Tajkistan, Society

16:31, december 3, 2018

Training for the Monitoring Group: monitoring methodology and preparation of reports

On December 3-7, experts of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Agnieszka Kłosowska and Aleksandra Iwanowska will conduct training for members of the Monitoring Group for Places of Deprivation

16:19, december 3, 2018

12-day action to celebrate 70th anniversary of UDHR launched in Tajikistan on December 3

A 12-day action to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was launched in Tajikistan on December 3.

15:42, december 3, 2018

10,675 people living with HIV officially registered in Tajikistan as of June 30, 2018

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15:21, december 3, 2018

Ethiopians win 2018 SCO Kunming International Marathon

Ethiopian runners took the spoils in both men's and women's sections of the 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) International Marathon that took place in Kunming, the capital of

11:45, december 3, 2018

Tajik, Uzbek nationals now may get places in resorts and summer camps of the two countries without difficulty

Nationals of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan now may get places in resorts, sanatoriums and summer caps of the two countries without any difficulty.

16:36, november 30, 2018

Japan’s Government supports enhancement of health sector in Tajikistan

On November 29, Mr.

15:39, november 30, 2018

Tajikistan’s tallest ever New Year’s tree to be installed in Dushanbe

Tajikistan’s tallest ever New Year’s tree will be installed in Dushanbe this year.

14:48, november 30, 2018

German Embassy invites all comers to German Bazaar in Dushanbe

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Dushanbe invites all comers to an annual Christmas fair that twill take place at the German Embassy in Dushanbe on December 1, from 1:00 pm to 5:00

10:23, november 30, 2018

Chakan embroidery inscribed on UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Chakan, an embroidery art in Tajikistan, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

15:49, november 29, 2018

Belarus authorities release Tajik ex-soccer player from custody

Belarus has effused to extradite refuses to extradite Tajik ex-soccer player, Parviz Tursunov, charged with public calls for carrying out extremist activity, to Tajikistan, according to Radio

11:07, november 27, 2018

Days of Tajikistan’s Culture held in Qatar

Days of Tajikistan’s Culture have taken place taken place in the Qatari capital of Doha.

11:46, november 26, 2018

Defense minister builds health center at his own expense

Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherai Mirzo, has built a health center in the village of Doshmandi in the Baljuvon district of the Khatlon province for his money.

11:05, november 26, 2018

289 Tajik nationals still study at foreign religious schools illegally, says interior ministry

Over the first nine months of this year, 68 abandoned Tajik students abandoned their studies at religious schools abroad and returned home, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.

14:44, november 19, 2018

Days of Tajikistan’ Culture to be held in Qatar this month

Days of Tajikistan’s Culture will take place in the Qatari capital of Doha from November 22-28, according to the press center of the Ministry of Culture (MoC) of Tajikistan.

14:12, november 19, 2018

The National Drug Policy Dialogue held in Dushanbe

The National Drug Policy Dialogue (NDPD) that was held in Dushanbe on November 16 is the second event of this nature in Tajikistan, according to the European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan.

10:36, november 19, 2018

Access to Asia-Plus and Facebook unblocked in Tajikistan on the day of inauguration of Roghun HPP

Access to the website of Asia-Plus as well as to the social media and social networking service company Facebook was unblocked on November 16, when the first of six units of the Roghun hydroelectric

10:26, november 16, 2018

Tajik capital hosts festival of Korean movies

The 4th Festival of Korean Movies will take place at the Kayhon Movie Theater in Dushanbe from November 22-24.

16:37, november 15, 2018

Opening of gender resource center and the hotline on prevention of domestic violence

The new hotline and a Resource Center at the Committee on Women and Family Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan is being created under the EU-funded project, according to European Union (EU)

16:48, november 14, 2018

JICA scholarship project (JDS) for master’s degree starts accepting applications

JDS (the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship) began accepting applications for master’s degree program for 2019.

14:45, november 14, 2018

AKDN partners with the inaugural Paris Peace Forum

His Highness the Aga Khan, founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), joined over 60 world leaders for the opening session of the inaugural Paris Peace Forum on November 11,

14:37, november 13, 2018

Anisa Sabiri receives Best Director Award of ITWIFF

Anisa Sabiri has received the Best Director Award of the 3rd Annual Imagine This Women's International Film Festival (ITWIFF) for The Crying of Tanbur film.

16:50, november 12, 2018

Resident of Hisor fined 5,000 somoni for violation of the law on observing national traditions and rituals

A resident of the city of Hisor has been fined for violating the law on observing national traditions and rituals.

11:32, november 12, 2018

Tajikistan wins one gold and three bronze medals in the 2018 World Sambo Championships in Romania

Tajikistan has won one gold and three bronze in the 2018 World Sambo Championships that took place in Bucharest, Romania from November 8 to November 12.

09:31, november 9, 2018

U.S. Embassy supports International Education Week

International Education Week will be celebrated around the world November 12-16, 2018. To commemorate this event, the U.S.

09:25, november 9, 2018

For the past years Tajik media has lost its role in society, says IWPR research

The Institute for War and Peace Reporting has prepared a research entitled The Status of Media and the Role of Social Media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan .

16:09, november 7, 2018

Tajik ex-soccer play charged with public calls for carrying out extremist activity faces extradition from Belarus

Tajik ex-soccer player Parviz Tursunov who was detained in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on September 18 under a Tajik extradition request has applied for getting the status of refugee in Belarus.

10:51, november 7, 2018

U.S. Embassy accepts applications for the 2019 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe announces that it is accepting applications for the 2019 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). According to the U.S.

14:20, november 5, 2018

Tomorrow is day-off in Tajikistan on the occasion of Constitutional Day

Tomorrow is day-off in Tajikistan on the occasion of Constitutional Day.

14:37, november 2, 2018

Asia-Plus launches new project – Media Literacy School

Asia-Plus Media Group has launched a new project – Media Literacy School, which will not only teach users how to identify difference between true information and fake information but will also

11:27, november 1, 2018