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Doniyor Yusupov has been appointed deputy mayor of Tashkent and head of the Directorate for the Use of City Canals and Improvement of Adjacent Areas. The position, previously held by Abdulaziz Israilov, had been vacant. Yusupov graduated from the Tashkent Automobile and Road Institute and previously worked at road construction organizations and the Yunusabad district mayor's office.
The director of the State Assets Management Agency, Sohibjon Murodov, had denied at an October 8 press conference that «Oʻzbekiston pochtasi» was transferred to Wildberries' trust management. However, a corporate document published on October 11 — an excerpt from the minutes of the shareholders' extraordinary general meeting of September 21, 2026 — mentions a trust management agreement dated December 30, 2025, under which WB INT EXPORT LLC, Wildberries' Uzbek branch, acts as trustee of the state's shareholding and holds all shareholder rights. It had also demanded the election of a new supervisory board including its five proposed candidates.
The leaders of Germany, Italy and Belgium have called for a mechanism to halt new EU legislation deemed excessively burdensome for businesses, as part of a broader push to strengthen the bloc’s economic competitiveness. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever have proposed an “emergency brake” in a letter sent on Monday to European Council President António Costa, seen by Euronews. The proposed mechanism would act as “a l
NATO's top commander in Europe warned that any attack on the alliance would be made 'absolutely futile', while Saudi Arabia faces questions after failing to issue public warnings before deadly attacks at Riyadh airport that killed at least 18 people. Meanwhile, Turkish 'saboteurs' were detained in Germany.
US President Donald Trump said he does not believe China and Russia are helping Iran, noting that even if such help exists, it is very limited and would quickly become known. China condemned US military actions against Iran, while Moscow warned of threats to regional security.
Cameras have been installed on Fargona yuli street in Tashkent to monitor traffic on the dedicated 'A' lanes for public transport. The cameras cover a 6-kilometer section in both directions, and similar cameras are being gradually introduced on other streets of the capital. The lanes are meant to keep buses on schedule, as one bus can carry more than 50 passengers, and unauthorized vehicles entering the lanes may delay many passengers. From 06:00 to 23:00, vehicles without a permit are prohibited from using the 'A' lanes.
A delegation of Uzbekistan led by the deputy director of the Cultural Heritage Agency, Azizjon Aripjonov, studied the historical and cultural heritage sites of Uzbek scholars in Afghanistan and exchanged views on their preservation and restoration. The delegation visited the provinces of Balkh, Takhar, Sar-e Pol and Faryab, getting acquainted with unique architectural monuments, including the Rawzai Sharif shrine, the Bobo Rahim Mashrab pilgrimage site, the historic bridge in Sar-e Pol, the Imamzoda Yahya shrine, the Bobo Vali madrasa complex and the pool built by Alisher Navoi. At the conclusion of the negotiations, the parties agreed to analyze the collected data and sign a memorandum of mutual understanding on the protection and restoration of the monuments. In February 2023, a bas-relief depicting Alisher Navoi in Mazar-i-Sharif was damaged, and in August 2025 the monument was completely destroyed. The Taliban expressed regret and promised a new monument; later the construction of a new memorial complex named after Alisher Navoi was reported to have begun.
At the FIRST Global Challenge international robotics competition held in Incheon, South Korea, with participants from about 200 countries, Uzbekistan's youth team won 3 gold medals and achieved absolute championship. The team won all 16 matches, scored 637 points, and set a competition record. This year's competition was dedicated to preventing forest fires, reducing their consequences, and restoring nature, and the young Uzbek engineers presented innovative engineering solutions to these environmental problems.
In the Pakhtachi district of the Samarkand region, two people riding an electric scooter died in a collision with a Cobalt car. The accident occurred on October 9 at around 13:00 on the 4K-560 road. The Cobalt driver swerved to avoid a cyclist, crossed into the oncoming lane and hit the scooter. One person died at the scene, another later died in the hospital. A criminal case has been opened.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the country’s attorney general and the head of the Shin Bet security service to reveal the identities of officers interviewed in the award-winning film NAZA . Netanyahu is ordering for the filmmakers, Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, to be prosecuted for causing “harm to Israel’s diplomatic and security interests”. He has asked for attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara, IDF chief of staff Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, and S
In the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, a total of 358 so-called child marriages have been officially recorded since 2012. Only eight of these forced marriages have so far been legally annulled. According to authorities, the other 350 cases were brought to an end in other ways. This alarming finding comes from a response by the Baden-Württemberg state government to a minor inquiry submitted by AfD state parliament members Nikolaos Boutakoglou and Emely Knorr. The Tübingen region
The licenses previously granted to Saneg for the use of oil fields in Uzbekistan have been revoked because the license conditions were not fulfilled and the fields were not put into operation, said State Assets Management Agency director Sohibjon Murodov. He explained that the fields themselves were not privatized — only subsoil-use licenses were granted — and noted that the right to issue hydrocarbon licenses has been moved to auctions since 2023–2024. Saneg's website says the company holds rights to 103 oil and gas fields. The transfer of over 100 fields from Uzbekneftegaz to Jizzakh Petroleum (Saneg) in 2019 was linked to a $2.68 billion project to boost oil production, but production fell short of targets, and the transfer became an episode in a criminal case against former Uzbekneftegaz chief Bakhodirjon Sidikov, who denies the charges.
In the Toshkent mahalla of the Mirzaabad district of Syrdarya region, a Damas driver was found transporting children to kindergarten in excess of the permitted number. The incident occurred on October 8, when the driver was stopped while carrying 13 children in his personal vehicle. An administrative protocol was drawn up against him for violating passenger transport rules, and preventive explanatory work was carried out. The driver admitted his violation and urged other drivers not to allow similar cases. The Internal Affairs Department called on drivers to strictly follow passenger transport rules and urged parents not to be indifferent to their children's safety.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, calling it unlawful and inhumane. He expressed condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded. Erdogan said Ankara stands for peace and stability in the region and that a joint defense agreement concerning Mecca will soon be submitted to parliament. According to Saudi officials, 12 people were killed and 309 wounded in the attack, which the Arab coalition blamed on the Houthi movement in Yemen.
In Uzbekistan, a draft law has been adopted in its first reading that would shorten compulsory military service by one month for conscripts who achieve high results in a republican book-reading competition. The measure aims to popularize reading among military personnel. The draft also creates legal grounds for new contracts with graduates of Uzbek and foreign military universities specializing in pilot training.
The State Labor Inspectorate conducted 145 monitoring operations during the cotton harvest season and identified 132 violations of labor legislation, including forced labor, poor working conditions, untimely payments, and missing labor contracts. Fines totaling 172.8 million soums were imposed, and pickers were paid 8.87 billion soums owed to them. Monitoring will continue.
Jaume Sanpera, CEO of Spanish satellite operator Sateliot, believes Europe needs to “wake up” and avoid becoming dependent on two global power blocs. The industry, he argues, needs “a push” to help European tech companies become global champions. Sateliot, a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites, recently launched five new satellites. According to Sanpera, Europe “needs to have its own sovereignty in space”. In such a fast-moving industry, concerns over overregulatio
A new driverless vehicle presented in the USA combines cargo delivery under fire with counter-drone capabilities. The project integrates Hypercraft's Razorback off-road vehicle, Forterra's AutoDrive autonomous driving system, and 9 Mothers' Edda anti-drone turret. The Razorback, developed in Provo, Utah, is over four meters long, carries up to 1.8 tons, has a range of nearly 800 km, and can provide up to 38 kW of power to external equipment. The 23-kg Edda turret detects small drones by rotor sound, tracks them with cameras, and engages them from a smoothbore gun at distances of 10 to 100 meters.
Cameras have been installed to monitor traffic in the dedicated public transport lanes on Fergana Yuli street in Tashkent, according to the capital's Traffic Management Center. A 6 km section in both directions has been equipped with cameras, which record violations from 6:00 to 23:00. Since May 2025, any vehicle is allowed to travel in the dedicated lanes at night. The TMC noted that cameras will be installed step by step on other streets as well to ensure the priority of public transport. The center reminded that a single bus can carry more than 50 passengers at a time, and a car obstructing a bus delays dozens of people. In February 2022, the Tashkent City Transport Department promised to make the dedicated lanes on Fergana Yuli work, but until now ordinary cars had been driving in them. Another problem is road patrol officers stopping cars in these lanes to check documents and process violations, blocking the lanes; Gazeta has repeatedly drawn attention to this and sent a request to the TMC. In the spring, deputy mayor Abdurakhmon Bakhtiyev also addressed the problem, saying that without cameras the sections cannot be made to work. A project to install cameras on buses was also reported. He emphasized that the lanes must be properly organized, as in many places they were drawn without calculations.
A junior researcher at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences outlined three key tasks for permanent human habitation on Mars: reliable communication between Earth and Mars, cargo and sample transport between the planets, and sustaining human life on Mars. China plans the Tianwen-3 mission around 2028 to return Martian soil samples by about 2031. Despite harsh conditions, Mars is seen as the most achievable target beyond the Earth–Moon system.
Based on SIPRI data, the article examines the main partners of major arms exporters. It highlights two approaches: broad cooperation like the US versus dependence on a single recipient, and notes Ukraine as the largest importer in 2021–2025 due to military aid.
Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Zhaparov ordered that ethnic Kyrgyz be issued citizenship and passports within one day. He made the statement at a meeting with residents of Batken after a woman from Uzbekistan, married to a Kyrgyz man, said she had long been unable to obtain citizenship. Zhaparov also noted that ethnic Kyrgyz from Afghanistan and Tajikistan still have kairylman status.
In Australia, a calf nicknamed Spider was born with extra legs growing from its head. Veterinarian Megan Smith said she had never seen such a case in her 20-year career. Specialists suggest the cause may be the "parasitic twin" phenomenon, genetic mutations, or developmental disruptions. The surgery to remove the extra legs lasted about an hour and a half, and the calf's condition quickly improved.
According to Eurostat data cited by Naked Science, the share of students with low mathematics results has increased in almost all European countries compared to 2018. In North Macedonia it rose from 61% to 68%, while in Estonia, despite the best result (17.2%), the figure worsened from 10.2%. Norway saw the sharpest decline, with the share nearly doubling from 18.9% to 38%. Turkey was the only country with a slight improvement, from 36.6% to 35.7%. PISA assesses mathematical literacy across six levels, with level two considered basic — the minimum skills needed to live and work in modern society.
