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Tajik authorities expect external debt to rise to $4.1 billion in 2023

This is $140 million more than at the beginning of this year. The government of Tajikistan predicts an increase in the volume of the country's external debt in the coming year by $140 million.

11:49, january 6, 2023

Severe cold will come to Tajikistan

Snowfalls and frost await all of Central Asia. Severe cold will begin in Tajikistan from January 10.

11:04, january 6, 2023

POWER

Source: Head of Khatlon region dismissed, and the Export Agency has a new director

There is no official confirmation of this information yet.

16:07, january 5, 2023

POWER

Shirin Amonzoda is gone. Who became the new Minister of Labor of Tajikistan?

Today, other personnel changes are expected in Tajikistan.

13:07, january 5, 2023

What roads will be built this year in Tajikistan?

The Ministry of Transport notes that the goal of all road projects is to turn Tajikistan into a transit country.

11:55, january 5, 2023

LAW-ORDER

Police officers in Pyanj district of Tajikistan seized 8 kg of drugs

Two suspects were arrested.

11:35, january 5, 2023

Gold bars of the National Bank of Tajikistan fell by 9% last year

Bar prices have been declining for two years after a sharp increase in 2020.

11:04, january 5, 2023

LAW-ORDER

Aziza Khaydarova, assistant to ex-judge Bobojon Gafurov district, sentenced to 10 years in prison

Aziza's relatives called the verdict unfair and said they would appeal against it.

10:40, january 5, 2023

CENTRAL ASIA

Cache with 26 kg of drugs found near the border of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

The State Security Service of Uzbekistan discovered a cache of 26 kg of drugs near the border with Tajikistan, press service of the State Security Service reports.

10:18, january 5, 2023

Dushanbe residents will be able to apply to the Ministry of Internal Affairs online

Dushanbe will implement a program of electronic acceptance of appeals and applications from citizens, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic reports.

13:49, january 4, 2023

POLITICS

Media: Taliban appoint their ambassador to Tajikistan

The Independent Farsi news agency reported that Zohir Agbar was fired from his post as Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan on the orders of “Taliban” Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amirhan Muttaki.

13:05, january 4, 2023

EBRD and Eskhata Bank support the development of horticulture in Tajikistan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continues to support small and medium-sized businesses in Tajikistan by providing funds jointly with financial partners.

11:55, january 4, 2023

Prices for paid medical and educational services have not changed in Tajikistan

In Tajikistan, the price tariff for medical services in public and private medical institutions in 2023 should remain at the level of current tariffs, reports the Antimonopoly Service under the

11:35, january 4, 2023

LAW-ORDER

Fertilizer smuggling to Tajikistan stopped in Batken

Smuggling of mineral fertilizers to Tajikistan stopped in Batken region of Kyrgyzstan. This was reported by Tazabek.

11:20, january 4, 2023

SECURITY

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan went to Belarus

Minister of Defense of Tajikistan, Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo went on a working visit to Minsk.

10:55, january 4, 2023

In Dushanbe, a minibus driver who caused a traffic jam was fired

In Dushanbe, two drivers of minibuses were punished, due to a dispute between which a traffic jam formed on the road, report Dushanbenakliyotkhadamotrason on it’s Facebook page.

10:40, january 4, 2023

Teachers in Sughd received Russian-style certificates

Teachers of the Russian language and literature of secondary schools in the Sughd region improved their skills. It is reported by the “Russian House” in Khujand.

16:41, january 3, 2023

People's Artist of Tajikistan Burkhon Mamadkulov dies

In Dushanbe, on the first day of the new year 2023, at the age of 77, the famous Tajik opera singer, People's Artist of Tajikistan, Professor Burkhon Mamadkulov died.

11:50, january 3, 2023

Media: On New Year's Eve, about 2 thousand migrants were detained in St. Petersburg and Moscow

About two thousand people, mostly from neighboring countries, were detained by police in the center of St. Petersburg on New Year's Eve.

11:22, january 3, 2023

TAJKISTAN

International organization “Reporters sans frontiers” criticized Tajikistan for censorship

The international organization “Reporters sans frontiers” (RSF) criticized Tajikistan for constant censorship and called for the release of journalists convicted in 2022, Central Asia

11:08, january 3, 2023

POLITICS

The President of Russia awarded orders to the Prime Minister and Speaker of the Parliament of Tajikistan

The President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan and the General Director of “Gazpromneft-Tajikistan” were also awarded.

14:40, december 30, 2022

Government writes off Barqi Tojik’s TJS282.4 mln debt by writing off part of Sangtudinskaya GES-1 tax debts

The Government of Tajikistan has instructed to reduce Barqi Tojik’s debt to Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, which operates the Sangtuda-1 hydropower plant in Tajikistan,

11:41, december 30, 2022

UN and its humanitarian partners committed to delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

UN News Center says Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Resident Coordinator for Afghanistan, briefed reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, on December 29, 2022.

11:07, december 30, 2022

Brazilian soccer legend Pelé dies at 82

Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport’s first global icon, has died at the age of 82.

10:51, december 30, 2022

Belarus summons Ukrainian ambassador over stray air defense missile

Belarus has protested to Ukraine’s ambassador after saying it had downed a Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile in a field.

17:05, december 29, 2022

How the war in Ukraine affects Tajikistan

It is to be noted that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has left Tajikistan, which depends on Russian troops and remittances for stability, in a bind.

16:01, december 29, 2022

Tajikistan’s National Olympic Committee about three main sports competitions for Tajik athletes in 2023

A meeting of the National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan (NOC) took place December 28.

15:23, december 29, 2022

CENTRAL ASIA

India initiates proceeds against Doc-1 Max manufacturer in connection with death of 18 children in Uzbekistan

India’s SK Todays News reported on December 29 that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) said it has initiated a probe in connection with the death of 18 children in

12:11, december 29, 2022

Tajikistan’s state-run power utility company claims that power rationing period in rural areas declining

Nozirjon Yodgori, the head of the press center of Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s state-run power utility company), told Tajik weekly S.S.S.

11:37, december 29, 2022