A video circulating on social media shows a female teacher being beaten at a medical college in the Beshariq district of Fergana region, Uzbekistan. Law enforcement authorities are investigating the incident.
The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) will provide Uzbekistan with a grant of €9 million for green economic development of regions based on master plans, the Ministry of Economy and Finance reported.
According to Uzgidromet, on May 3-4, rain and thunderstorms are expected in some areas, while from May 5 to 6, no precipitation is forecast. In Karakalpakstan and Khorezm region, temperatures will reach 35°C on May 5-6; in Bukhara and Navoi regions up to 37°C; and in Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya up to 38°C.
A horrific crime unfolded in the city of Shirin, Syrdarya region, on April 29, when a 35-year-old woman allegedly stabbed to death the legal wife of her lover and two of her young daughters. A third child, aged three, was hospitalized in critical condition.
The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem has condemned a brutal attack on a nun in the city earlier this week and warned of growing concerns over the future for Christians living in the Holy Land.
Uzbekistan is planning to increase liability for environmental damage and revise financial sanctions, as announced during a presentation to the president on April 30.
According to Uzgidromet, spring weather is expected in Uzbekistan during the first days of May. Most of the country will experience rain and thunderstorms.
Hundreds of protesters clashed with emergency workers in the remote Australian town of Alice Springs on Friday after police arrested a 47-year-old man suspected of abducting and killing a five-year-old Indigenous girl, Kumanjayi Little Baby.
On April 29, a brutal crime occurred in the city of Shirin, Syrdarya region. A 29-year-old woman, identified as N.Kh., who was in a religious marriage with a man, broke into the home of his legal wife, M.S., and stabbed her and her two daughters (aged 5 and 3) multiple times.
When Greece's conservative New Democracy party came to power in 2019, it pledged to drive 4% annual economic growth and raise living standards after a decade of austerity. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Greeks to 'work together to build a new compact of trust based on meritocracy, industriousness, security, justice, and opportunities for everyone.'
The Tashkent city administration has announced a new greening project for the capital. The initiative plans to plant over 500,000 trees by 2025.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during a meeting on April 29, ordered an increase in the number of planned artificial reservoirs in Tashkent. Initially, four artificial lakes were to be built, but the head of state noted that this was insufficient and instructed to raise the number to 12.