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 …
On September 5, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, held a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump. The main topic of the discussion was the further strengthening of Uzbek-American relations, the expansion of strategic partnership, and mutually beneficial cooperation. According to Mirziyoyev’s press service, the U.S. President highly appreciated and supported …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Aleksei Erkhov as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Previously, Erkhov served as Russia’s ambassador to Turkey. Aleksei V. Erkhov was born in 1960 in Moscow. In 1983, he graduated from MGIMO University, Moscow (Faculty of International Relations). …
Uzbekistan’s border guards confirmed that they shot dead two Kyrgyz citizens who had crossed the border illegally. On August 15, in the border zone near the Ugam-Chatkal Nature Reserve in Bostanlyk district of Tashkent region, Uzbek border patrol noticed two unidentified individuals. The border guards ordered them to stop, but they tried to escape. “In …