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Rahmon orders 40 percent rise in basic salaries of military personnel and civil servants

President Emomali Rahmon on January 9 signed a decree on measures aimed at strengthening the level of population's social security and increasing the minimum wage, public sector wage, pensions

09:48, january 10, 2024

Turkish foreign minister pays official visit to Tajikistan

Tajik MFA information department says the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye, Hakan Fidan, arrived in Dushanbe Tuesday evening on an official visit.

16:59, january 9, 2024

Kerman terrorist attack was cruel, says Interpol secretary-general

Iranian media reports reported on January 9 that Mr.

16:13, january 9, 2024

Ministerial semiannual news conferences expected to start on January 29

Heads of ministries and agencies of Tajikistan as well as heads of provinces and cities are expected to begin to give news conferences on the results of the past half-year’s work on January 29.

15:56, january 9, 2024

Tajik parliament speaker visits Tehran Urban Observatory

Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Chairman Rustam Emomali, who arrived in Tehran a two-day official visit Monday morning, today visited the Tehran Urban Observatory,

15:31, january 9, 2024

TAJKISTAN

Iran, Tajikistan sign MoU on parliamentary cooperation

The Republic of Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for parliamentary cooperation.

14:52, january 9, 2024

Tajikistan, Iran to establish a joint innovation and technology center

Tajikistan and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding on establishing a joint innovation and technology center, the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament) press center

11:35, january 9, 2024

Tajikistan plans to establish lab for production of mobile communication base stations

The head of the communications service agency has called on the mobile communications companies operating in Tajikistan to give priority to increasing the level of mobile phone coverage in the

10:59, january 9, 2024

What might await Central Asia in 2024?

Radio Liberty asked some of its most perceptive journalists and analysts to anticipate tomorrow, to unravel the future, to forecast what the new year could have in store for its vast broadcast

10:31, january 9, 2024

TAJKISTAN

Snow avalanches threaten Dushanbe-Khujand highway

Numerous snow avalanches are expected to hit the Dushanbe-Khujand highway in the next 24 hours, says the Hydrometeorology Center of Tajikistan (Hydromet).

10:07, january 9, 2024

Tajik parliament speaker, Iranian president discuss cooperation issues

As part of his official visit to the Iskamic republic of Iran, Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Chairman Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor of Dushanbe,

16:12, january 8, 2024

German farmers blockade roads to protest subsidy cuts

German farmers kicked off a week of nationwide protests by blocking roads with tractors on Monday, January 8 in response to plans to phase out agricultural subsidies as the coalition government

15:51, january 8, 2024

UCA’s Learning Center Inaugurated in the Tajik southern city of Kulob

Qohir Rasoulzoda, the Prime Minister of Tajikistan, inaugurated a newly established learning center of the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) of the University of Central Asia

15:23, january 8, 2024

Tajik, Iranian parliament speakers discuss cooperation issues

Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor of Dushanbe, on January 8 met in Tehran with Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher

14:46, january 8, 2024

Tajik parliament speaker pay official visit to Iran

Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Chairman Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor of Dushanbe, heading a high-level delegation, today arrived in Tehran on a two-day

11:39, january 8, 2024

ECONOMY

Tajikistan, Turkiye expand economic ties through MoU on public finance management cooperation

Tajik Minister of Finance Faiziddin Qahhorzoda, heading a high-level delegation of Tajikistan, visited Turkiye on January 3-5 to discuss issues related to strengthening the long-term strategic

10:55, january 8, 2024

TAJKISTAN

Bomb hits minibus in Kabul, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others

A bomb blast ripped through a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Saturday (January 6) evening, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others.

10:32, january 8, 2024

SECURITY

Austria reportedly seeks deportation of Tajik man held for alleged Cologne terrorist threat

Radio Liberty reported on s that Austrian police said on January 7 that a Tajik man being held in connection with an alleged terrorist plot targeting Cologne Cathedral remains in custody after two

09:59, january 8, 2024

SECURITY

Iran’s security authorities say one of Kerman suicide bombers was Tajik national

Iranian media reports say Iran's Ministry of Intelligence Friday (January 5) evening released a statement on the Kerman twin blasts, claiming that one of the alleged suicide bombers held

17:05, january 5, 2024

Tajikistan's media landscape in its 'worse state' since independence, says CPJ’s statement

More than a decade ago, Tajikistan’s media environment was relatively diverse and allowed for some criticism and debate, while now, Tajikistan’s media are in their worst state since the

16:24, january 5, 2024

POWER

Dushanbe mayor asks anticorruption agency to inspect Dushanbe administration’s activities

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali has filed a request with the Agency for Finance State Control and Combating Corruption for the review of financial activities of the Dushanbe administration.

15:55, january 5, 2024

China's homegrown AG60E electric aircraft takes maiden flight

China's self-developed AG60E electric aircraft, an electric version of the AG60 aircraft, successfully made its inaugural flight at the Jiande Qiandaohu Airport in east China's Zhejiang

15:25, january 5, 2024

Emomali Rahmon shakes up foreign ministry’s high-ranking officials

President Emomali Rahmon, who is Head of the Government of Tajikistan, has introduced a number of staff changes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to the Tajik president’s official

14:36, january 5, 2024

INCIDENTS

Four families from Kulob whose houses were damaged in August 6 traffic accident receive keys to new houses

Four families from Kulob, whose houses were seriously damaged in a traffic accident that took place in the city on August 6, 2023 have received the keys to new houses, Jahongirshoh Rustamshoh, a

11:21, january 5, 2024

Farm chief from Khatlon province reportedly sentenced to 5 years in prison after watching opposition media outlet

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on January 3 that the chairman of a farming unit in Dousti district, Khatlon province has been jailed for

10:38, january 5, 2024

IS terrorist group claims responsibility for deadly bombings in the Iranian city of Kerman

The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Thursday claimed responsibility for two explosions in the Iranian city of Kerman that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top

10:01, january 5, 2024

Tajikistanis will be permitted to work in South Korea under contract?

After studies and other assessments have been carried out, the Government of South Korea has included Tajikistan to its Employment Permit System (EPS) as the sending country, an official source

17:08, january 4, 2024

POWER

It became known how much the work of the lower chamber of parliament will cost in 2024

27,401,380 somonis have been allocated for activities of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) in 2024, Jamshed Murtazozoda, the head of the Majlisi Namoyandagon

16:21, january 4, 2024