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10:23, august 19, 2022

Testing starts for studying in schools build under financial support of the Russian Federation

Testing for pupils from the 2nd to the 8th grades wanting to study in new Russian-language schools built in the country under financial support of the Russian will be conducted from August 20-27.

09:24, august 19, 2022

The 15th Roof of the World Festival returns to Khorog

After two years of the pandemic, the 15th International Culture and Tourism Festival “Roof of the World” is kicking off in the Central Park of Khorog city, the capital of the Gorno

14:09, august 18, 2022

Monument installed in Danghara to commemorate four foreign cycling tourists disappear

A monument in the form of a black bicycle installed in Khatlon’s Danghara district to commemorate four foreign cycling tourists, who were brutally killed brutally killed in the district

13:02, august 18, 2022

US ambassador visits GBAO to attend Pamir Investment Forum, review US assistance program

On August 16-17, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim visited Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The U.S.

11:18, august 17, 2022

Tajik judoka wins silver at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkiye

Tajik Komronshoh Ustopiriyon has won a silver medal at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, finishing second in the wright category of -90kg.

17:35, august 16, 2022

Rail traffic between Tajikistan and Russia resumes

After a two-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic, rail traffic has resumed between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation.

16:38, august 15, 2022

Iran’s junior badminton players win 4 gold medals of Central Asian Games in Tajikistan

Iran’s junior badminton players won 4 gold medals of Central Asian Games that took place in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on August 11-14.

10:56, august 15, 2022

Whether Tajikistan cooperate with investigators over China’s actions Uyghurs or it will throw its lot in with China?

Eurasianet reports that as evidence leaks out about Chinese atrocities against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, international legal experts are weighing how to hold Beijing accountable.

10:11, august 12, 2022

Tajik capital listed among three cheapest cities in the world to travel

Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, is listed among three least expensive places in the world to travel.

10:19, august 11, 2022

Head of Society of Tajiks in Novosibirsk accuses local council member of inciting ethnic enmity

Chairman of the Society of Tajiks in Novosibirsk, Minkhojiddin Karimov, has accused the Novosibirsk city legislature member Rostislav Antonov of inciting ethnic enmity.

15:49, august 10, 2022

48 Tajik athletes participate in Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkiye

48 Tajik athletes, including nine women, are participating in the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games that are being held from August 9-18 in Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports

17:50, august 8, 2022

3.12 million labor migrants reportedly enter Russia in Q2, 2022

TASS says that according to data from FinExpertiza (a network of professional audit, valuation and consulting firms), 3.

16:05, august 8, 2022

The challenges facing higher education in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Around half of Central Asia's population is under 30 years old. This means the demand for education is high.

12:18, august 8, 2022

AKAH hands over emergency shelter facilities to the Emergencies Committee in Rasht and Fayzobod

The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in Tajikistan has handed over the emergency shelters the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan in Rasht and Fayzobod districts of Rasht

15:48, august 4, 2022

The number of cases of migrants committing serious and especially serious crimes in Russia increases

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Aleksandr Bastrykin, says the number of cases of migrants committing serious and especially serious crimes in Russia has increased.

15:55, august 3, 2022

Tajik singer and blogger Abduroziq to be seen in Salman Khan’s movie

Daily Pakistan says social media influencer Abduroziq, the world’s smallest singer, has got a role in an Indian movie featuring Bollywood's biggest stars like Salman Khan.

10:25, july 29, 2022

Tajikistan has the lowest pension rates among Post-Soviet nations

Pension payments can be used to judge the level of social development of countries.

09:43, july 29, 2022

RSF urges Tajik authorities to stop persecution of independent journalists

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges on Tajik authorities to release four independent journalists who have been critical of the government.

15:00, july 28, 2022

Tajik authorities predict growth in tourism revenues

More than 363,000 foreign tourists have visited Tajikistan over the first six months of this year, which is 2.

13:57, july 28, 2022

Russia’s main right-wing populist party proposes to toughen control over migrants

The Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), which is nothing of liberal but the main right-wing populist party in Russia, proposes to toughen control over the stay of migrants in the country

10:19, july 28, 2022

Burger weighing more than 3.5 kilograms created in Dushanbe

The hamburger turned out to be the biggest in Dushanbe; at least at Mazza Café, where we created it yesterday as the Hamburger Day is held on July 27.

16:14, july 27, 2022

22 new cases of HIV infection officially registered in Tajikistan in H1, 2022, says health minister

22 officially confirmed cases of HIV infection have been reported in Dushanbe over the first six months of this year, the Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population, Jamoliddin

15:17, july 27, 2022

Tajikistan now has 4,300 healthcare vacancies, says heath minister

In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population, Jamoliddin Abdullozoda, revealed on July 27 that Tajikistan now has 4,300 health

11:20, july 27, 2022

The EU enhances the capacity of Tajikistan’s water sector team

Integrated Rural Development Project/ TRIGGER hosted the Study tour to Hennef, Germany for representatives from the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan and the Water Resources

12:53, july 26, 2022

Syrian Kurds repatriate 146 Tajik women and children from camps holding relatives of IS militants

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says Syria's semiautonomous Kurdish administration has repatriated 146 Tajik women and children who were held in Syria because a relative fought in the

11:29, july 26, 2022

146 Tajik nationals to be brought back to Tajikistan from Syria today

146 Tajik nationals will be brought back to Tajikistan from Syria by charter flight today, the state-run news agency Khovar reports, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan.

10:55, july 26, 2022

Tourist flow to Tajikistan reportedly increases almost three times

More than 363,000 foreign tourists have visited Tajikistan over the first six months of this year, which is 2.

09:48, july 26, 2022

The number of Tajiks obtaining Russian citizenship continues increasing

More and more Tajikistanis continue turning into Russians. Over the first six months of this year alone, 74,162 Tajiks have received Russian passports.

15:18, july 25, 2022

We did not conduct an examination in cases of arrested journalists, says CRA official

The Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) has reportedly not conducted examination in the cases of the arrested journalists, charged with extremism and membership in the banned political parties and

14:13, july 25, 2022

The U.N. health agency declares an outbreak of monkeypox a global health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) has activated its highest alert level for the growing monkeypox outbreak, declaring the virus a public health emergency of international concern.