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Euronews in its Europe Today edition of 20 October 2026 reported on the continuation of political disputes in France after the weekend riots, retailers' losses amounting to hundreds of millions of euros, a wave of protests across Europe, and a Russian drone strike on a park in Kharkiv that killed two children.
Sevara MirzayevaAccording to UN DESA data, on which the Visual Capitalist infographic is based, the number of migrants in the UK, Spain and Germany grew by a combined total of approximately 20.4 million people between July 2000 and July 2024. In percentage terms, the leaders are Malta (+827%), Bulgaria (+590%) and Iceland (+522%). Russia showed the largest absolute decline — minus 4.3 million migrants.
Sevara MirzayevaAccording to Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė... no — as reported by Lithuanian radio LRT, Prime Minister... According to the Lithuanian Prime Minister, speaking after a national security commission meeting on October 19, the drone that fell in the country on October 18 belonged to Ukraine, carried explosives and likely flew from the direction of Poland rather than Belarus, as previously. The cause of the fall has not been established.
Sevara MirzayevaThe Mirabad district court of Tashkent sentenced a 36-year-old Brasserie Park restaurant employee to 5 days of administrative arrest under the petty hooliganism article for a conflict with an underage courier on October 17. After the incident, the city administration inspected the restaurant's summer terrace in the 'Blue Domes' alley and dismantled it due to violations.
Sevara MirzayevaThe Hududgaz Poytaxt branch reported a temporary gas supply shutdown on October 20, 2026, from 09:00 to 18:00 in several mahallas of Yunusabad district of Tashkent. The reason is repairs to an underground medium-pressure gas pipeline with a diameter of 530 mm on Iftikhor street. 32 multi-story buildings, 120 households, and houses No. 1-A and No. 121–170 on Iftikhor street will be left without gas. Supply will be restored in stages after the work is completed.
Sevara MirzayevaOfficers of the Department under the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan, together with other law enforcement agencies, carried out an operation in the Mirzo Ulugbek district of Tashkent. In the trunk of a Gentra driven by citizen B.A., 978 packages of
Sevara MirzayevaAt a press conference in Tashkent, officials explained why electronic ramps in the metro do not work at all stations: the contractor has not completed all installation and commissioning works, and the facilities have not yet been accepted onto the metro's balance sheet. 38 ramps have been installed in test mode; lifts for passengers with reduced mobility were also discussed.
Sevara MirzayevaOn the evening of October 19, power supply disruptions occurred in the Qibray, Tashkent and Yunusabad districts due to the shutdown of the 110 kV lines 'Sokin-2' and 'Botanika-1'. By 19:54, power at the 'Yunusabad', 'Astronomiya' and 'Limunchi' substations was restored, and the 'L-Botanika-1' line was switched to another source. The Svetanet.uz service recorded 129 reports of outages, of which 102 were confirmed.
Sevara MirzayevaOn October 19, 2026, air quality in Tashkent reached the 'red' (unhealthy) level: monitoring stations recorded an AQI of 151–153, and the city ranked 13th in the global ranking of the most polluted major cities. The concentration of PM2.5 particles exceeded the WHO-recommended annual average level by 11.6 times. In Samarkand, the AQI reached 105. It was also reported that air monitoring stations have been launched near the airports of Samarkand and Fergana.
Sevara MirzayevaFollowing passenger requests, bus route No. 100 has been changed so that it passes through Dilsaroy street. Bus route No. 58 has been shortened to the 'Darkhon maydoni' stop due to the limited capacity of the 'Ekskavator zavod' stop on Bolshaya Darkhonskaya street.
Sevara MirzayevaOn October 18, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during a trip to Samarkand region, reviewed the construction of a bridge across the Karadarya river worth 310 billion soums. The bridge will connect the under-construction 'Shirin' neighborhood with Samarkand and the international airport. After opening, the distance from the neighborhood to the city center will shrink from 23 to 4 km, and travel time will decrease by 30 minutes. The President called the bridge one of his cherished goals.
Sevara MirzayevaVeolia Energy Tashkent reported that the hot water quality situation in the area of the Tashkent Thermal Power Plant has stabilized, and indicators for most consumers have returned to normal. Samples were tested by the internal laboratory and the laboratory of Tashkent City Water Supply. Earlier, residents of five districts of the city complained of a foreign chemical smell in the water.
Sevara MirzayevaBy a presidential decree of Uzbekistan dated October 16, the Tashkent International Fashion Academy is being established — a state higher education institution within the system of the Agency for the Development of Light Industry. It will open on the basis of the joint program of the Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry and the Paris International Fashion Academy. Studies will begin in the 2026/2027 academic year, and by 2028 a dormitory for 400 students will be built.
Sevara MirzayevaThe Tashkent city khokimiyat announced plans to build 17.9 km of dedicated bus lanes on Mukimi Street, Karatosh and Kukcha Darvoza streets, Parkent Street and Mirzo Ulugbek Avenue. Developing the design documentation will preliminarily require about 6.5 billion soums from the City Development Fund. The khokim's decision has been signed, and designers and contractors will be selected on a competitive basis.
Sevara MirzayevaOn October 12, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found in the Almazar district of Tashkent. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, her younger brother, seeing the door locked, entered the room through the balcony and found his sister hanged. An ambulance pronounced her dead. A pre-investigation check is underway.
Sevara MirzayevaUzbekistan Airports announced the installation of automatic air quality monitoring stations near Fergana Airport (October 15) and Samarkand Airport (October 9). The equipment measures pollutant concentrations and meteorological parameters, with data transmitted to a unified geoinformation database. The project is being implemented with Malkam Environmental Technologies, and stations are planned at other airports as well.
Sevara MirzayevaVeolia Energy Tashkent responded to complaints from residents of six districts of the capital about a chemical odor in hot water, as well as turbidity and low pressure. The company took water samples for analysis and passed the information to the Tashkent Thermal Power Plant for action.
Sevara MirzayevaOn October 12, at around 23:10, in the Yunusabad district of Tashkent, the driver of a Toyota born in 2007, according to preliminary data, lost control and, failing to keep a safe distance, collided with a Tracker 2 driven by a man born in 1980. There were no injuries; an investigation is underway.
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