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On October 13, at around 19:00, opposite Ekobozor on Mirzo Ulugbek street, a GAC Aion car driven by a driver born in 2005 hit a pedestrian at a signalized pedestrian crossing. The pedestrian's age and condition, as well as the traffic light signal at the time of the accident, are not disclosed. An investigation is underway.
On October 9, at around 13:00, in the Pakhtachi district of the Samarkand region, at the 14th km of the 4K-560 road, a Cobalt car collided with an electric scooter. According to the regional police department (UVD), the Cobalt driver turned the wheel left to avoid hitting a cyclist who suddenly rode out, lost control and drove into the oncoming lane. The scooter's passenger died at the scene and a second passenger died in hospital. According to Kun.uz, the victims were a 57-year-old woman and her two-year-old grandson; the scooter driver was hospitalized in critical condition. A criminal case has been opened.
Starting March 1, 2027, riding e-scooters and other personal mobility devices will be banned in 27 recreation zones in Stavropol. The city hall has approved a list of 226 addresses for PMD placement. Mayor Ivan Ulyanchenko said kicksharing companies must update their software algorithms by March 1, 2027. The restricted zones include Central and Victory parks, Lenin Square, Fortress Hill, Komsomolskoye Lake and others. In July, the Stavropol Territory introduced fines for PMD violations: 3,000-4,000 rubles for individuals and 20,000-30,000 rubles for legal entities, with higher fines for repeat offenses.
A major fire is being extinguished at an OSB board manufacturing plant on Kuzovlevsky Trakt in Tomsk. According to preliminary information, drying equipment inside the plant is burning; the fire area is 1,000 square meters. More than 50 people and 19 units of equipment are involved in firefighting. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.
Mira Developments has presented the multibrand residential project Mira Golf Estates in Tashkent. The complex, located 18 km from the capital's center near New Tashkent, is planned to include a five-star hotel, educational institutions, recreation areas, and a golf course (advertisement).
A former Ukrainian military officer is set to become the first person to stand trial over the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline bombings when proceedings begin in a German court on Wednesday. In September that year, seven months after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a series of blasts under the Baltic Sea damaged three of the four Nord Stream pipelines designed to carry Russian gas to Europe. While some in the West were quick to accuse Russia of sabotaging its own export route, German investi
Archaeologists have discovered what they describe as the world’s oldest shipwreck off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, near Kekova Island in Antalya. Researchers estimate the wreck is between 4,400 and 4,700 years old, based on the pottery’s distinctive shape and decoration. Although the ship’s wooden structure has not survived, more than 30 ceramic storage pots and three stone anchors remain scattered across the seabed, about 30 metres underwater. Researchers dated the wreck by analysing the dist
A special environmental regime for greenhouse farms has been proposed for Tashkent and five adjacent districts. Farms will be required to use cleaner energy sources, with emissions monitored including via drones. The measures were presented to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Burning tires, plastics, bitumen, fuel oil, used oils and waste is prohibited; solid-fuel greenhouses must switch to permitted energy sources by December 1. From October 15, 2026 to March 15, 2027, continuous environmental monitoring is planned, with data transmitted in real time to the National Ecology Committee. Subsidies of up to 50 million soums per hectare and preferential loans of up to 3 billion soums for seven years are proposed. A separate block concerns relocating greenhouses to Surkhandarya region, where 940 hectares have been allocated in the Surkhon-Agro free economic zone, with $100 million in investment targeted for 2027.
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Doniyor Yusupov has been appointed deputy khokim of Tashkent and head of the Directorate for the Operation of City Canals and Improvement of Adjacent Territories. Previously, he was deputy khokim of the Yunusabad district for construction, barrier-free environment, communications, ecology and greening. He graduated from the Tashkent Automobile and Road Institute and worked in road construction and repair organizations, as well as in the Yunusabad district khokimiyat, the capital's khokimiyat press service reports.
Today there will be no precipitation across the republic during the day, only in Samarkand, Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya regions rain is possible in some places. Wind 7-12 m/s, temperature 20-25°. In Tashkent, no precipitation, wind 3-8 m/s, temperature 22-24°. In foothill and mountain areas, rain in some places, possibly heavy, turning to snow in high mountains; mudslide and flood events are possible.
In Tashkent, two men were detained while receiving a parcel from China containing almost 25 kg of pregabalin. The operation was conducted by State Security Service officers together with the anti-smuggling unit of the Tashkent-AERO customs complex. A criminal case has been opened under Part 1 of Article 246 of the Criminal Code; the detainees are in custody.