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Magnitogorsk police reportedly raid Central Asian migrants’ homes after the building collapse

Magnitogorsk police have reportedly launched raids on homes of labor migrants from Central Asia, tightening check of their documents.

10:00, january 10, 2019

Ransom demanded in suspected kidnapping of Norwegian businessman's wife

Citing Norwegian police, international media outlets reported yesterday that the wife of a prominent Norwegian businessman is missing in a suspected kidnapping, and her suspected captors have

09:43, january 10, 2019

Deputies of Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament visit Moscow to meet Tajik labor migrants working there

Two deputies of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament (Majlisi Oli) – Bakhtovar Safarzoda and Hokimjon Kholiqzoda -- have visited Moscow to meet Tajik labor

17:01, january 9, 2019

Henley Passport Index ranks Tajikistan 80th among 199 nations in terms of travel freedom

The Henley Passport Index has ranked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 80th among 199 countries in terms of travel freedom for their citizens.

16:07, january 9, 2019

In Central Asia, trafficking for forced labor and for sexual exploitation detected in near-equal proportions

The Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018 released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) notes that countries have reported increased numbers of detected trafficking victims over the

14:37, january 9, 2019

Government provides support to state-run power company by writing off ax debts of Cangtuda-1 HPP

The government has decided to provide financial support to Barqi Tojik power holding ((Tajikistan’s national integrated power company) by writing off tax debts of the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric

13:47, january 9, 2019

Tajikistan’s Orthodox Christian considered the smallest n Central Asia

The Orthodox Christian community in Tajikistan is considered the smallest in Central Asia, with a parish of only around 500, according to Eurasianet .

11:39, january 9, 2019

POLITICS

Tajik FM to visit Samarqand to meet his counterparts from Central Asia’s nations, Afghanistan and India

Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin is expected to visit the Uzbek city of Samarqand to meet his counterparts from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and India.

11:13, january 9, 2019

Afghan Taliban cancel peace talks with U.S. citing 'agenda disagreement'

The Taliban said yesterday they had canceled planned peace talks with U.S. officials in Qatar this week over an agenda disagreement.

10:36, january 9, 2019

SECURITY

Tajikistan’s emergency management authorities warn of avalanche risk in mountain areas

Tajikistan’s emergency management authorities warn of avalanche risk in mountain areas.

10:01, january 9, 2019

Rustam Emomali asks anticorruption agency to review financial activities of the Dushanbe administration

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali has filed a request with the Agency for Finance State Control and Combating Corruption for the review of financial activities of the Dushanbe administration.

09:34, january 9, 2019

ADB approves grant to support increase in cross-border power trading in Central Asia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on January 9 approved a $4.

17:22, january 8, 2019

Snowfall continues in mountain areas

Snowfall has been continuing in mountain areas of Tajikistan for already second day. In Khorog (Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region - GBAO), the snow cover depth has reached nearly half a meter.

16:45, january 8, 2019

Dushanbe administration will hold meeting next week to review the results of the past year’s work

An enlarged meeting of the Dushanbe administration, presided over by its head, Rustam Emomali, will take place on January 15 to review the results of the past year’s results.

15:57, january 8, 2019

SECURITY

AKAH hands over two off-road vehicles to the GBAO emergency management agency

The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has handed over two NIVA vehicles (Russian-made off-road vehicles) to the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CoES)’s office in the

15:15, january 8, 2019

UK-based travel analyst names Moscow’s Sheremetyevo the most punctual major airport

Travel analyst OAG, an air travel intelligence company based in United Kingdom, has revealed its Punctuality League for 2019, naming the airlines and airports with the world's best

11:43, january 8, 2019

Rockfalls and landslides block in several places the main highway from Dushanbe to Khorog

Torrential rain on January 7 caused a series of rockfalls and landslides that blocked in several places the main highway from Dushanbe to Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region

11:26, january 8, 2019

SECURITY

Incident after incident occurs in Tajik border troops, but border service keeps silence

Four serious incidents have occurred in the Tajik border troops over the past thirty-five days but the border service keeps silence.

10:38, january 8, 2019

World Bank president resigns more than three years ahead of schedule

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will resign effective February 1, more than three years ahead of the expiration of his term in 2022. Mr.

10:08, january 8, 2019

Korean company starts building hydroponic greens houses in northern Tajikistan

South Korea’s Myung Sung Placon Ltd has begun building hydroponic greenhouses in the northern Sughd province.

17:18, january 7, 2019

The current number of stateless persons in Tajikistan could be estimated at some 40,000

The right to a nationality has been recognized in various human rights instruments.

16:11, january 7, 2019

At least 30 gold miners reportedly killed in tunnel collapse in Afghan Badakhshan

Citing local officials, Afghan media reports say at least 30 Afghans were killed on Sunday when the tunnel they were digging in to mine gold in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province collapsed.

15:13, january 7, 2019

Japan imposes $9.22 departure tax

Japan’s media reports say a 1,000 yen (equivalent to some$9.22) departure tax was launched in the country on January 7 for each person leaving Japan.

14:47, january 7, 2019

The body of drowned Saadi-Komandir found in 22 days

The body of drowned Colonel (Retd.

14:27, january 7, 2019

Hundreds of people come to bid farewell to Rajabmo Isoyeva and her three children

Hundreds of people came to bid farewell to Rajabmo Isoyeva and her three children who were buried at cemetery in the village of Malik Giyoyev in Kushoniyon district in Khatlon province today morning.

11:44, january 7, 2019

Tajik border officer killed in an armed skirmish along Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon

A Tajik border officer has been killed in an armed skirmish that has taken place between Tajik border guards and armed Afghan drug traffickers along the Tajik-Afghan border in the Shamsiddin-Shohin

10:58, january 7, 2019

Dushanbe’s taxi companies expected to switch to single-color fleets in summer this year

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali has signed a decree obligating local tax companies to switch to single-color fleets beginning on June 15 this year.

10:15, january 7, 2019

Four members of Tajik family killed in Magnitogorsk disaster buried in their naïve village today morning

Bodies of four members of a Tajik family killed in the Magnitogorsk disaster were transported to Tajikistan yesterday and they were buried in their naïve village of Malik Giyoyev in Kushoniyon

09:42, january 7, 2019

State Language Committee recommends that Russian military terms are replaced with Tajik-Persian words

The State Language Committee has recommended that Tajikistan’s army stop using Russian military terms and replace them with pure Tajik-Persian words, while the Defense Ministry, however, is in

17:33, january 4, 2019