The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of Uzbekistan announced on Thursday the temporary suspension of 106 business entities in Tashkent and the Tashkent region. In addition, 58 greenhouse farms have been fined for violating environmental regulations. The measures were taken as part of the implementation of Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 59… Read More »
The Tashkent overground circular metro line resumed service on Saturday, November 1, 2025, the state enterprise “Tashkent Metro” reported. “Starting this morning, November 1, the line has been fully opened to passengers, and 12 trains are currently operating on the route with a 7-minute interval,” the enterprise said in a statement. The circular line includes… Read More »
Tashkent’s overground circular metro reopens The Tashkent above-ground circle metro line will resume operation not on October 18, as previously reported, but around November 1. The postponement is due to extended testing required to complete technical inspections and increase train speeds. Service on the 14-station section — from Tekhnopark to Qipchoq — was suspended for… Read More »
It took me thirty-five years to recover from the autumn smells that haunt me — the smells I associate with cotton harvesting and Soviet cotton campaigns in Uzbekistan. I picked cotton as a student at one of Tashkent’s universities in 1979, 1980, and 1981, living for at least a month on wooden bunks in field… Read More »
Today, the Uchtepa District Criminal Court concluded the first-instance trial of blogger Mubashshir Ahmad (Alisher Tursunov). According to the announced verdict, Mubashshir Ahmad was found guilty under: Applying Article 57 of the Criminal Code (imposing a lighter sentence) and in accordance with Articles 59 (sentencing for multiple crimes) and 61 (rules for calculating cumulative sentences),… Read More »
Latest information: Resumption of the Tashkent above-ground metro circle line postponed to early November Tashkent’s above-ground ring line “30th Anniversary of Uzbekistan’s Independence” is expected to resume operation around October 18, the Tashkent Metro Authority announced. The official statement noted that preventive maintenance works are in their final stage. “To ensure safe train operation, passenger… Read More »
In the Sergeli district of Tashkent, a 34-year-old woman inflicted stab wounds on her seven-year-old daughter, who died at the scene. According to the Millar program on the Milliy TV channel, the tragedy occurred three and a half years after the incident at the Tashkent Zoo, when the same woman threw the girl into a… Read More »
Three new higher educational institutions are planned to open in Tashkent: a branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, the “TashTech” Technical University, and the Almalyk State Technical Institute. This was reported by the press service of the President of Uzbekistan following a presentation on education system reforms. “In Tashkent, branches of Bauman Moscow state… Read More »
Autumn in Tashkent has been a theme explored by both painters and photographers. Vladimir Petrov’s paintings, Soviet photographs from the 1960s–1990s, and contemporary 21st-century images allow us to see how the appearance of Uzbekistan’s capital has changed. Autumn in Tashkent in Vladimir Petrov’s works Autumn Tashkent in the 1950s in Petrov’s works Soviet painter and… Read More »
The Interior Ministry of Uzbekistan detained five people on suspicion of spreading malicious software for Android smartphones. The information was confirmed by the Cybersecurity Center. According to investigators, the perpetrators distributed APK files with viruses through Telegram groups. After installation, these applications gave them access to victims’ SMS messages, contacts, and call history. This allowed… Read More »