TASHKENT, Uzbekistan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 9, 2026--
Tashkent hosted the inaugural Golden Globes Silk Road Tribute Gala, bringing together internationally recognised actors, filmmakers and cultural figures from Central Asia, the Caucasus and beyond.
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Guests of honour included Otabek Umarov, First Deputy Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia and Member of the FIA Senate, and Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva, First Deputy Director of the National Agency for Social Protection, First Deputy Chairman of the National Paralympic Committee of Uzbekistan and Member of the World Aquatics Executive Bureau.
The event marked the first edition of the Golden Globes Silk Road initiative, establishing Tashkent as the launch city for a new international platform celebrating the cinematic and cultural heritage of the historic Silk Road region.
Among the evening’s prominent international guests was two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, who won Best Actor for The Pianist and The Brutalist. The event also welcomed Pavel Volya, Laysan Utyasheva and Svetlana Bondarchuk, alongside representatives of the international film, media and creative industries.
Uzbek cinema took centre stage. Acclaimed actress Gulchekhra Jamilova and renowned filmmaker Ali Khamraev received the Golden Globes Meridian Award for their lasting contribution to cinema, television and culture.
The ceremony also honoured creative figures from across the region, including Tahmina Rafaella of Azerbaijan, Levan Koguashvili of Georgia, Shugyla Yeshen of Kazakhstan and Samvel Tadevosyan of Armenia.
The Golden Globes Silk Road Tribute Gala brought the international entertainment industry together with the creative communities of Central Asia and the Caucasus, giving regional talent a new platform to reach a global audience.
For Uzbekistan, which is drawing growing international attention, hosting the inaugural event strengthens its cultural presence abroad and reinforces Tashkent’s position as an emerging destination for major global events.
About the Golden Globes Silk Road Tribute Gala
The Golden Globes Silk Road Tribute Gala is an international initiative celebrating outstanding achievement in film, television and culture across the historic Silk Road region, with a focus on strengthening cultural exchange and bringing regional creative talent to a wider global audience.
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Tashkent Makes History with Central Asia’s First Golden Globes Gala (Photo credit: © Organising Committee of the Golden Globes Silk Road Tashkent)
Tashkent Makes History with Central Asia’s First Golden Globes Gala (Photo credit: © Organising Committee of the Golden Globes Silk Road Tashkent)
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people and wounded 15 others in a Polish city square died in a hospital on Monday, police said.
The attacker, wearing military-style clothing and a bulletproof vest, drove into the main square in Krakow’s Old Town on Saturday and opened fire. The square is a major tourist destination in Poland’s second-largest city. Several foreigners were among the dead and wounded.
The gunman, Michał Oksiński, died at 4:30 a.m., authorities said. He had been in critical condition since the attack and had undergone several operations.
Authorities also found the bodies of his sister, mother and father at the family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Krakow. They likely died from gunshot wounds.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said Saturday that Oksiński held “very radical” and “ultranationalistic” views.
Authorities were still examining the evidence Monday.
“We are first of all investigating if he was inspired by anyone, if someone helped him,” Eryk Stasielak of the Krakow branch of the national prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press. “We have secured his electronic devices and we will try to open them and get to the contents.”
Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Gałecka said that authorities were examining the meaning of numerous symbols and patches sewn onto Oksiński’s clothing or found at his home.
Prosecutors said they found a yellow flag bearing a black snake, known as the Gadsden flag, hanging on the wall of the attacker’s room. The flag originated during the American Revolution and was later adopted by the U.S. Tea Party movement.
Authorities said they believed Oksiński killed his family, possibly while they slept, before heading to Krakow.
Seven weapons were found in the family home, bringing the total recovered to 11, prosecutors said. Four, including two AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, were found on Oksiński or in his car in Krakow. Dozens, if not hundreds, of shots were fired during the attack, they said.
Oksiński and his father held gun permits. He had trained at a local shooting club, which said in a statement that he “was never trained in our club in the areas of dynamic, tactical or combat shooting.”
Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland. However, in mid-October three attacks at schools in the central province of Mazovia took place within four days, leaving one person dead and many wounded, including children. The attackers used knives or sharp objects and some were said to be interested in the far-right.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the school attacks were fueled by the online “glorification of violence.” He said the acts could be associated with “nihilistic violence,” a term used by authorities to describe acts of violence driven by a nihilistic worldview and misanthropy rather than specific political goals.
Oksiński’s military-style equipment and weapons were similar to those of other “extreme right lone actors” committing attacks around Europe and the world, said Kacper Rekawek, a senior researcher at the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague. “We have had attempts before, but now we can say that these kinds of attacks have become successful in Poland.”
Rekawek said that even without an explicit link between the Krakow attack and incidents of school violence, they could be viewed as part of “a series.”
A video posted on social media showed a police officer repeatedly firing at Oksiński as he lay in the street. An image of the wounded officer kneeling beside the attacker has since gone viral in Poland.
“Senior police officers Jakub Kulik and Artur Morański are real heroes,” Tusk wrote on X. “They most likely saved the lives of many human beings, without regard for the risk of losing their own lives. Their state is serious, but they are under very good care. All Poland keeps fingers crossed for you.”
The two officers were patrolling the area when they were called to intervene. Police fired the first shot within three minutes of receiving the initial report. The officers chased the attacker and fired at him with their service weapons as he fired a semi-automatic rifle. Kulik continued firing even after he was shot. Both officers were seriously wounded.
Kulik, 24, was in critical condition, prompting officials to issue an urgent appeal for blood donations. A fundraiser for the officers and their families has so far raised more than 6 million zlotys ($1.5 million).
Krakow’s mayor announced that both officers would be named honorary citizens of the city.
Two surgeons who happened to be nearby during the attack helped save the officers’ lives.
“He took care of the officer who subdued the attacker because he truly needed urgent help,” Krakow surgeon Michał Pędziwiatr said of fellow surgeon Mateusz Wierdak. “Without protection, without gloves, he simply focused on the officer, stopping the bleeding in his chest. This probably saved his life.”
Izabela Woźna, a 53-year-old painter and mother of four, was killed in the attack. She had opened an exhibition of her work in Krakow on Friday evening.
Krakow Academy of Fine Arts confirmed that Magdalena Oksińska — the suspect’s sister — had been one of its third-year students. It said an employee’s sister had also been shot twice.
“Nothing will ever be like before. The delicate tissue of our academic community was painfully wounded,” the academy said in a statement Sunday.
“Magdalena Oksińska, 21 years old, a queer person, was an absolutely talented painter, photographer, poet and writer,” architect Pavko Krajka wrote in a social media post accompanied by images of her colorful paintings.
“Her death is a great loss for Krakow, Polish, European and queer culture.”
A man takes photos from bullet holes in wall two days after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Flowers and messages laid out on the main square two days after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
People look to a bullet hole in the window of a restaurant at the main square two days after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A woman lights a candle to commemorate the victims two days after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A woman with a dog crying near the main square two days after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A man holds a candle as he stands at the main square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
People arrive at the main square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A couple embrace in the main square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Chairs lie scattered across a cafe terrace at the main square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
