Tajkistan

Tajikistan sends humanitarian aid to the flood-affected Kazakhstan

Tajikistan has sent more than 3,500 tons of humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan, which was hit by massive floods recently.

16:32, april 19, 2024

Tajikistan presents its tourism opportunities at High-Level Tourism Policy Forum in Korea

Korea Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Tourism (KOPIST) has hosted the 2024 KOPIST High-Level Tourism Policy Forum in Busan, South Korea.

14:44, april 19, 2024

Russia to be with Taliban along the way? Russia preparing to recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan

Russia is reportedly preparing to recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

10:28, april 19, 2024

USAID launches a new US$18 million initiative to boost economic growth in Tajikistan

The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), yesterday launched a new initiative that will support long-term economic opportunities in Tajikistan.

10:07, april 19, 2024

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan sign the Allied Relations Treaty

The Tajik president’s official website reports that after the top-level negotiations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, a ceremony of exchange of newly signed cooperation signed President

09:35, april 19, 2024

Tajik, Uzbek leaders discuss issues of expanding bilateral cooperation between their countries

On Thursday April 18, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met here with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who arrived in Dushanbe yesterday on a two-day state visit.

17:44, april 18, 2024

Tajik-Uzbek Investment Company plans to finance implementation of 14 projects with a total worth of US$135 million

More than 600 representatives of business communities of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as well as senior representatives of relevant ministries and agencies and regional administrators of the two

16:42, april 18, 2024

Tajik parliament endorses two military cooperation documents signed with Turkiye

Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has endorsed two military cooperation documents with Turkiye, which allow the procurement of weapons, including unmanned

15:10, april 18, 2024

Woman from Dushanbe punished for her daughter’s truancy

A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district has passed sentence on the woman, whose daughter failed for months to attend school.

10:25, april 18, 2024

POWER

Some roads will be closed in Dushanbe on April 20 due to international half-marathon

Some roads will be closed in Dushanbe on April 20 due to the International Half-Marathon, according to the Dushanbe Administration.

09:41, april 18, 2024

Uzbek president arrives in Dushanbe today on a two-day state visit

An official source within the Tajik president’s press service told Asia-Plus today morning that Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has arrived in Dushanbe on a two-day state visit.

09:14, april 18, 2024

Dual Tajik–Russian national arrested for illegally registering the Islomov brothers at his residence in Tver

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on April 17 that Russian authorities have arrested a dual Tajik–Russian national in connection with the March 22

15:04, april 17, 2024

EFSD presents assessment of potential impact of natural disasters on debt sustainability of Tajikistan

The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) prepared a new working paper entitled “Assessing the Potential Impact of Natural Disasters on Debt Sustainability of Armenia,

14:39, april 17, 2024

HRW, NHC call on several EU countries and Turkiye not to send Tajik dissidents back to Tajikistan

Human rights watchdogs have called on several European Union (EU) countries and Turkiye top refrain from sending Tajik dissidents taking shelter in their countries back to Tajikistan.

10:56, april 17, 2024

The number of farmers reportedly increasing in Tajikistan

The State Committee on Land Management and Geodesy of Tajikistan says the number of farming units has increased by 1,500 over the first quarter of the year, reaching 196,564.

10:09, april 17, 2024

Political parties in Tajikistan will now be able to count on money from the national budget

Political parties officially functioning in Tajikistan will now be able to count on money from the national budget.

17:28, april 16, 2024

The water level in the reservoir powering the Nurek hydropower plant rises

The water level in the reservoir powering the Nurek hydropower plant has risen considerably over the past fortnight.

16:27, april 16, 2024

20 cities and districts of Tajikistan have fulfilled their conscription targets over the first 10 days of the conscription campaign

Twenty cities and districts of Tajikistan have fulfilled their spring conscription targets over the first ten days of the spring conscription campaign, Faridoun Mahmadalizoda, a spokesman for the

15:37, april 16, 2024

Mobile Internet in Afghanistan is more accessible than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan routinely ranks toward the bottom of international standings in terms of mobile Internet offered by domestic Internet service providers (ISPs).

11:54, april 16, 2024

Tajikistan hosts joint Tajik-Russian military exercise

A four-day joint military exercise of Tajik and Russian military personnel was launched in Tajikistan yesterday.

11:15, april 16, 2024

POWER

President shakes up regional administrators, appoints new head of Antimonopoly Agency

President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, introduced a number of staff changes yesterday, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

10:45, april 16, 2024

The second ministerial meeting of the GCC-Central Asia Strategic Dialogue held in Tashkent

Bahrain News Agency ( BNA ) and Qatar News Agency ( QNA ) reported on April 14 that the second ministerial meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Central

10:24, april 16, 2024

Uzbek president expected to pay state visit to Tajikistan from April 18-19

An official source within the Uzbek Embassy in Dushanbe says Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is expected to pay a state visit to Tajikistan from April 18-19.

10:05, april 16, 2024

Tajikistan ends visa-free access for citizens of Turkiye

Tajikistan ends a vis-free access for citizens of Turkiye in response of Turkiye’s decision to cancel a visa-free travel for Tajik nationals.

16:42, april 15, 2024

INCIDENTS

Tajik border guards reportedly kill seven Afghans suspected of drug smuggling

Afghanistan’s Hasht-e Subh reported on April 11 that local sources in Takhar province report that Tajik border forces shot and killed at least seven Afghan citizens who illegally crossed

16:21, april 15, 2024

Tajik government alarmed as Moscow terror attack fallout has migrants streaming home

An article by a freelance journalist Chris Rickleton says that even in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe, it doesn't take long to realize how much the country and its roughly 10 million people

15:59, april 15, 2024

900 migrants who got Russian citizenship put on military register in Sverdlovsk oblast

Military investigators jointly with representatives of military registration officers and police have conducted raids in a number of cities in Sverdlovsk oblast over the first quarter of this year to

14:48, april 15, 2024

The second ministerial meeting of the GCC-Central Asia Strategic Dialogue kicks off in Tashkent today

Bahrain News Agency ( BNA ) and Qatar News Agency ( QNA ) reported on April 14 that the second ministerial meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Central

14:31, april 15, 2024

Top Tajik diplomat meets with his Uzbek counterpart in Tashkent to discuss cooperation

On Sunday April 14, Tajik Foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met in Tashkent with his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on the sidelines of the second meeting of the Gulf

11:33, april 15, 2024