Tajkistan

NGO Sadoqat and tdh Germany to cooperate on children’s health and community development in Tajikistan

NGO Sadoqat and terre des hommes (Earth of Humanity) Germany are starting their cooperation for the development of rural communities with a particular focus on improving the situation of children in

11:31, october 12, 2021

President Emomali Rahmon pays an official visit to France

An official visit of Tajik President to France is beginning today, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan (MFA) .

11:05, october 12, 2021

Tajik president meets in Brussels with EU HR/VP to discuss cooperation

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met in Brussels with Mr.

10:20, october 12, 2021

Emomali Rahmon meets with European Council President in Brussels

On Monday October 11, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met in Brussels with European Council President Charles Michel.

09:47, october 12, 2021

Tajik president meets with Belgian parliament speaker in Brussels to discuss cooperation

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met in Brussels with Mrs.

17:18, october 11, 2021

Russian agricultural machinery exhibition kicks off in Dushanbe today

A large Russian agricultural machinery exhibition kicked off in Dushanbe on October 11. Seventeen Russian companies such as Rostselmash, St.

16:51, october 11, 2021

LAW-ORDER

Supreme Court employee faces fraud charges

The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has instituted criminal proceedings against Saynouriddin Safarzoda, the senior specialist with the Supreme Court judicial control

16:02, october 11, 2021

Petroleum product prices will continue to rise in Tajikistan due to high tax rates

Prices for petroleum products in Tajikistan have risen since the beginning of this year, but the first sharp jump in petroleum product prices occurred in the first ten days of March, when the price

11:32, october 11, 2021

Justice ministry says IPRT spokesman was not tortured but was beaten by another prisoner

The Ministry of Justice denies rumors that Hikmatullo Saifullozoda, a spokesman for the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), has allegedly been subjected to torture at panel colony

09:56, october 11, 2021

Emomali Rahmon pays working visit to Brussels to discuss Afghan problems

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon left Dushanbe for Brussels on a working visit, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

16:42, october 8, 2021

Remote communities in GBAO get access to electricity for the first time

Eleven remote villages in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) with a total population of over 1652 people have got access to electricity for the first time in history.

16:05, october 8, 2021

The Tajik national currency continues to amaze with its stability. What is the reason?

After the last correction carried out by the National bank of Tajikistan (NBT) in November last year, the exchange rate of the Tajik national currency, the somonis, against the U.S.

14:55, october 8, 2021

Russia to invite Taliban for talks in Moscow on October 20

Russian media reports that the Kremlin's envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov told reporters in Moscow on October 7 that Russia will invite the Taliban to international talks on Afghanistan

11:39, october 8, 2021

211 Tajikistan’s historical items sent to Paris for Tajik exhibition

211 Tajikistan’s historical items have been sent to Paris for an exhibition dedicated to Tajikistan that will take place at the Guimet Museum from October 13, 2021 to January 10, 2022,

10:07, october 8, 2021

Japan’s GGP supports rehabilitation of heating system in Konibodom children’s hospital

On Thursday October 7, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Tajikistan Takayuki Miyashita and Konibodom Mayor Abdusalom Tukhtasinzoda attended the handover ceremony of successful

09:49, october 8, 2021

Production volume in Sughd increases 41 times over the past twenty years

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday attended theatrical show that took place at the central stadium of Khujand, the capital of Sughd province.

16:33, october 7, 2021

Afghanistan’s national power utility decides to sell estate to pay off power debts to Central Asian countries

Afghan media reports say De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS -- Afghanistan’s national power utility) has decided to sell the estate of its debtors so that they pay nearly US$62 million bills

15:24, october 7, 2021

Dushanbe mayor calls on residents of Dushanbe to turn Tajik capital into city of flowers

Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali has appealed to the residents of the capital before the season of planting flowers and seedlings.

15:00, october 7, 2021

SECURITY

Commander of Jamaat Ansarullah radical group declares his readiness to invade into Tajikistan

“The Taliban Declares Its Readiness to Invade into Tajikistan” -- with this heading, Russian media outlets give a message from the telegram channel Reverse Side of the Medal

11:41, october 7, 2021

Relatives of jailed members of IRPT plead with international community for support

Relatives of the jailed members of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) are pleading with the international community for support, saying they fear their loved ones will be killed in

11:08, october 7, 2021

Tajikistan asks World Bank and IMF for increasing financial support

On Tuesday October 5, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda met with Katarzhina Zaidel, Executive Director of the World Bank Group for Tajikistan, and Peter Trabinsky, Executive

10:21, october 7, 2021

Tajikistan, which itself suffers its own rolling electricity shortages in winter, hopes Taliban will pay for power

Afghanistan is the biggest importer of Tajikistan’s electricity, but the Taliban now is unable to pay, and Tajikistan must decide if it should keep exporting power to help the movement ward off

09:58, october 7, 2021

Emomali Rahmon pays working visit to Sughd province

President Emomali Rahmon today has begun a two-day working visit to the northern province of Sughd to inaugurate a number of social and economic facilities and attend event dedicated to the 30th

09:30, october 7, 2021

Labor migrants will now be able to send money transfers from Russia on credit

Labor migrants will now be able to send money transfers from Russia on credit – the Russian payment system Zolotaya Korona (Golden Crown) will provide them with such an opportunity from October

16:23, october 6, 2021

Japan’s GGP Project improves medical equipment of central hospital in Asht district

On Wednesday October 6, Japan’s Ambassador to Tajikistan Takayuki Miyashita and Asht district chairman Zarif Mirdado attended the handover ceremony of successful completion of the Project for

15:19, october 6, 2021

SECURITY

Russia-led CSTO to hold three military drills in Tajikistan this month

The Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) plans to hold three military exercises in Tajikistan this month due to the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.

11:38, october 6, 2021

Tajikistan expected to supply up to 1.5 billion kWh of electricity to Afghanistan this year

Citing an official with Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS – Afghanistan’s national power utility), Sputnik Tajikistan reported yesterday that Afghanistan now owe 1.1 million U.S.

10:31, october 6, 2021

Japan’s government supports enhancement of Tajikistan’s education sector

On October 5, Japan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tajikistan Takayuki Miyashita together with the head of Devashtich District Ashourali Jalilzoda attended a handover

10:17, october 6, 2021

Tajik, Uzbek leaders hold phone conversation over Afghanistan

On Tuesday October 5, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon had a phone conversation within his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

09:49, october 6, 2021