Uzbekistan’s State Security Service (DXX) and Interior Ministry (IIV) say they have broken up an organized criminal group accused of trafficking human organs and tissues. According to investigators, the group consisted of 12 individuals from Tashkent city and the regions of Tashkent, Fergana, Bukhara, and Kashkadarya. Using social media platforms, members allegedly sought out patients …
Prosecutors in the Kyiv region have announced the arrest of an international group accused of recruiting and exploiting Uzbek citizens. Among those detained are two Chinese nationals, one Uzbek citizen, and a Ukrainian woman. According to investigators, the group targeted socially vulnerable individuals through deception and coercion. Thirteen Uzbek citizens were taken abroad and transported …
The story that began on the night of September 10 with a series of teenage attacks on Uzbek citizens in Vladivostok has continued. Now the police reports describe the opposite situation: the victims are Russian minors. According to Vladivostok’s Interior Ministry, the incident took place in the city’s Frunzensky district. Three 14-year-old boys were in …
The Mirabad District Court of Tashkent has completed the trial of former Agriculture Minister Aziz Voitov and 61 other defendants. The verdict was announced on September 15, according to Supreme Court spokesman Aziz Abidov. The court found Voitov guilty under Article 167, Part 3, Clause “a” of the Criminal Code (“Embezzlement or misappropriation on a …
On September 13, 2025, a traffic accident occurred at an unguarded railway crossing between Chortoq and Uychi stations, the press service of “O‘zbekiston temir yo‘llari” JSC reported on its Telegram channel. The driver of a Gentra car, grossly violating traffic rules, attempted to cross the railway tracks directly in front of an approaching train. There …
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in a phone conversation with the Amir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, strongly condemned the recent Israeli missile strikes on Doha. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. During the conversation, the Uzbek leader firmly condemned the missile …
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 …
Uzbekistan condemned the strikes carried out by Israel on a residential area in the city of Doha, viewing them as a breach of sovereignty, an encroachment upon the inviolability of borders, and a threat to the security of the State of Qatar. “Such actions are unacceptable and represent a serious disregard for the UN Charter, …
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 …
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 …