Marco Rubio received the Order of Buyuk Khizmatlari Uchun, while Sergio Gor was awarded the Order of Dustlik. The honours recognize their contributions to ties between Uzbekistan and the United States.
A delegation from Kazakhstan’s Supreme Audit Chamber travelled to Bishkek on a working visit. It took part in official events marking 30 years of the Kyrgyzstan Accounts Chamber.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev travelled to Baku at the invitation of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. His visit includes the seventh CICA summit and talks with foreign delegation leaders.
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin met with Alexander Drozdenko, governor of Russia’s Leningrad Region. They discussed new projects in industry and the agro-industrial complex.
Scammers send messages asking people to vote for a participant in an alleged children’s contest and attach a link. Police have warned about the scheme spreading through messaging apps.
Demand for qualified specialists remains high in Kazakhstan. The sharpest staff shortage is in healthcare, as well as in some skilled trades and technical and engineering professions.
Farms have delivered 135,000 tonnes of newly harvested grain to the Food Contract Corporation. That is nearly a third of the total volume contracted under the 2026 forward agricultural procurement programme.
Almaty Region plans to contribute 1.5 trillion tenge in taxes and other mandatory payments to the state budget this year. The amount would be a record for the region.
An 11th-grade student from Karakalpakstan won bronze at the 2nd International Ahmad al-Farghani Physics Olympiad. Two other students from the region also competed as part of Uzbekistan’s team.
More than 200 cadets at the Sagadat Nurmagambetov Military College in Astana and the Sabyr Rakhimov Military College in Shymkent took the military oath.
The Abai Region administration published a brief item about scheduled pension savings payments from Kazakhstan’s Unified Accumulative Pension Fund. The available text asks who is eligible but provides no answer or calculation details.
Kazakhstan’s updated Register of Domestic Producers has been operating normally since the start of the year. It has confirmed the origin of 71,865 product items.
Kazakh water-sector specialists are receiving training in China. International seminars focus on modernizing irrigation systems, water-management technologies and small hydropower.
The fourteenth session of the Jokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan will open on October 19, 2026, at 11:30. Qaraqalpaqstan TV will broadcast the session live.