Tajkistan, Politics

09:48, october 17, 2013

Tajik, Ukrainian MFAs sign cooperation program

DUSHANBE, October 17, 2013, Asia-Plus – The ministries of foreign affairs of Tajikistan and Ukraine have signed a cooperation program designed for 2014-2015, the Tajik MFA information department

09:38, october 17, 2013

Tajik president, OSCE CiO discuss Afghan problems

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2013, Asia-Plus – On Wednesday October 16, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara,

13:08, october 16, 2013

OSCE CiO visits Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2013, Asia-Plus – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara arrived in Dushanbe late Tuesday (October 15) on a working visit.

11:51, october 16, 2013

Emomali Rahmon will not hold meetings with voters personally

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2013, Asia-Plus – Incumbent President Emomali Rahmon, who was nominated for president by the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), will not participate in pre-election

11:32, october 16, 2013

CIS election observers get acquainted with work of electoral commissions

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2013, Asia-Plus – Members of the CIS election observation mission that arrived in Tajikistan to monitor the 2013 presidential election have got acquainted with work of

10:35, october 16, 2013

Presidential candidates meet with voters

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Presidential candidates are beginning pre-election meetings with voters today.

10:16, october 16, 2013

IRP activist detained in Isfara for violation of public order

The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) activist Vohidkhon Qosiddinov has been detained in the Chorkhuh jamoat, the northern city of Isfara after the festive prayer on the occasion of the Idi Qurbon or Eid

17:15, october 14, 2013

TARF says it will boycott the 2013 presidential election if Bobonazarova is not registered

Representatives of the Tajik Association of Reformist Forces say Ms. Oynihol Bobonazarova’s campaign staff has collected the required number of signatures to register for the poll.

10:51, october 14, 2013

SDPT says it will boycott presidential election if its conditions are not fulfilled

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2013, Asia-Plus – A statement adopted at the 8th extraordinary congress of the Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) that took place in Dushanbe on October

16:40, october 12, 2013

Only me would have been Rahmon’s real opponent for president, says Bobonazarova

Bobonazarova says all the other candidates for presidency are from Rahmon’s team

15:35, october 11, 2013

Rahmon’s campaign staff meets in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 11, 2013, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of Emomali Rahmon’s pre-election campaigns staff meeting took place in Dushanbe on October 11.

14:19, october 11, 2013

Outgoing Iranian ambassador bids farewell to President Rahmon

DUSHANBE, October 11, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ali-Asghar Sherdoust met here Friday (October 11) with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the end of his tenure to

14:04, october 11, 2013

Bobonazarova’s campaigns staff manages to collect little more than 201,000 voter signatures

DUSHANBE, October 11, 2013, Asia-Plus – Ms.

10:26, october 11, 2013

Oynihol Bobonazarova pulls out of presidential election race

Ms. Oynihol Bobonazarova pulled out of the presidential election race after members of her campaign staff failed to collect the necessary number of signatures to support her candidature.

09:54, october 11, 2013

Tajikistan, Austria discuss draft air services agreement

DUSHANBE, October 11, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The first round of negotiations between Tajikistan and Austria on a draft government-to-government air services agreement took place in Dushanbe on October

09:38, october 11, 2013

Exchange of the Note Arrangement between Tajikistan and German

DUSHANBE, October 11, 2013, Asia-Plus - The Tajik MFA information department reports that a ceremony of exchange of the Note Arrangement between the Government of Tajikistan and the Government of

13:41, october 10, 2013

CCER to register three other presidential candidates today

DUSHANBE, October 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Central Commission for Election and Referenda (CCER) will register three other presidential candidates today – Ismoil Talbakov, nominated by the

11:01, october 10, 2013

First group of CIS election observers arrive in Dushanbe today

DUSHANBE, October 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- A group of the CIS long-term observers are arriving in Dushanbe today evening to observe the 2013 presidential election in Tajikistan that is scheduled for

14:40, october 9, 2013

Outgoing Iranian ambassador bids farewell to Tajik parliamentary speaker

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ali-Asghar Sherdoust met here Wednesday with Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament)

14:25, october 9, 2013

More than 181,000 signatures collected to support Bobonzarova’s candidature

181,343 signatures have been collected by the afternoon of October 9 to support candidature of Ms.

14:12, october 9, 2013

SCO national coordinators council meets in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the Council of national Coordinators of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member nations opened in Dushanbe on October 9, according to

11:22, october 9, 2013

Rahmon’s certificate of candidacy for president will be handed over to first deputy chairman of PDP

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- An official ceremony of registration of incumbent President Emomali Rahmon as candidate for the 2013 presidential election will take place at the Central

10:27, october 9, 2013

‘We will create conditions to ensure participation of our fellow countrymen in election,” says Dosti

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Ambassador to Russia Abdulmajid Dostiyev attended the fifth KAZANSUMMIT that took place in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan Republic on October

09:34, october 9, 2013

Rahmon becomes the first registered candidate for the 2013 presidential election

Rahmon is expected to be registered with the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) today afternoon.

14:20, october 8, 2013

IRP files defamation lawsuit against Tajik national TV channels

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The first hearing over a defamation lawsuit filed by the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) against the Committee for TV and Radio-broadcasting and three national

10:33, october 8, 2013

CSTO expected to help Tajikistan strengthen its border with Afghanistan within three months

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met here with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Nikolai Bordyuzha Monday (October 7)

10:06, october 8, 2013

Russia will not interfere in presidential election in Tajikistan, says Russian parliamentary speaker

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On Monday October 7, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received visiting State Duma (Russia’s lower house of parliament) speaker Sergey Naryshkin.

16:40, october 7, 2013

Tajik nationals will be eligible to obtain 3-year work permits in Russia, says Russian official

DUSHANBE, October 7, 2013, Asia-Plus – Tajik nationals will be eligible to obtain three-year work permits in Russia, instead of the current one-year work permits, Russian State Duma speaker Sergey

15:05, october 7, 2013

Russia and Tajikistan must take joint efforts to ensure regional security, says Russian official

DUSHANBE, October 7, 2013, Asia-Plus – On Monday October 7, visiting head of Russia’s lower house (State Duma) of parliament, Sergey Naryshkin, met here with Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, Chairman of

14:33, october 7, 2013

More than 175,000 signatures collected to support IRP’s candidate for president

DUSHANBE, September 7, 2013 Asia-Plus – By October 7, more than 175, 000 signatures have been collected to support the Islamic Revival Party (IRP)’s presidential candidate, Ms. Oynihol Bobonazarova.