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13:01, november 27, 2012

U.S. government opens primary school in Sughd

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The U.S.

11:20, november 27, 2012

OSCE promotes access to environmental information and decision-making in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An OSCE-supported two-day training course on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention that gives the public right of access to environmental

11:12, november 27, 2012

Preparation of new Tajik-Russian migration cooperation agreement discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 27, Asia-Plus -- the work on drafting an agreement between Tajikistan and Russian on labor activity and protection of rights of Russian nationals in Tajikistan and rights

17:27, november 26, 2012

NGO trains lawyers in providing practical legal advice to torture victims

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Independent Center for Protection of Human Rights has completed training for lawyers on providing practical legal advice to torture victims.

15:37, november 26, 2012

AKF gets kids in Tajikistan reading and learning

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Tajikistan has launched the Reading for Children project in Tajikistan.

12:23, november 26, 2012

Tajik authorities block access to Facebook again

Several Tajik Internet-providers have blocked access to Facebook, a social network service, following verbal order from the communications service agency.

10:54, november 26, 2012

Campaign against domestic violence officially starts in Tajikistan today

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2012, Asia-Plus – A campaign formally entitled “The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” has been launched in Tajikistan.

16:39, november 25, 2012

Campaign against domestic violence kicks off in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 25, 2012, Asia-Plus – A campaign formally entitled “The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” kicked off in Tajikistan on November 25.

16:00, november 25, 2012

2012 deadliest year on record for journalists

DUSHANBE, November 25, 2012, Asia-Plus – A total of 119 journalists have been killed so far this year as a consequence of their work, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death

15:59, november 25, 2012

2012 deadliest year on record for journalists

DUSHANBE, November 25, 2012, Asia-Plus – A total of 119 journalists have been killed so far this year as a consequence of their work, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death

15:47, november 25, 2012

Tajikistan: Dissenting campaign groups should not be silenced

DUSHANBE, November 25, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has ordered non-governmental organization (NGO) Young Lawyers Association Amparo to be shut down in what appears to be a politically motivated

09:51, november 23, 2012

EU's Ashton vows to 'engage' Central Asia on human rights

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has pledged to raise human rights issues during a visit next week to Central Asia, radio Liberty reports.

15:59, november 22, 2012

Kulob University inks crucial agreement in Germany

Kulob. November 22. “Asia-Plus” - The A.

09:43, november 22, 2012

Employers in Novosibirsk to determine necessary number of Tajik labor migrants in February

DUSHANBE, November 22, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Migration Service Agency’s office in the Russian Federation plans to hold an enlarged meeting with senior representatives of enterprises and

15:37, november 21, 2012

Joint statement by UK Embassy and Save the Children Tajikistan on Universal Children’s Day

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The British Embassy in Dushanbe and Save the Children Tajikistan on November 20 made a joint statement on Universal Children’s Day.

10:58, november 21, 2012

Dushanbe to celebrate National Flag Day lavishly

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev has signed a decree endorsing a series of events on the occasion of National Flag Day, which is marked in

11:32, november 20, 2012

Japan donates combine harvesters to Tajikagroleasing

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Monday November 19, combine harvesters were handed over to the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) “Tajikagroleasing” under Japan’s Food Security

11:17, november 20, 2012

ILO, Tajik agency for statistics conduct survey to monitor child labor in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan and t Internal labor Organization (ILO) are conducting a survey to monitor child labor in

10:46, november 20, 2012

Two Tajiks killed in fire in Moscow oblast

DUSHAHNBE, November 20, Asia-Plus – Two Tajik nationals – Saodat Ismoilova, 22, from the northern city of Khujand and her niece Zarnigor Ismoilova, 3 – were killed in a fire that broke out in a

10:05, november 20, 2012

Development of inclusive education in Tajikistan to be discussed tomorrow

DUSHANBE, November 20, Asia-Plus -- Problems and potential opportunities for development of inclusive education in Tajikistan are major topics of an international conference that will take

16:58, november 19, 2012

If I die, do not believe that it was suicide or accident, says prisoner

DUSHANBE, November 19, 2012, Asia-Plus – Mahmurod Rizoyev, farther of one of 50 prisoners, who were transferred from Dushanbe and Vahdat penal colonies to a penal colony in the northern city of

15:29, november 19, 2012

Tajik-Russian WG for Migration meets in Dushanbe this week

DUSHANBE, November 19, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe will host a two-day meeting of the Tajik-Russian Working Group (WG) for Migration this week.

14:32, november 19, 2012

The last group of Tajik Hajj pilgrims returned home

DUSHANBE, November 19, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The last group of Tajik Hajj pilgrims returned home on November 18.

13:47, november 19, 2012

55,000 people officially registered as unemployed in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE November 19, 2012, Asia-Plus -- According to data of the Agency fro Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, the number of unemployed officially registered with the employment

10:13, november 19, 2012

Red crescent society heads from Afghanistan and Iran arrive in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 19, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Mr. Abulhasan Faghih, Head of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Ms.

09:40, november 19, 2012

Enterprise for producing granulated sugar launched in Sughd

DUSHANBE, November 19, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, enterprises operating on the territory of the Sughd Free Economic Zone (FEZ) have manufactured a total of

17:55, november 17, 2012

Shuroi Ulama establishes length of beard for Muslims in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 17, 2012 Asia-Plus – The Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulamo -- an Islamic council that issues fatwas (religious rulings) and religious guidance to Islamic religious organizations) at

16:26, november 17, 2012

Russian teachers have not arrived in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 17, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Russian-language teachers from Russian have not arrived in Tajikistan for unknown reasons, a source at the Ministry of Education (MoE) told Asia-Plus on

12:37, november 16, 2012

Over $54 mln worth of humanitarian aid delivered to Tajikistan in Jan-Oct 2012

DUSHANBE, November 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Forty-one countries of the world have provided more than 54 million U.S.

10:09, november 16, 2012

IRP website editor offers Dushanbe mayor’s office to ban New Year’s Tree display

DUSHANBE, November 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Muhibullo Qurbon, editor-in-chief of the official website of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP), has applied to the Dushanbe mayor’s office, proposing