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Ibrahim Mammadov (Azerbaijan), Research Fellow at the Caucasian Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies (QAFSAM), notes in an article for CABAR.asia that the establishment of a regional platform for cooperation on energy related matters would ensure a more efficient allocation of the resources and increase the value of the internal regional trade in the Central Asian region.
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The inflation rate in Tajikistan for the first eleven months of this year was 3. 4%, according to Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. Specifically, foodstuffs rose in cost by 2. asiaplustj.info »
2024-12-24 12:45
The report, compiled by the Kazakhstan-based environmental organization Rivers without Boundaries claims that building the Roghun Dam in Tajikistan to its maximum projected height and specifications would be an economic disaster for Tajikistan, and an environmental nightmare for the entire region. asiaplustj.info »
2024-12-16 07:27
In the northern city of Isfara, two officers of the military registration and enlistment office demanded 40,000 somonis for issuing fake certificates about unfitness for military service, says the press center of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
2024-11-15 08:34
The Extraordinary Joint Arab-Islamic Summit took place in Riyadh on November 11. Media reports say the summit participants have discussed the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza and spoken with one voice for the rights of the Palestinian people and reaffirm their collective call for regional peace. asiaplustj.info »
2024-11-12 08:04
According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, the majority of agricultural products in Tajikistan rose in price last month. In September, prices reportedly increased for meat and dairy products, eggs, herbs, onions, and tomatoes. asiaplustj.info »
2024-10-29 14:40
Adopted in November 2022, the “Strategy for Development for Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan” for the period of up outlines how the Tajik authorities plan to strengthen social guarantees for citizens, though it presents mainly general intentions. asiaplustj.info »
2024-10-23 14:30
The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is providing a first US$25 million loan to support the construction of the Roghun hydropower plant (HPP), a key project of Tajikistan’s strategy for renewable energy development and energy security. asiaplustj.info »
2024-10-14 07:47
The European Bank for reconstruction and Development EBRD has approved the largest financing program for the First MicroFinanceBank of Tajikistan (FMFB) to receive US$20 million for green lending, youth and women entrepreneurship support, says the EBRD Resident Office in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
2024-09-27 07:18
On 6 of September 2024, Qozidavlat Qoimdodov, AKDN Resident Representative met with Aghasi Harutyunyan, FAO Representative in the Republic of Tajikistan. During the meeting, sides discussed the prospects for joint cooperation in the agricultural sector and the introduction of innovative methods for the development of the agro-industrial complex of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
2024-09-10 08:07
The faction of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) in the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) has drafted a bill for submission to the State Duma, proposing an increase in the income tax rate for foreign citizens working in Russia on a patent basis to 30%, Izvestiya reported on August 5. asiaplustj.info »
2024-08-07 13:01
The Government of Tajikistan has abolished the preferential customs clearance procedure for mobile phones brought into the country for personal use. The decision (Decree No. 442) was made on July 31, 2024, First Deputy Head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, Azim Tursunzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on August 7. asiaplustj.info »
2024-08-07 12:24
Russia intends to increase term of military service for new citizens. The State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) will consider the possibility of increasing the term of service in the army to two years for foreigners, who have obtained Russian citizenship. It is also proposed to raise their drafting age. asiaplustj.info »
2024-07-30 08:23
The National Strategy for the Development of Cotton Production, Processing, and Textile Industry, for the period up to 2040, aims to timely supply farmers with high-quality cotton seeds. The Tajikistan government is allocating more than 20 million somonis for seed production development from 2021 to 2025. asiaplustj.info »
2024-07-09 14:58
Interfax reports that all five factions of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) have submitted for consideration a bill providing for strengthening the federal state control in the field of migration, in particular, introducing a new migration regime for expulsions. asiaplustj.info »
2024-06-12 08:37
Somon Mahmadbekov has won bronze for Tajikistan at the IJF World Championships in Abu Dhabi, defeating Georgian athlete Dimitri Gochilaidze In the fight for third place in -81kg category On his way to the quarterfinal, Somon defeated athletes from France, the Netherlands, Egypt and Georgia. asiaplustj.info »
2024-05-22 08:20
Over the first three months of this year, Tajikistan has exported precious metals and gems for a total of 298 million US dollars, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
2024-04-25 13:58
The Committee for Architecture and Construction under the Government of Tajikistan (Committee) has endorsed an instruction providing for mandatory use of solar power for lighting buildings as well as during construction and reconstruction of buildings in the Tajik capital starting from April 1, 2024, says an order by the Committee head Nizom Mirzozoda posted on the Committee’s asiaplustj.info »
2024-04-05 12:51
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid is visiting Turkmenistan from March 4-6 for meetings with the Ministers for Environmental Protection from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and with the Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan. asiaplustj.info »
2024-03-04 12:29
On January 25th, a ceremony took place in Dushanbe for the handover of two mobile laboratories to the local Center for Combating Quarantine Diseases. These laboratories were provided by the Russian side. asiaplustj.info »
2024-01-26 09:05
Citing the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, AKIpress reported on January 12 that co-chairmen of the Kyrgyz-Tajik commission for delimitation and demarcation of the disputed stretches of common border – the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiyev and his Tajik counterpart Saimumin Yatimov -- have met in the Kyrgyz city of asiaplustj.info »
2024-01-15 09:36
A group of seven international rights organizations, namely the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the International Partnership for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Freedom Now, The Observatory, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, and FrontLine, have called on Dushanbe for the second time since April to immediately and unconditionally release lawyer Manouchehr Kholiqnazarov, who is asiaplustj.info »
2023-11-08 13:20
The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has announced its readiness to provide a concessional loan of 375 million riyals (equivalent to 100 million US dollars) for completion of the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
2023-11-02 12:52
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Ms. Hilolbi Qurbonzoda, Chairperson of the Committee for Family and Women’s Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan revealed on August 9 that the number of women leaving the country for the Russian Federation has increased. asiaplustj.info »
2023-08-09 13:49
Tajikistan has adopted the program for development of paulownia cultivation designed for 2024-2025, Abdujabbor Yusufzoda, Director of the Forestry Agency under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on August 1. asiaplustj.info »
2023-08-02 09:35
The Tajik authorities have been declaring plans to create new jobs for years; the situation, however, is changing in the opposition direction. The national employment support program designed for 2023-2027 provides for creating 221,000 new jobs in Tajikistan this year, which is 7.7 percent more than last year. asiaplustj.info »
2023-05-16 07:04
Russian media reports say the Russian authorities plan to extend the work patent term for labor migrants up to three years Interfax notes that the Interior Ministry has agreed with the proposal of the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov to extend the term of a work patent for labor migrants up to three years. asiaplustj.info »
2023-03-15 09:00
Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament), said the Duma was preparing a law to introduce higher taxation for people who have left the country, as many have since the so-called “special military operation” was launched in Ukraine in late February this year. asiaplustj.info »
2022-12-26 07:47
The Government of Tajikistan has instructed the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to replenish the authorized capital of the Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Roghun NBO with money from the Stabilization Fund for Economic Development (SFED). asiaplustj.info »
2022-11-24 14:57
The 20 November early presidential election in Kazakhstan took place in a political environment lacking competitiveness and, while efficiently prepared, the election underlined the need for further reforms to bring related legislation and its implementation in line with OSCE commitments to ensure genuine pluralism, observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights asiaplustj.info »
2022-11-22 07:04
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) jointly with the State Agency for Hydrometeorology, Committee for Environmental Protection (CoEP) under the Government of Tajikistan held a panel discussion “Approach to Building Adaptive and Resilient Communities in Urban and Rural Areas in the High Mountains of Tajikistan” at UNFCCC COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. asiaplustj.info »
2022-11-11 15:16
Murodjon Mahmadullo, the head of the agency for outdoor advertising and urban improvement in the city if Kulob, has been detained on suspicion of misappropriation, embezzlement and official forgery. The press center of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption says Mahmadullo has taken 184,000 somonis from the agency budget for his own needs. asiaplustj.info »
2022-11-10 08:27
Under the Project “Improving Fiscal Transparency in Tajikistan – Phase II”, funded by United States Embassy in Dushanbe and implemented by Financial Services Volunteers Corps Proposals for Program to Prepare and Publish an EITI Report for the Republic of Tajikistan for 2019, 2020 and 2021 Fiscal Years Deadline for the Submission of Proposals: asiaplustj.info »
2022-11-09 15:15
The government session that took place on October 31 endorsed a draft law on the national budget for 2023. The government-run news agency Khovar says the revenue part of the budget for 2023 is projected to stand at 37. asiaplustj.info »
2022-11-03 14:27
The government session, presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, took place on October 31. The draft law on the national budget for 2023 and forecast of state budget indicators for 2024-2025 were one of major topics of the session, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
2022-11-01 08:06
On Monday October 17, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met here with the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Ms. Terhi Hakala. According to the Tajik MFA information department, the parties discussed state and prospects for further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and the European Union. Mr. Muhriddin and Ms. asiaplustj.info »
2022-10-18 08:56
So that they study Russian laws and traditions there. Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the idea to open adaptation centers for migrants to study Russian laws and traditions. It is reported by RIA Novosti agency. asiaplustj.info »
2022-08-30 09:02
In line with the strategic goals of Tajikistan set in the National Development Strategy for the period up 2030, especially access to energy (security), environmental protection and public health, the Government of Tajikistan requested the Government of Japan the project for exploring the ground heat sources and enhancing institutional capacity for developing and utilizing decarbonized heat asiaplustj.info »
2022-06-22 15:16
Tajikistan has almost tripled the export of agricultural products, and consumers see this as the reason for the rise in prices for fruits and vegetables in the domestic market. Producers, however, deny this. asiaplustj.info »
2022-06-16 10:05
The building of the head office of Tojiksodirotbonk (TSB) and Tajikistan Hotel have been put up for sale. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , says the starting price for the building of the TSB head office is 125,265,630 somonis (equivalent to about 12 million U.S. asiaplustj.info »
2022-05-27 12:52
The Government of Tajikistan has decided to postpone the increase in tariffs for electricity at least until the end of this year. The Anti-crisis Plan adopted by the Government, in particular, provides for postponing the increase in tariffs for utilities (electricity, heat and water), freight transportation, medical and educational services until the end of 2022. asiaplustj.info »
2022-04-22 14:23
At the Asian Boxing Championship, the Kyrgyz boxer Zhakshylyk Tilek uulu showed aggression against the Tajik athlete Khusravkhon Rakhimov, for which he was disqualified . A Kyrgyz boxer kicked our athlete in the first round, for which he received a penalty point. asiaplustj.info »
2022-01-24 13:55
Sergei Mironov, the leader of the A Just Russia – For the Truth political party, proposes to impose temporary visa requirements for citizens of the Central Asian countries in order to protect Russia’s economy against cheap labor and reduce the likelihood of importing new COVID-19 strains. asiaplustj.info »
2021-12-06 14:01
President Emomali Rahmon signed the RT Law “On the National Budget for 2022” on November 30. Recall, Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament approved the state budget for 2022 on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
2021-12-01 08:35
The revenue part of the country’s budget for the first nine months of this year has been overfulfilled by 4. 8 percent, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF). A source at a MoF says the budget’s revenue part for January-September this year has stood at 20. asiaplustj.info »
2021-11-19 13:26
Fuel prices have begun to decline in the Tajik capital for the first time in six months. Since the beginning of this week begin, prices for gasoline and diesel fuel in Dushanbe have dropped by 2.7 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively. asiaplustj.info »
2021-11-18 13:05
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has suggested that the UN declare 2025 as the International Year for Glaciers Preservation and set a specific date when the world can celebrate the World Glaciers Day while speaking at the 76th session of the UN high-level meeting on Delivering Climate Action: for People, Planet, and Prosperity. asiaplustj.info »
2021-10-27 12:54
Government has endorsed a draft budget for 2022. The government session, presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, took place on October 25. The draft law on the national budget for 2022 and forecast of state budget indicators for 2023-2024 were one of major topics of the session, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
2021-10-26 07:54
A rehabilitation center for snow leopards is being built in the territory of the Jamantal zone in Murgab district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The press center of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan says an area of 10 hectares has been allocated for construction of this rehab center. asiaplustj.info »
2021-10-22 14:27
It is expected Izzat Amon, head of the Center for Tajiks in Moscow and one of the defenders of the rights of labor migrants, to be pardoned and released. This was reported to Asia-Plus by Saidburkhon Sharipov, Izzat Amon's lawyer. asiaplustj.info »
2021-09-24 15:13
Media reports say the Embraer 190 jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, after diverting from an area of Russia that Moscow has recently defended against Ukrainian drone attacks.
В результате крушения самолета Azerbaijan Airlines в казахстанском Актау из 67 человек (в том числе экипажа), находившихся на борту самолета, погибли 38, выжили - 29. Власти Казахстана проводят расследование причин крушения самолета.
Близ аэропорта Актау днем 25 декабря разбился пассажирский самолет авиакомпании Azerbaijan Airlines, летевший из Баку в Грозный. По предварительным данным, на его борту находились 62 пассажира и 5 членов экипажа.
The 523-kilometer line – which will connect China’s Kashgar with several cities in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – had been in limbo for decades, but the project is now officially underway and the first phase could be completed by the end of the decade.
Строительство железной дороги Китай – Кыргызстан – Узбекистан стартует 27 декабря. Инвестиционное соглашение о проектировании, строительстве, финансировании, эксплуатации и техническом обслуживании этой дороги было подписано в Бишкеке между правительством Кыргызстана и железнодорожной компанией «Китай – Кыргызстан – Узбекистан», пишет «Газета.
Aktau airport is set to become a multimodal aviation hub with a cargo capacity of up to 200,000 tons per year. The airport will house maintenance and repair center for aircraft from Central Asian countries and Russia, Orda.
Аэропорт Актау планируют превратить в мультимодальный авиационный хаб с грузоперевозочной мощностью до 200 тысяч тонн в год. В авиагавани появится центр технического обслуживания и ремонта самолетов для стран Центральной Азии и России, сообщает Orda.kz .