Samarkand, Jizzakh, Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya regions. In high mountain areas, precipitation may turn into snow.
Sevara AzamovaThe President announced a package of measures for medical workers: allowances of up to 50 million soums for specialists returning from foreign clinics, an increase in allowances in remote regions from 2 to 4.5 million soums, 50 billion soums for partial mortgage repayment, and one-time payments. The system will start with 26 specialized centers.
Shahnoza ErgashevaOn October 26, Baku hosted the international conference 'Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan: Shared Historical Heritage, Islamic Civilization and Modern Scientific Cooperation'. As part of the event, the Center of Islamic Civilization and the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan signed a memorandum on joint research.
Shahnoza ErgashevaOn the morning of October 27, users in Uzbekistan were able to add cards of local banks to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. Apple named eight supporting banks, Google nine. There has been no official government announcement of the launch yet, and Uzbekistan is still absent from the list of countries on Apple's website.
Otabek YusupovShavkat Mirziyoyev met with workers of the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. According to Zamon.uz, over ten years 58,000 hospital beds have been created in the country, the volume of medical services has tripled, and the pharmaceutical sector has set a goal of covering 70% of needs with local production.
Sevara AzamovaA delegation of entrepreneurs from the Surkhandarya region held direct talks with business circles in Afghanistan's Balkh province. The parties named promising areas — poultry farming, textiles, construction materials, food industry, and mining; the head of Balkh's industry and commerce department estimated the potential trade turnover between the two countries at $5 billion. It was also agreed that Afghan doctors would visit the AKFA Medline medical center in Termez.
Otabek YusupovA joint order of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services, registered with the Ministry of Justice on 23 October 2026, updates the procedure for determining tariffs and the composition of costs for drinking water, wastewater disposal, hot water and heating for entities for which utility services are not their core activity. The document does not provide for any increase in the tariffs themselves.
Aziz KarimovAccording to a survey covering 140 countries and more than 140,000 people in 2025, Uzbekistan took third place in the world in the share of people expressing high trust in science — 63.8%. Meanwhile, the global level of trust fell from 80% to 72% over five years.
Aziz KarimovIFCB council member Mahmud Usmon said the council suspended its partnership with IMAN Invest after reviewing suspicious transactions. According to him, a commission of financiers, lawyers and a Sharia auditor concluded that the company's management disposed of entrusted funds in violation of Islamic finance, and that returning part of the money to investors is currently impossible.
Aziz KarimovAfter a diplomatic démarche from Tashkent, Iranian embassies in Armenia, China, Zimbabwe and other countries removed posts from the social network X in which Samarkand was described as part of Persian civilization. The trigger was US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Samarkand on October 19.
Otabek YusupovClimatologist Erkin Abdullakhatov spoke about the weather for the coming week: overnight frosts down to −2 degrees in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm, daytime warming up to +25, the risk of harmful particle accumulation during calm conditions, and recommendations for vulnerable groups and farmers.
Otabek YusupovOn October 26, at a meeting with filmmakers, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced a number of initiatives: the Kohinur sanatorium in the Nizhnechirchik district will be fully transferred to film professionals, 300 industry workers will receive free vouchers annually, professional unions will be merged into a chamber of representatives of the film sector, and part of Chilanzar street housing the studio has been proposed to be named Uzbekfilm.
Aziz KarimovThe President of Uzbekistan visited the Uzbekfilm studio, where sets are being built for the film 'Husayn' about the childhood of the great scholar Ibn Sino. The film is commissioned by the Center for Children's Content Development and is part of the 'road map' through 2030 for studying and popularizing the scientific legacy of Abu Ali ibn Sino, including preparations for the 1050th anniversary of his birth.
Aziz KarimovFergana's Neftchi lost at home to Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad 1:2 in the third round of the AFC Champions League Elite league stage. Jamshid Iskanderov opened the scoring from the penalty spot, but Youssef En-Nesyri's winning goal came in the final minute. After three rounds, the Uzbek club sits ninth in the table with three points.
Aziz KarimovOn October 26, Fergana's Neftchi lost at home to Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad in matchday 3 of the AFC Champions League Elite. The visitors equalized before the break, and the winning goal from a free kick was scored by substitute Youssef En-Nesyri. This is the Uzbek club's second consecutive defeat; after three matchdays it has three points.
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