Tajkistan

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

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.

11:22, 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

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,

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.

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.

17:21, december 28, 2022

Coal prices reportedly rise in northern Tajikistan due to the closure of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border

Residents of the northern province of Sughd complain that the price of coal has risen, while its quality is low.

16:30, december 28, 2022

Tajikistan’s 2023 budget earmarks about 1.5 billion somonis in subventions

Tajikistan’s 2023 budget earmarks about 1.5 billion somonis in subventions to pay salaries of employees of federally funded institutions in some regions and districts of the country.

14:58, december 28, 2022

New Year’s agricultural fairs open in Dushanbe

The Dushanbe Administration is organizing tend-day agricultural fairs in the city on the occasion of New Year holiday.

11:48, december 28, 2022

Tajik government to pay lump sum benefits to about 475,000 vulnerable persons

The government has compiled an approximate list of vulnerable people in the country.

16:37, december 27, 2022

POWER

President’s son-in-law removed from the NBT Board

By president’s decree issued on December 13, 2022, former Frist Deputy Chair of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) Jamoliddin Nouraliyev is removed from the NBT Board.

16:03, december 27, 2022

Tajik central bank revokes licenses of two payment system operators

By decision of the Board of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) licenses of two payment system operators, namely MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. and BEST, have been revoked.

10:45, december 27, 2022

LAW-ORDER

Tajik independent journalist jailed on charge of collaboration with banned organizations

A court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district sentenced independent journalist and blogger Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda to seven years in prison on December 26.

09:38, december 27, 2022

SFED provides 150 million somonis for completion of construction of Roghun hydropower plant

The government has channeled 150 million somonis (equivalent to about 15 million U.S. dollars) to replenish the authorized capital of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) NBO Roghun.

17:22, december 26, 2022

Roudaki, blind poet who played harp

Roudaki, the renowned Persian poet, singer, and musician used poetry as a means to express his philosophical thoughts and played the harp despite being blind, IRNA reported on December 25.

16:41, december 26, 2022

Tajik foreign minister holds talks with director-general of Japan’s Foreign Service Training Institute in Tokyo

Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met on December 24 in Tokyo with Mr.

16:14, december 26, 2022

Tajik foreign minister meets with his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo to discuss cooperation

On December 24, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin met in Tokyo with his Japanese counterpart, Mr.

15:55, december 26, 2022

Central Asia’s foreign ministers say thei countries interested in further expansion of cooperation with Japan

Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin participated in the 9th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue, which was held in Tokyo on December 24,

15:17, december 26, 2022

Russian soft power in Central Asia reportedly dissipating

An article by Temur Umarov posted on Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s website notes that Moscow had every opportunity to make the Central Asian nations gravitate toward it of

11:19, december 26, 2022