Tajkistan, Society

14:26, august 11, 2015

Tajik Palace of Nation – the best in the world after the White House in Washington

DUSHANBE, August 11, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The English speaking internet portal Theestetle.Net posted “Top 10 Most Beautiful Presidential Palaces In The World”.

16:17, august 10, 2015

Tajikistan has been considered the most non-creative country of Central Asia

DUSHANBE, August 10, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan takes the last place in Central Asia in the rating of the most creative countries of the world.

15:14, august 10, 2015

Turkey relieve food aid for 160 families

Due to Tajikistan’s call for aid as the result of natural disasters taken place in Khatlon Province and Gorno Badahshan Autonomous Region in July 2015, the Republic of Turkey decided to relieve

12:16, august 10, 2015

United States Government aids victims of GBAO flood

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, August 10, 2015 - The United States Government expresses its deepest condolences to the people of Tajikistan who have suffered from the recent mudslides ravaging the Rasht

15:07, august 6, 2015

Tajik authorities call on citizens not to believe rumors about the so-called ‘charitable Hajj’

DUSHANBE, August 6, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The Committee on Religious Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan (CRA) calls on citizens not to believe rumors about the so-called ‘charitable Hajj’.

14:14, august 6, 2015

USAID TB Control Program strengthens journalists’ ability to cover TB and reduce TB-related stigma

DUSHANBE, August 6, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The USAID TB Control Program (Program) today launched a three-day training on tuberculosis (TB) for journalists from television, radio and print media from

11:21, august 6, 2015

China to provide US$1.63 million worth of humanitarian aid to mudslide-hit Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 6, 2015, Asia-Plus – China’s news agency Xinhua reported yesterday that the Chinese government plans to offer humanitarian aid to Tajikistan, which has been hit by floods and

11:08, august 6, 2015

OHCHR: Amendments to Tajik law on public associations could negatively affect work of NGOs

DUSHANBE, August 6, 2015, Asia-Plus – Ms.

15:53, july 31, 2015

U.S. Government supports increased rights for media and armed forces in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 31, 2015, Asia-Plus – United States Ambassador to Tajikistan Susan M. Elliott, along with representatives from the U.S.

15:51, july 31, 2015

U.S. Government supports increased rights for media and armed forces in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 31, 2015, Asia-Plus – United States Ambassador to Tajikistan Susan M. Elliott, along with representatives from the U.S.

15:51, july 31, 2015

U.S. Government supports increased rights for media and armed forces in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 31, 2015, Asia-Plus – United States Ambassador to Tajikistan Susan M. Elliott, along with representatives from the U.S.

13:41, july 31, 2015

1,032 illegally functioning shut down in Tajikistan in H1 2015r, says Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, July 31, 2015, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon revealed on July 31 that 1,032 illegally functioning mosques have

16:30, july 30, 2015

World humanitarian summit regional consultation ends with strong recommendations

DUSHANBE, July 30, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The eighth and final regional consultation in preparation for the World Humanitarian Summit (to be held in Istanbul in May 2016) came to a conclusion in

14:08, july 30, 2015

New microdistrict will be erected in Khorog

DUSHANBE, July 30, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A new microdistrict will be erected in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

10:50, july 30, 2015

Kyrgyzstan sends humanitarian aid to Tajikistan for disaster affected regions

DUSHANBE, July 30, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Kyrgyzstan will provide humanitarian aid to the disaster-affected regions of Tajikistan.

13:32, july 29, 2015

AHRCA calls on Russia to launch investigation into disappearance of Tajik oppositionist

DUSHANBE, July 29, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The BBC’s Russian Service reports that the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) has called on the Russian authorities to launch an unbiased

10:12, july 29, 2015

LECD Certificate Program underway in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 29, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Local Economic Community Development (LECD) Certificate Program is underway in Tajikistan.

10:10, july 29, 2015

Ex-Minister of Internal Affairs Mamadayoz Navjuvanov dies at 72

Ex-Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, Major-General Mamadayoz Navjuvanov, died in Dushanbe yesterday, aged 72 after a long illness.

15:11, july 28, 2015

Rahmon promises that new houses for disaster-affected residents of Vanj will be built until November

DUSHANBE, July 28, 2015, Asia-Plus - Tajik President Emomali Rahmon today participated in a ceremony of an official opening of the sea buckthorn extraction workshop in the Vanj district, which was

14:11, july 28, 2015

433 Tajiks returned home in coffins from Russia in H1 2015

DUSHANBE, July 28, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The number of Tajik migrant workers who die in the Russia Federation is rising, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

10:37, july 28, 2015

Russian Air Force airlifts more than 4 to of humanitarian aid to Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, July 28, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Russian Air Force has reportedly airlifted more than 4 to of humanitarian aid to the mudslide-affected areas of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

09:20, july 27, 2015

OSCE eighth annual human rights conference kicks off in Dushanbe today

DUSHANBE, July 27, 2015, Asia-Plus – Organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, Government of Tajikistan and civil society organizations, the Eighth Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation

13:56, july 24, 2015

Young Tajiks embrace Skype marriages

DUSHANBE, July 24, 2015, Asia-Plus – An article “Skype Marriages: Young Tajiks Use Video Chats to Tie the Knot” posted on Radio Liberty’s website notes that young Tajiks seem to be taking full

09:33, july 24, 2015

Japan’s Government completes GGP project in Shahrinav district

DUSHANBE, July 24, 2015, Asia-Plus -- On July 23, 2015, Mr.

16:49, july 23, 2015

UCA Summer Camp participants learnt in different ways

DUSHANBE, July 23, 2015, Asia-Plus – Press release issued by the University of Central Asia (UCA) on July 23 says that the UCA Summer Camp that took place at Sinegorie resort at Lake Issyk-Kul in

15:29, july 23, 2015

St. Petersburg opens information resource center for labor migrants in Kulob

KULOB, July 23, 2015, Asia-Plus -- St. Petersburg has reportedly opened information resource center for potential labor migrants in Kulob. “A delegation of the St.

09:55, july 23, 2015

In 2013 alone, Tajik NGOs received 4.5 billion in grants, says minister

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The main objective of amendments made to the country’s law on public associations is not in restricting local NGOs’ activities or violating their rights but in

16:10, july 22, 2015

Regional conference on climate change-induced hazards and coping mechanisms in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Intense heat in Tajikistan has led to an unusually rapid snowmelt this summer, causing floods that have destroyed schools, shops, crops, roads and power lines.

14:13, july 22, 2015

UCA’s campus in Khorog expected to open in 2018

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The University of Central Asia (UCA)’s campus in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) is scheduled to open in 2018.

11:20, july 22, 2015

Tajikistan tells officials to speak first to state media

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Independent media outlets in Tajikistan say it has become difficult for them to interview officials following a new government directive instructing officials