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The shortage of student places in Tashkent's schools for the 2025–2026 academic year has reached 141,000. This was announced in the capital at a presentation of projects aimed at beautifying neighbourhoods, building new schools and kindergartens, and developing the urban environment.
A law signed by Uzbekistan's president on October 14 sets out a special procedure for handling cases involving persons with inviolability and immunity.
North Macedonia's Health Minister Saško Klekovski, after visiting the Štip Clinical Hospital, said construction work to complete the hospital must begin by autumn 2027. Klekovski said he expects talks with the World Bank and the European Investment Bank to be completed by the end of the year, and a project contract to be signed.
Politics
Gagauzia's Central Election Commission (MSS) said that the deadline for candidate nominations for the Gagauzia governor and People's Assembly (GHT) elections, scheduled for 15 November 2026, ended on 6 October. According to a report by the Ana Sözü newspaper, eight candidates were registered for governor.
Petrol-İş began an indefinite strike yesterday, citing the employer’s refusal to withdraw suspension notices concerning nine staff members. Semih Kolozali, head of the Revolutionary Workers’ Unions Federation (Dev-İş), to which the Turkish Cypriot Petroleum Workers’ Union is affiliated, said the struggle would continue until results were achieved and the facility would carry out no activity.
President Tufan Erhürman announced that he had signed the Political Parties (Amendment) Law passed by parliament. He said he signed it so that parties' preparations would not be adversely affected, as election bans had taken effect and only a short time remained before the vote.
Consumer prices and tariffs in Kyrgyzstan rose 8.1% in January–September 2026 compared with December of the previous year, the National Statistics Committee reported. The news was reported by Kabar from Bishkek, dated 15 October 2026.
Uzbekistan has toughened punishment for crimes against children, including sexual abuse of minors under 14 years old, according to Qazinform News Agency. Under the new legislation, people convicted of raping a child under 14 can face up to 25 years in prison or life imprisonment.
A 2026 Macroeconomic Monitoring Report prepared by the World Bank with European Union funding shows that the share of foreign nationals with work permits in total registered employment in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) rose from 36 percent to 53 percent over four years.
Kazakhstan plans to change its approach to social assistance from next year. Deputies of the Kurultai discussed the new principles while approving the draft republican budget for the next three years in first reading. Under the changes, state support will go only to those who truly need it. The government says the decision will free up hundreds of billions of tenge for other priority tasks.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has provided an update on the pre-trial investigation into a Caspian Sea tragedy in which 14 conscripts died. In a statement to NUR.KZ, the ministry’s press service said an inter-agency operational investigative group led by the military investigation department is continuing the pre-trial probe. The incident took place in Aktau.
Uzbekistan has launched a national programme for early diagnosis of colorectal cancer, as part of state health policy and cancer prevention. It is being implemented jointly with the Association of Oncologists of Uzbekistan, the Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, and the International Medical Center Gustave Roussy International.
Children with Down syndrome in Kyrgyzstan will be assigned a disability category until they turn 18 during their initial medical-social examination, without a set date for a repeat assessment. The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration announced this at a press conference.
The Communal Democracy Party (TDP) has announced the names of 50 people from six districts who applied to be parliamentary candidates ahead of the general elections on 6 December. According to a statement from the TDP Press Office, the hopefuls met at the Rüstem Kitabevi.
Salaries of law enforcement officers and military personnel in Kyrgyzstan will rise from December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The increase will amount to 10,000 soms.
Kazakhstan's President described the People's Council as a “unique, entirely new, innovative institution” at its session. The start of the Council's work marked the end of a large-scale cycle of renewing the political system.
In Bishkek, 1,104 families received keys to apartments in the Muras residential complex, built by the State Mortgage Company (GIK). The handover ceremony took place on October 14 and was attended by President Sadyr Japarov, the head of state's administration said. The apartments were handed over as part of the third stage of construction on Malikov Street.
Kyrgyzstan has introduced a six-month moratorium on livestock exports to lower meat prices, and 10 foodtrucks selling meat at 680 soms have been launched in Bishkek on a pilot basis. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Erlist Akunbekov announced this at today's session of the Supreme Council.
Tashkent plans to comprehensively renovate 400 neighborhoods by 2030 under the “15-minute neighborhood” principle, according to a presentation attended by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The plan envisages 100 neighborhoods renovated in 2027 and 400 by 2030. Work will cover heating, drinking water, sewage, electricity, gas and lighting systems, apartment building facades, roads, children’s and sports grounds. The number of trees and shrubs per resident will be aligned with international standards.
The Kazakh government has approved rules governing the entry, stay and exit of foreigners. Under the decree, citizens of countries with which Kazakhstan has a visa-free regime, including members of the Eurasian Economic Union such as Kyrgyzstan, will need an electronic entry permit. The permit will be issued free of charge by the internal affairs authorities in agreement with national security bodies.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a law strengthening liability for all forms of violence against children. The Legislative Chamber adopted the document on September 30, and the Senate approved it on October 2. The changes took effect today, October 14.
Uzbekistan plans to raise heating and hot water supply tariffs for residents from 1 November 2026, according to a draft government resolution put up for discussion by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services. The draft proposes new tariffs for heat supply companies nationwide. After the resolution is adopted, the Interdepartmental Tariff Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers must approve tariffs for legal entities within three days.
Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission has set 29 November as the date for extraordinary elections to maslikhat councils at all levels. Seven political parties have been admitted to the vote.
32 Azerbaijani citizens were readmitted from Germany, according to the State Migration Service.
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